#9: Sinéad O’Connor vs. Prince



The Backstory:
"I’d kick her ass if she were a guy," Frank Sinatra famously declared after Sinéad O’Connor tore up a photo of the pope during her notorious Saturday Night Live appearance. But, gender lines were no barrier for Prince, a small but scrappy nymph whose previous bouts include a fistfight with Morris Day on the set of Purple Rain.

O’Connor may be a girl, but she’s Irish, she’s crazy, and going to the tale of the tape, she actually has 2 or 3 inches on the diminutive Prince. In 1990, O’Connor scored a hit with an unauthorized cover of Prince’s "Nothing Compares 2 You." This upset the Purple One, who’d planned on giving it to one of his female proteges. Their meeting to discuss this did not go well.


The Beatdown:
"He invited me to his house in Los Angeles and started to give out to me for swearing in interviews. When I told him to go fuck himself, he got very upset and became quite threatening, physically. I ended up having to escape," says O’Connor. "He can pack a punch. A few blows were exchanged. All I could do was spit. I spat on him quite a bit." It’s unclear whether Prince made her pancakes when it was all over. One thing is clear: If Prince invites you to his house, you should probably bring a video camera because nobody’s ever going to believe the shit that’s going on over there.



The Winner:
Prince. Which brings up an important question: Is there another scenario in the world in which a man could invite a woman over to his house, beat her up, and rather than being horrified, you’d be sort of impressed that he won? Maybe if Prince beat up Serena or Venus Williams, but really all scenarios involve Prince.

http://www.cracked.com/in...s&sid=2435

Damn, he makes Borat look good!

He is a real man! Mighty khram and testes satchel!!!!

Eeww she spat on his purple majesty!!

Ive read this account from Sinead O Connor before somewhere, serves her right for murdering nothing compares to you.

shes a liar as she says she could only spit as if she didn't hit and then says a few blows were exchanged which implied she did, I don't believe her 100%

i donty know about fighting, but one thing is for damn sure, Sinead has the voice of an angel. I saw her twice in Glasgow and Edinburgh usher hall a few years back and her soaring vocals were truly angelic. I have always had a bit of a thing for Sinead, even with the bald head.

I liked her cover of Nothing compares 2 U, she was brilliant....

She was recently on Oprah.... and says she suffers/suffered from Bipolar disorder...

aymiderham said:

I'm not sure that article is entirely accurate. I haven't heard the spitting thing before, but she has definitely said that blows were exchanged. I don't know how else one could be expected to interpret that other than that she hit Prince and Prince hit her.

But then, there are so many versions of the Sinéad / Prince story it's difficult to know what's true and what isn't.

I always assumed that she escaped before any blows were exchanged?

This account seems different than the way it was described in 1991:

i don't give a shit what the circumstance or who the aggressor is, the bottom line is that hitting a woman is NOT a cause for praise. I find this celebration of Prince's alledged actions pretty disgusting. Come on my fellow men back me up here.

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

Bullshit.

Exactly what female protege was Prince planning to give this song to? It had already been recorded by The Family.

Also...why would he be pissed at Sinead's cover version? He earned a fortune with her version I don't think he had a problem with all the royalties he received,lol.

That "computer simulation" picture is the funniest thing I've seen all year.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, that's one version. The story seems to change regularly though.

funkyhead said:

Yes, I'm with you - and I'll go one further : Anyone hitting anyone, regardless of whether they're male or female, is not a cause for praise (unless it's in the boxing ring, Queensbury rules).

funkyhead said:

I agree with ya'. Have you seen the movie 'Purple Rain'? For the life of me, I can't figure out how Prince is the hero in that film.

With all due respect, that bitch is crazy!

if anything did happen between them verbally or physically...it's very sad on his part...


anyways..I don't see how he can put Amy crackhead winehouse on stage praising her skills yet I guess ignoring the fact she spits on fans, and is a mess..yet wants to demean Sinead O'Connor for her actions years ago...besides he is the last person to be talking about someone's actions and how "offensive" they are ...but oh well....


and I'm gonna say this out front...he knew to mess with Sinead cause he D**N SURE wouldn't have messed with a Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, or a J. LO...straight from the hood and wouldv'e cut him and left him on the street crying and pissing his pants honestly
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Go Prince.