LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Elton John tested the agility of the US censors before the "Golden Globes" show began on Sunday, using an obscenity when describing Madonna's chances against him in the best song category.
Speaking on the red carpet, the British singer - up for an award for "Hello, Hello" from Gnomeo and Juliet - was asked what he thought of his rivals in the category including Madonna.
"We've got a lot of competition. .... Madonna hasn't got a (silence)", he said, as "NBC" apparently used its several-second broadcast delay to edit out the offending word. Laughing, the interviewer joked:
"Those are fighting words."
"No, they're accurate words", replied the star, to more laughter.
It was not immediately clear to TV viewers exactly what he said, but a few minutes later, the interviewer was talking to Madonna, and told her about Elton's bleeped-out comments - shortening the offending word.
"He had a choice word about you ... He said you don't have an F-ing chance", he told Madonna, who is nominated for "Masterpiece" from "W.E.", the film she also directed about Britain's King Edward VIII and US divorcee Wallis Simpson.
source: straitstimes
UPDATE: Madonna just won a "Golden Globe Award" for "Masterpiece"!
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