Madonna remains the queen of ice-cold passive-aggression, in the most significant act of chiding since the hydrangea incident. Remember, Madonna reamed some poor dude out for daring to be polite and bring her flowers? After which time she declared flower genocide and mocked the incident once more in that weird apology video where she missed the point that an actual human’s feelings may have been hurt. Well, it kind of happened again except during a sit down interview with Cynthia McFadden. Earlier this week, during a Newsweek interview, Madonna mocked Gaga ripping-off Express Yourself with Born This Way: ‘I thought, this is a wonderful way to redo my song. I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was… interesting.’ Asked by McFadden what she thought of Gaga’s ‘borrowing,’ Madonna gave the below response. That, basically, Gaga is a basic copy pasta who ‘borrows’ too often. ‘I certainly think she references me a lot in her work. Sometimes I think it’s amusing and flattering and well-done,’ she said. ‘[Other times] it feels reductive. Look it up.’
