Madonna Shares Emotional Tribute After Her Brother, Christopher Ciccone, Passes Away
Madonna honored her late brother Christopher Ciccone with an emotional Instagram tribute.
The singer shared a post remembering her brother, who died on Sunday following a bout with cancer.
“My brother Christopher is gone. He was the closest human to me for so long Its hard to explain our bond 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,” she wrote. “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. Discovering Dance in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along, and it saved him too.”
Madonna then reflected on her ballet teacher, who shared the same name as her brother, and how Christopher was able to have a safe place to embrace his sexuality. According to Madonna, Christopher’s sexuality was a taboo subject at home, but she stood by him at every turn.
“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,” she added. “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.”
She continued, “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. We defied the Roman Catholic Church, The Police, the Moral Majority and all Authority figures that got in the way of Artistic freedom! My brother was right by my side. He was a painter a poet and a visionary. I admired him. He had impeccable taste. And a sharp tongue, Which he sometimes used against me but I always forgave him.”
Madonna added that she was able to connect with her brother even through the down times and “kept dancing.” According to the pop star, the last few years of Christopher’s life were not easy, adding that she’s “glad” he’s no longer “suffering.”
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