Madonna Reacts to Prince Tribute Critics

Not to everyone's taste! Madonna turned the T-mobile Arena in Las Vegas purple on Sunday, May 22, when she paid tribute to the late musical legend Prince with a dramatic performance that included a surprise appearance from Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Award.

But while many fans were overwhelmed by the Material girl's rendition of "Nothing Compares 2 U" and her show closer with Wonder, "Purple Rain," there was a whole heap of shade being thrown in the Twitterverse, and BET was one of the first to react.

The choice to allow Madonna the honor of paying tribute to the musical great had already been questioned prior to the show's airing. An online petition at Change.org was signed  by more than 8.000 people, who claimed Prince was "more than worthy of a better choice as main performer."

And sharing a teaser to their upcoming Prince tribute right after Madonna's performance aired, the network stocked the fire of dissaproval with their tweet, "Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry, We Got You."

However, the "Like a Prayer" singer wasn't fazed by any of the negative comments. Earlier on Monday, Madonna responded to critics in two Instagram posts. "Deal with it!" she captioned the first pic. In a nearly identical second photo, she wrote, "Anyone who wants to do a tribute to Prince is welcome to. Whatever your age Gender or skin color. If you loved him and he inspired you then show it!!!! I love Prince 4 ever."



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