Madonna slams Karl Lagerfeld fat Adele comments

Earlier this year it was reported that Chanel fashion house boss Karl Lagerfeld had criticised British singer Adele for being too fat. Now, Madonna has spoken out against Karl, claiming that nobody should ever say anything bad about anyone.

Madonna explained, "That's horrible. That's ridiculous, that's just the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I don't like it when anybody says anything bad about anyone - I don't like it. Adele's a great talent and how much she weighs has nothing to do with it."

She added, "The thing for Adele to remember is at the end of the day, whether you rise or fall, it has so much to do with how you sustain yourself and keep your integrity and your inner strength. It is all about who you surround yourself with - friends and people who really do care about you, and care about your well-being beyond being a superstar. That's the most important thing."



Karl Lagerfeld has since retracted what he was believed to have said, claiming that his comments were taken out of context. Meanwhile, Madonna is set to release her second single, Girl Gone Wild from her forthcoming album MDNA. 

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Adele offered £1 million to front dating website for larger women

Adele has been approached to become the face of a dating website for larger ladies.

American site The Big And The Beautiful has offered the 23-year-old British singer £1 million to front their advertising campaign.

'Adele is a ridiculously talented bombshell,' president Whitney Thompson, 24, tells the Daily Star.

'I would be proud to work alongside her to continue to show the world what curvy girls are made of.'

Adele dropped 2 dress sizes after undergoing a throat operation in November and has put heartache behind her after becoming loved-up with entrepreneur boyfriend Simon Konecki, 37.

The Brit and Grammy-award winning star insists she's happy with her weight and wasn't concerned when fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld called her 'a little too fat'.

'I've never seen magazine covers or music videos and been like, "I need to look like that to be a success",' Adele tells Anderson Cooper on US show 60 Minutes.

'I don't want to be some skinny mini with my tits out.

'I really don't want to do it and I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about.'

Rihanna: Adele depresses me so much

Rihanna has revealed that she can no longer listen to Adele's record-breaking album, 21, because it depresses her too much.

Speaking to Jonathan Ross during an interview for his ITV1 chat show, the singer said she could "identify" with Adele's tales of heartbreak, and that the subject matter was a little too close to the bone for her.

"Really I came to the BRITs to stalk Adele," she joked. "It was nothing about the awards or the performance, for me it was just to see Adele again. She doesn't know the depth of my affection, just the surface. She has no idea.

"It's hard to say a [favourite] track. The last album 21 just spoke to me so much. To the point where I had to stop listening to it cos it was depressing me so much. You become so attached to the stories, it's really something you identify with."

Rihanna also shed some light on speculation surrounding her and Chris Brown's relationship, insisting that she is still single, and is on the hunt for a new man.

She said: "Yes, I am a single lady. This is not something I enjoy. Single life is so overrated. You always want to be single when you are in a relationship but trust me it is no bueno.

"I have such incredible experiences in my life, but you don't want to live your life and then meet someone, you want to share your life with someone. I feel like that is what I am missing right now."

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Adele accused of imitating Mariam Fares

The administrator of the official page of Lebanese singer Mariam Fares on the internet social network Facebook has posted an accusation against British well-known singer Adele of stealing the idea of Mariam’s clip “Ayam Al Shita” (Winter days) and used it in her own clip for the song “Someone like you”. The admin stated that Adele filmed her clip in the same filming location in France as well as the fact that she used very similar cloths like the ones worn by Mariam.

It was added that Mariam’s song was released two years ago in 2009 and Adele released her song a few months ago in September of 2011. The admin noted that the only true difference between the two clips is that Mariam filmed her clip during the nighttime, while Adele filmed during the day.

The clip by Mariam was recognized around the Arab world, while Adele’s song topped most music charts and won her four Grammy Awards, leading the admin to conclude that Adele was successful in stealing from the Arab world to make the stolen idea reach the world.




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Adele to record duet with George Michael

Adele and George Michael could be set to collaborate on a brand new single, it has been reported.

Michael, who presented the Someone Like You singer with her Mastercard British Album Of The Year award at the BRITs last month, is working on a new album, and is apparently keen to record a duet with the star.

A source said: "George is working on his album for the first time since his life-threatening illness and he's in great shape. It is no secret that he adores Adele.

"He even left his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz in Australia for three days while he flew in to present Adele with her Brit. Adele has been an admirer of George's tunes for as long as she can remember, and was so touched that George presented her [with her] Brit Awars," the insider added.

Michael was rushed to AKH hospital in Vienna, Austria, in November 2011 after suffering a bought of pneumonia. He was forced to can all his remaining tour dates for the year.


Meanwhile, Adele's 21 has become the eighth biggest selling album of all time in the UK, with record sales totalling more than 4million. She recently revealed that she will be heading into the studio soon to begin work on the follow-up to 21 in the next few weeks.




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Adele reveals she was joking about taking five years off

Adele has revealed that she was joking when she said she is taking five year break from music.

The singer turned around her statement made after the Grammys saying she was planning to take half a decade off to think about love and babies, by revealing she actually meant five days.

The award winner wrote on her website to alleviate fans’ fears that she was about to disappear off the face of the Earth, saying, “I’ve a few days off now, and then it’s the Brit Awards here at home and then I’m straight into the studio. BOYYAHH! 5 years? More like 5 days!”

It did seem a little strange to think that a singer at the height of her fame would even consider the thought of leaving it all behind for so long, but now it seems we know the real story and it seems a little more believable. 

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Adele, Boyfriend Simon Konecki Step Out For Grammys (PHOTO)

Adele took home six Grammys Sunday night for songs she wrote about an ex-boyfriend, but these days there's a new love in her life. The British soul singer made her first public appearance with

boyfriend Simon Konecki at the Grammys, where the pair sat side-by-side during the star-studded show.

The shy couple was spotted on holiday in Florida last month, and everyone was wondering who the Brit's new beau was. Konecki, it turns out, has been in Adele's life since last summer. He's a former financier behind Life Water and heads the water charity Drop4Drop, according to People.

However, when rumors started swirling that Konecki was a married man, Adele took to her blog to pen a rare post about her personal life in January.

"Contrary to reports and headlines in the press ... Simon is divorced and has been for 4 years," she wrote. "Everyone in our lives separately and together wish us nothing but the best, and vice versa."

Though things seems just fine between the couple, Konecki better watch his back -- we all know how Adele can turn heartbreak into a hit record. However, in Vogue's March 2012 issue, the British singer said she won't write a breakup record again and she's "done being a bitter witch."

Who knows? Maybe we'll be hearing some happy tunes from Adele on her next record.

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Adele Covers Vogue, Says She'll Never Make Another Breakup Record

Adele had one of the biggest weekends of her life (hello, Grammy sweep!), and in the mix was the release of her long-rumored U.S. Vogue cover, for the March 2012 issue (pictured above).

Less than an hour after the Grammys ended last night, Vogue.com published the cover, its accompanying story and eleven photos from the Adele shoot (by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott). (The cover perviously surfaced on fashion blogs over the weekend.) On the stunning cover, there's not a hip in sight -- just flowing hair and plenty of cleavage, accentuated by a tight-fitting black lace dress.

The accompanying photo set shows a bit of variety in fashion choices, straying from Adele's usual all-black look via dramatic gem-toned touches from Oscar de la Renta, a wide corset belt and leather gloves. There's still plenty of black, vintage and lace, though -- all Adele fashion staples. Meanwhile, extreme close-ups of Adele's face show off her flawless skin and features.

In the cover story, the writer, unlike a certain Mr. Lagerfeld, doesn't focus on Adele's body, or any of her rumored weight lose as of late. Instead, readers learn about her recent vocal recovery, and that despite what her fans want, she's not planning on writing another "21" any time soon. "I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way," she said. "I'm done with being a bitter witch."

In fact, she actually has some nice things to say about the man -- ten years older than her -- who broke her heart and in the process, inspired "21." "You know, he was amazing," Adele admits in Vogue. "He was great. But it was never going to work. And for ages I was like, As if he deserves any fucking kudos for inspiring my record. But now, after some time, it only seems right that the person who so far has had the biggest impact on me-has now changed my life for fucking ever with this album-deserves a little credit. I can do things that I never dreamed I'd be able to do. If I hadn't met him, I think I'd still be that little girl I was when I was eighteen. And the best thing is, I now know what I want for myself and from someone else. I didn't know what I wanted before."

As for Adele's new man friend, 37-year-old charity CEO Simon Konecki (who accompanied her to the Grammys last night), she boasts that "he's proud of me, but he don't care about what I do or what other people think."

Looks like fans can expect "25" (or whatever it may be called) to be a happy record -- something very different for Ms. Adkins

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Karl Lagerfeld Apologizes For Adele 'Fat' Remark

chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is stitching up an apology after a remark about Adele's weight drew fashion world backlash.

"I'd like to say to Adele that I am your biggest admirer," he said in a statement, according to Reuters. "Sometimes when you take a sentence out of the article it changes the meaning of the thought... She is my favorite singer and I am a great admirer of her.

"I know how it feels when the press is mean to you in regards to your appearance," he continued, addressing his own weight loss a decade prior. "Adele is a beautiful girl. She is the best. And I can't wait for her next CD."

Lagerfeld previously told Paris' Metro paper that Adele was "a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice."

The influential designer has been making other waves in the music world in recent weeks, hosting Harlem rapper Azealia Banks in his home for a performance that went viral on YouTube.

As for Adele, she's got bigger things on her mind: in her first gig since throat surgery, the singer will make her return to live performance at Sunday's Grammy Awards. She's up for six trophies at the ceremony, including Album of the Year, for the top-selling "21."

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Adele Responds To Karl Lagerfeld's 'Fat' Remark

Designer Karl Lagerfeld ate his words when he apologized for saying that Adele "is a little too fat," but the British singer doesn't care what he or anyone has to say about her body.

"I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines," the 23-year-old told People. "I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that."

Her response comes just days after Lagerfeld told Metro, "The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice."

Almost immediately, Lagerfeld felt the backlash against his choice of words and apologized, claiming his remark was taken out of context. He told Metro that Adele is his favorite singer and he's a great admirer of her. "I lost over 30 kilos over 10 years ago and have kept it off. I know how it feels when the press is mean you to you in regards to your appearance," he said. "Adele is a beautiful girl. She is the best. And I can't wait for her next CD."

Despite his apology, the 78-year-old designer still hasn't learned when to keep his mouth shut, especially when it comes to discussing women's bodies or their weight.

"No one wants to see curvy women," he remarked in 2009. "You've got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly."

Adele is no stranger to comments on her weight and has repeatedly expressed that the only opinion she's concerned with is her own.

"I've seen people where it rules their lives, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and how it wears down on them," she told British Vogue in 2011. "And I don't want that in my life. I have insecurities, of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me." 

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Beyonce about Adele : (Adele's Music Is Like 'Listening to God')

In the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Grammy-winning British singer Adele reveals that Beyonce's alter ego Sasha Fierce helped her overcome her performance anxiety.

The voluptuous 'Rolling in the Deep' singer said that she was inspired not only by Beyonce's fierce twin, but by a chance meeting with the singer, who told her she had the voice of God. "I was about to meet Beyonce and I had a full-blown anxiety attack," Adele explained. "Then [Beyonce] popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God."

Adele revealed that moment of truth came later, when she found herself crying hysterically on a balcony, alone. "'What would [Beyonce's alter ego] Sasha Fierce do?'" Adele recalled asking herself. "That's when Sasha Carter was born," she concluded, referring to her own Sasha Fierce/June Carter-inspired power persona.

The Destiny's Child frontwoman was previously rumored to be recording with Adele back in 2009, when she lavished praise on the 22-year-old singer, and reportedly invited her into the studio to record.

"Beyonce loves Adele's voice and her music," a source told British newspaper The Sun. "Adele is really excited -- she grew up listening to Destiny's Child and they are still her favourite group. It's her dream to record with Beyonce."

Though the collaboration has yet to materialize, Adele's acclaimed sophomore album, '21,' is in stores now, and has sold over a million copies in the U.S. since its February release.

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John Legend fet. Adele - Rolling In The Deep

 

John Legend fet.  Adele - Rolling In The Deep