Sinéad O’Connor’s Star-Studded Fights: From Miley Cyrus To Madonna
27.07.2023 - 17:47
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Sinéad O’Connor once told Rolling Stone, “I don’t do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble.”
Always outspoken and never one to back down, Sinéad did occasionally run into trouble with her fellow stars.
Prince With her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”, Sinéad became a worldwide sensation. And while Prince did once say he “loved” her version, the song would lead to a reported fight between the artists.
As Sinéad told Norway’s NRK in 2014, “I made it without him. I’d never met him. He summoned me to his house – and it’s foolish to do this to an Irish woman – he said he didn’t like me saying bad words in interviews. So I told him to f*** off.”
Sinéad added, “He got quite violent. I had to escape out of his house at 5 in the morning. He packed a bigger punch than mine.”
After adding more details in her memoir Rememberings — including the tidbit that Prince repeatedly asked his butler to serve Sinéad soup she had already refused, and that he suggested the two have a pillow fight, before slipping a hard object into a pillow case — Sinéad maintained her defiance. In 2021, while discussing “Nothing Compares 2 U”, Sinéad told The New York Times: “As far as I’m concerned, it’s my song.”
Pope John Paul II Two years after the song became a hit, Sinéad would have another legacy-defining moment. Performing on “Saturday Night Live”, Sinéad launched a protest against the child abuse being committed — and covered up — by the Catholic Church. Nine years before Pope John Paul II apologized for the church’s role in the scandal, Sinéad tore up his photo.
The move sparked severe backlash, including amongst other stars.
Joe Pesci A week later, on the same stage, Joe Pesci joked