Madonna called Whitney Houston "mediocre"

[Bailey]

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/madonna-called-whitney-houston-sharon-stone-mediocre-w492761

A newly unearthed letter written by Madonna in the Nineties is expected to sell at auction for a steep $5,000. Mostly because in the document, the pop star called Whitney Houston and Sharon Stone "horribly mediocre."

The note, addressed to "J" is thought to be actor John Enos (whom the singer briefly dated) is part of Gotta Have Rock and Roll's "Rock & Roll Pop Culture Auction," launching on Wednesday, July 19th.

The icon vented throughout the letter about being "punished" for her innovative and risqué work, while "less interesting and exciting people are reaping the benefits of the roads [she] paved."

"Maybe this is what black people felt like when Elvis Presley got huge," she wrote. "It's so unequivocally frustrating to read that Whitney Houston has the music career I wish I had and Sharon Stone has the film career I'll never have. Not because I want to be these women because I'd rather die but they're so horribly mediocre and they're always being held up as paragons of virtue and some sort of measuring stick to humiliate me. 

"Everything I do is so original and unique, and I put so much of myself into it, like my book and record, and it's only brought me heartache and pain," she continued. "I don't think I can play the game to be accepted. I'm too intelligent. I have too much pride."

Elsewhere in the intimate note, Madonna described her overall life outlook as "black black black," adding, "I feel I've lost the fight and now I feel I have no career, no family, nothing permanent or tangible."

Stone responded to Madonna directly via Instagram, squashing any gossipy attempts to pit the stars against each other.

"First, I think it’s absurd that anyone is publishing your private letters," she wrote. "Know that I am your friend. I have wished to be a rock star in some private moments … have felt as mediocre as you described. We know, as only those who have survived so long that owning our own mediocrity is the only way to own our own strengths; to become all that we both have become. I love and adore you."

Edited July 18, 2017 by Bailey.

[Rock & Roll Hall of Game]

Show me the lies

[kidfresh832]

There is a lot of irony in the letter.  Sharon Stone is not a career path to emulate now.  And Whitney turned out to have a dark, drug addled end.

 

[Bailey]

There is a lot of irony in the letter.  Sharon Stone is not a career path to emulate now.  And Whitney turned out to have a dark, drug addled end.

 

as strong as Madonna has come across, at times she's quite insecure, she wasn't at the top of her game during that time frame, but once she got back to touring she made more coin than any of the women in the game

Edited July 18, 2017 by Bailey.