It might not sound like the most obvious of celebrity feuds, but Aretha Franklin has the hump with the bootylicious Beyoncé. The former Destiny's Child singer dueted with Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards and it was her praise for the Tina that riled Aretha. Not only did Beyoncé list Aretha as one of many female stars that didn't measure up to Tina, but introduced the River Deep, Mountain High warbler as "the Queen" – Aretha's title. Not prepared to hear someone else steal her glory, Aretha released a statement on Tuesday that bit back at Beyoncé.
'I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on", read the catty message, "or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyoncé. 'However, I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy.'' Is releasing a statement talking about it any form of dismissal and surely no-one else would really have noticed the "controversy" if she hadn't said anything? Is 'the Queen of Soul' label so precious as to snipe at your other esteemed peers? Come on Aretha - let's not fight. Maybe she was just jealous of how fantastic Tina looked strutting her stuff in her silver ensemble, I know I was.
[via OK magazine]