Madonna has been left heartbroken after the passing of her brother, Christopher Ciccone, at the tender age of 63 from cancer.
The Queen of Pop, aged 66, took to Instagram with a touching tribute and a series of snaps showing the siblings’ close bond. Opening up on the platform, Madge penned: “My brother Christopher is gone. He was the closest human to me for so long. Its hard to explain our bond.”
Her heartfelt message read further: “But it grew out of an understanding that we were different and society was going to give us a hard time for not following the status quo.
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“We took each other’s hands and we danced through the madness of our childhood. In fact dance was a kind of superglue that held us together.”
The ‘Material Girl’ shared how their love for dance provided sanctuary and acceptance for both, particularly her brother. “My ballet Teacher, also named Christopher- created a safe space for my brother to be Gay. A word that was not spoken or even whispered where we lived. When I finally got the courage to go to New York to become a Dancer, my brother followed.”
“And again we took each other’s hands, and we danced through the madness of New York City! We devoured Art and Music And Film like hungry animals. We were in the epicenter of all of these things exploding. We danced through the madness of the AIDS epidemic. We went to funerals and we cried, and we went dancing. We danced together on stage in the beginning of my career and eventually, he became the Creative Director, of many tours. When it came to good taste, my brother was the Pope, and you had to kiss the ring to get his blessing.”, reports the Mirror.
The pop queen spilled the beans on how she and her bro “defied” the big dogs, you know, like the Vatican and the old Bill. She laid out the deets on her climb to stardom with her sibling rockin’ it by her side.
“He was a painter a poet and a visionary,” she spilt, practically beaming. “I admired him. He had impeccable taste. And a sharp tongue, which he sometimes used against me but I always forgave him. We soared the highest heights together and floundered in the lowest lows.”
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