David Furnish Apologizes To Madonna On Facebook

After Madonna took the Golden Globe for her song "Masterpiece," written for her film "W.E.", there were more than a few unhappy people in Hollywood. Elton John's husband David Furnish was especially vocal, and now he's apologizing.

After a post Golden Globes Facebook tirade in which Furnish called Madonna's acceptance speech "embarrassing in its narcissism," Furnish took to his page once again on Thursday to issue a mea culpa, citing his love of John's song "Hello Hello" in "Gnomeo & Juliet" as the reason for his bad behavior.

"Wow! What a tempest in a teapot. My comments regarding The Golden Globes have been blown way out of proportion. My passion for our film 'Gnomeo & Juliet' and belief in Elton's song really got my emotional juices going," Furnish wrote. "But I must say for the record that I do believe Madonna is a great artist, and that Elton and I wish her all the best for next week's premiere of the film 'W.E.'"

Madonna's royal biopic "W.E." hits theaters on Friday, February 3.

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Comments

[BARToronto]

12:54 AM on 01/29/2012

David Furnish - that was not an apology. Both Madonna and Elton are highly talented. Her song was simply more popular. His was nice but in my humble opinion, one of his typically cute Disney-esque pieces. Not quite what the judges were looking for so grow up and stop being so petty. Remember, you married into it - you are not it.

[Cecily Loman]

12:25 PM on 01/25/2012

They need (elton and david) learn how to be humble, and learn how to lose ... and all this negative comments here need to learn that too ...

Madonna ♥

[blahuy]

09:26 PM on 01/24/2012

She's amazing.
2012 is her year.

[fSENG777]

09:06 PM on 01/23/2012

Madonna is jealous of all people who gets more success than her. She can't stand that someone is on the spotlight and not her. What happened to all the money she collected around the world to build schools at Africa and never completed those schools? And what about the workers that she hired and that said she gave them bad work conditions? What do you think about Elton John's husband calling out her producer, William Orbit, for giving Madonna's credit for his songs, which means that Madonna is paying him big bucks. What about her brother that she lets him sleep in the streets?

[youmustbetheone]

08:42 PM on 01/24/2012

Interesting information here:

http://www.abusewatch.net/Whelan.php

[blahuy]

09:27 PM on 01/24/2012

There is nobody for Madonna to be jealous of. She is the 4th best selling act of all time, and by far the best selling female. Get a life, you will never get a fraction of the success she has in her life.

[fSENG777]

10:05 PM on 01/24/2012

Yes, there is. And you'd be a fool if you think she never was jealous of anyone in the industry. To name a few: Gaga, Mariah, Janet. What if she is the 4th selling act? She didn't write the songs, and she deceives people into thinking she is a real songwriter. I don't want to have this *kind* of success. thank you.

[No more junk]

10:33 AM on 01/21/2012

And this old and trashy bat is doing the Suoerbowl? Ick!

[ennui the third]

09:44 AM on 01/21/2012

He apologized to someone who doesn't know a chord change from a change of underwear.

[Jussayinyall]

06:43 AM on 01/21/2012

That's not an apology, unfortunately. I guess I'd be in an ill mood, too, if I had to roll over and see Elton John every morning.

[aword]

12:51 AM on 01/21/2012

Elton John is a musician song writer Madonna is not. She is a gimmick. A smart gimmick but not a musician.

[anibeats]

04:05 AM on 01/21/2012

Madonna writes and produces most of her music. She also plays the guitar.

[aword]

01:09 AM on 01/22/2012

Madonna writing skills takes a village.

[aword]

01:21 AM on 01/22/2012

Most of her hits were written by other artist and so were her songs.
She might of suggested a word and got credit.
After Elvis became famous the Colonel wouldn't let him record any songs unless he was credit with the writing of it. So if a artist wanted him to record their songs they had to give him 1/2 the writing credit.
She got into music because it was easier than being a dancer and more money in it.
Read her book.. she's no Elton John.
I call her music techno or machine generated. I like to hear her sing live without any voice correctors.

[StacyJ]

11:16 AM on 01/21/2012

Madonna has written or co-written a lot of great songs, even if you aren't impressed by her singing, her song writing is very impressive. Few people have ever written as many hit songs as she has.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Madonna_%28entertainer%29

[wilray]

12:00 AM on 01/21/2012

Huge Elton John fan here. Also huge Madonna fan. I just listened to both these songs and I do think Elton's song has a slight edge. However, that is really not saying much.

The lyrics of Madonna's song sounded like a page from my art history book (not a good thing).
http://youtu.be/CTuKeK19e90

Actually, I reflected on another song that had an art / masterpiece theme. I consider it way better than either of these two songs. Mario Vasquez' "Gallery" is just so much better.
http://youtu.be/dBpfpvicESU

[blahuy]

09:30 PM on 01/24/2012

To be fair, they were both very average songs.
But 'Hello Hello' was possibly the gayest song i've ever heard.

[Cecily Loman]

01:50 PM on 01/25/2012

elton song "Hello hello Hello hello my my my, what have we here? what a surprise what a surprise! Hello, Hello Hello, Hello I'm not alone it's good to know someone's out threr dropped say hello, Hello! "

Madonna's song "And I'm right by your side like a thief in the night I stand in front of a masterpiece and I can't tell you why It hurts so much to be in love with the masterpiece cause after all nothing's indestructible"

Masterpiece is a great song ♥

[Citydancer]

11:19 PM on 01/20/2012

Eltons been washed up since "Candle in the Wind." That was some tripe, right there.

[Mr Hoodoo]

11:20 PM on 01/20/2012

Not the original one made back in his glory days. The reworked one was terrible, even if well-meant.

[summerwind08234]

11:40 PM on 01/20/2012

Hardly.

[thetruthhoits]

09:07 PM on 01/20/2012

He was passionate about a film named Gnomeo and Juliet. Yet Elton had no qualms about performing at Rush Limbaugh's wedding.

[summerwind08234]

11:41 PM on 01/20/2012

He was paid a cool million. The problem?

[scubasteve]

11:28 AM on 01/21/2012

Are you serious? You mean money trumps all other considerations? Elton John is rich enough to turn down a million dollars from a homophobe drug addict.

[Marknfl123456]

07:11 PM on 01/20/2012

They should have a slumber party... Brush each other's hair and talk about boys.

[JimNauseam]

05:56 PM on 01/20/2012

How the hell can Madonna win a Golden Globe for a film that hasn't premiered yet? The Globes aren't even pretending to be a legitimate awards show anymore.

[Hampton Roads]

06:28 PM on 01/20/2012

wow- you had suck poor comprehension. She didn't win for the movie, son, she won for the song which has been released.

[Jesus Germanotta]

07:03 PM on 01/20/2012

she has Pia Zadora on speed dial.

[youmustbetheone]

08:44 PM on 01/24/2012

Actually, she has this girl on Speed Dial. The poster Jesus Germanotta is Amanda Whelan:

http://www.abusewatch.net/Whelan.php

[MrPragmatic]

04:13 PM on 01/20/2012

Elton and Madonna should now do a remake of "Don't go Breaking my Heart." This might be the only way for either of them to ever have a number one single again. Madonna's last number one hit was in 2000 and Elton's was in 1997.

[Bill in CA]

08:46 PM on 01/20/2012

goodness, if we are going to judge talent based on the current top40 chart, we are headed down a sad sad slope which only ends when we've rid all of humanity of taste. Have you listened to the tripe that passed for a 'hit' record recently ?? Last time anybody with real talent had a 'hit' record probably WAS 1997......

[MrPragmatic]

09:14 PM on 01/20/2012

I hear ya Bill...I'm just trying to stir up trouble.

[Chloe Canacalon]

10:57 PM on 01/24/2012

Oh, you mean, Madonna's last #1 hit in the USA? LOL
Sorry to inform you, but Madonna's 4 Minutes was a worldwide success, peaking at #1 in 21 countries and #3 on Billboard's Hot 100. Her latest album also debut at #1 in 37 countries. We can't say the same about Elton. In fact, we can't say the same about the biggest Madonna-wannabe ever, lady Gaga, who had her latest album at #1 in only 22 countries.
By the way, even though 4 Minutes did not peak at #1 in the US, it's no doubt it was a massive hit. In fact, according to some aspects, it was Madonna's biggest hit since Vogue.

[Kip Cat]

02:27 PM on 01/20/2012

yuk.....a thought I can't get out of my mind......"emotional juices"?