Aretha Franklin has silent with this star for years: "We have never been friends"
Franklin had strong words for his colleague singer the year before his death.
They are two of the mostPopular singers all timeand Share a number of music connections, butAretha Franklin andDionne Warwick Never get along. At the very least, Franklin did not have many positive things to say about Warwick, that she had clarified in her last years. While gossip on the tension between the two singers go back decades, things came to the head in 2017, when Franklin talked about Warwick comments made toWhitney Houston's Funeral five years earlier. Read more about Warwick and Franklin's History and learning what upset Franklin on the Houston Memorial.
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Franklin and Warwick share a certain musical story.
Franklin and Warwick have become extremely popular in the 1960s and they both registered their own versions of the same song. In 1967, Warwick published "I say a little prayer" and the next year, Franklin published his catch, who also became a success. According toPage SIXThis has been interpreted by some asFranklin trying to show his domination As a singer, especially because the version of Franklin hadCISSY HOUSTON, Aunt de Warwick, on the background voice.
They were also signed on the same label.
Franklin and Warwick were both signed at the same record label, Arista, at the end of the 1970s.
"The [persistent] tension has something to do with the fact thatClive [Davis] had [signed] the two artists. Aretha became his favorite, but Dionne was always connected to Clive, "saidCynthia Horner, a magazine publisher who knew Franklin since the 1970s, according toPage SIX.
From this, Whitney Houston also joined Arista later. The singer "I will always love you" was Warwick's cousin.
Whitney's funeral aroused new drama.
When Whitney died in 2012, Warwick obviously assisted the funeral.Franklin was invited And was supposed to sing but was unable to attend because of a health problem. According toPeople, At the funeral, Warwick first confused to know if Franklin was there and said, "Ree is not here, but she is there. She loves Whitney as if she was born to her. She is her godmother."
As Cissy, Whitney's mother, clarified later, Franklin was not the godmother of Whitney.
Franklin has erased some rumors.
As indicated by E! News, when the news came out for the first time Franklin did not attend the funeral, there was speculation that it was due to a pit between herself and Cissy.Franklin shot this rumor, saying in a statement: "My heart goes to my dear friend Cissy [Houston], Dionne [Warwick],BOBBI KRISTINA [Brown And the rest of the family. May God keep them all. "
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Five years later, she had more to say.
In 2017, Franklin called whatWhich Warwick said About his godmother of whitney's godmother and not present "Diffama" to the associated press. She continued, "[Warwick] lied in a blatant way on me ... perfectly know what she was doing."
Franklin also explained why she did not talk about it at that time. "There are so many things around her (Houston), around the service, around the drug around her andBobby [Brown] She supposed to fight, I did not want to add anything to that and I did not want to be part of that, "she said.
Franklin said she and Warwick never agreed.
When you talk to the Related Press, Franklin said she took place in Warwick the week before a documentary projection on Davis at the Film Festival Tribeca. "She said," Give me a hug, "said Franklin." I said, "Oh hell no, you could not be serious."
Franklin was asked if she wanted to apologies from Warwick, to which she said, "I do not care about his apologies, at this point, it's not an apology, it's about defamation. We have never been friends and I do not think Dionne has already loved me. "
Warwick honored Franklin after his death.
In response to the comments of the press associated with Franklin, Warwick, said 81, said through his representative, "she will not give an answer to the statement made by Aretha Franklin." According toPage SIX, a representative for the singerOnce once said, "Dionne has always pronounced this lady favorably."
When Franklin died in 2018, Warwickreleased a declaration about her. She said, as indicated by CNN:
Heavenly Father has chosen one of our most prolific voices to reach his heavenly choral ... Aretha is now resting in peace !! Me, as I'm sure she has learned, that we are all put on this earth for a goal, and once it will be accomplished, we will then be "called home!" It will sincerely miss the musical world, family and friends. My deep sincere condolence I send from my family to her family and I hope that the sorrow I know they're feeling starting to calm down with time, because losing a family member is a very difficult thing to treat . Know that his pain is over and that she does not suffer anymore! Rest in peace my friend.
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