NEW YORK - Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recently accusing the pop star of lip-synching.


"I don't want to escalate it because I like Madonna," the 57-year-old singer-songwriter tells Entertainment Weekly. "She's been to my house for dinner. It was something that was said in the heat of the moment, and probably should not have been said."


"Would I apologize to her if I saw her?" said John. "Yeah, because I don't want to hurt any artist's feelings. It was my fault. I instigated the whole thing. But it applies to all those bloody teenage singers."


John made the comment when presenting the Best Live Act award during the Q awards in London earlier this month. In EW's Nov. 6 issue, John described the event as "a very drunken lunch."


"The reaction to it was so hysterical," he said. "It was like I said, `I think all gays should be killed or I think Hitler was right.' I just said someone was lip-synching. I'm not afraid to speak my mind. I'm not going to mellow with age. I get more enraged about things as I get older because you see that these injustices go on."


(Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, has said the singer doesn't lip-synch and indicated that she hadn't taken John's remarks too seriously.)


John, whose new CD, "Peachtree Road," hits stores Nov. 9, wasn't remiss about recently calling photographers in Taipei, Taiwan, "rude, vile pigs."


"The thing in Taiwan was unfortunate," he told the magazine. "We arrived at 12:15 at night, we were going through the terminal, and we were just ambushed. (The photographers) were pretty hostile. They were allowed to stay in immigration and photograph us."


In the article, John also revealed he loves Eminem (news - web sites)'s new album, "Encore"; might collaborate with the Scissor Sisters; doesn't see himself stopping recording; and wouldn't have a "Jennifer Lopez (news) wedding."


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EVILDOER!!! Bomb him!

Elton John =

Chico1 said:

A Madonna fan scorned.

Supernova said:

Not at all.

just waiting for that one huh?

Chico1 said:

Yeahhh...

Supernova said:

mmmmm ok.

apology accepted, Elton

He does this kind of shit everytime he has a new release - so so sad .....

kremlinshadow said:

And Wait...Madonna doesnt do these type of stunts around the release of an album?? I would say she is the queen of it, more than Elton, MJ is a big one for doing it too, Now Janet does it, and of course Britney, and JLO well she just gets divorced upon the release of an album and married for a movie release.

Did anyone see the bloated pig at the RMA's? I wonder how good a coffee cup coaster his latest disc of schmaltz will be.

lastdecember said:

Elton's the only one who whines and bitches a lot. Publicly. About his supposed "friends".

I really don't think it's a publicity stunt. Elton is just a bitch naturally.

I still love him though - his bitchiness is part of his appeal.

Madonna won't have blinked when she heard this. She's used to the criticism.

Elton is a queeny,bitchy creature and he's always complaining about one thing or another.Like adoreme said,it's part of his persona.I don't think Madonna is losing any sleep over this.

VoicesCarry said:

ooooo

Elton relaizes the harsh backlash of mouthing off like a fat frog

when was elton's last non-disney record? better question...when was the last album elton made that anyone cared about. i suppose he's relying on "scandalous" comments to sell his new record just as these lip syncers are relying on taped vocals to sell theirs.

whateva, treva.

SassyBritches said:

his last album was not cartoon-related. in 2001, "Songs From The West Coast" ... it as actually good. probably his best since "The One" i'm sure you remember it... "I Want Love" (Robert Downey Jr. in the vid) and "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (Justin Timberlake in the vid)..... a return to form, of sorts, for him.


not that i'm arguing, because he does have a tendency to flame out every time he's got some project hitting the shelves. but he does seem to have the music part of his career back on track.