Madonna responds to critics of her Prince tribute

Madonna is dismissing critics of her tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards with style.

A day after her performance of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' and duet with Stevie Wonder on 'Purple Rain,' the pop singer took to social media Monday and posted a picture of herself in a purple boa with a flower in her teeth.

She wrote that anyone who wants to do a tribute to Prince is welcome to, 'whatever your age gender or skin color. If you loved him and he inspired you then show it!!! I love Prince 4 ever.' She later posed a video of her dancing with a caption that indicated the criticism didn't bother her.

The decision to have Madonna honor Prince sparked criticism online and sparked a Change.org petition in the days before the awards show, with some asking that other musicians more closely aligned to Prince be involved as well. Madonna and Prince collaborated on "Love Song" from Madonna's 1989 album, 'Like a Prayer.'

Madonna's performance on Sunday was met by a flurry of tweets complaining about her version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U.' Some were underwhelmed, others found it inappropriate.

BET responded to Madonna's performance on Twitter by advertising its upcoming Prince tribute during their awards show next month, adding the caption 'Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We got you.'

But Roots drummer Questlove, who introduced Madonna's performance, defended her on Twitter, pleading for fans to 'not get ugly' wondering what Prince would approve of.

From Associated Press Via Yahoo! News

Anyone who wants to do a tribute to Prince is welcome to. Whatever your age Gender or skin...https://t.co/1alm1YYtZM pic.twitter.com/0uhiOKopYW

— Madonna (@Madonna) 23 May 2016

Comments

[David]

PS. I do find it slightly strange that a lot of the online news sites focused on the reaction of "haters" on Twitter to Madonna's performance, and all but completely ignored any of the praise. Some sort of agenda going on since she dared criticise the odious Daily Mail?

[David]

I honestly don't know why Madonna - global superstar for the last 33 years - is lowering herself to, albeit indirectly, defend herself. These Twitter morons should be ignored. They hate everything because it's easy to hate when you are completely useless.