Inside Sinead O’Connor and Prince’s ‘violent’ relationship

Inside Sinead O’Connor and Prince’s ‘violent’ relationship

Together they delivered music followers the heartbreak hit of the ages however Sinead O’Connor mentioned her working relationship with Prince was brutal and violent.

O’Connor, who died at 56 this week, lifted the lid on her difficult relationship with the Purple Rain singer, who penned Nothing Compares 2 U earlier than her rendition was named by Billboard because the primary single on this planet in 1990.

O’Connor recounted how the pair would allegedly bodily conflict at his well-known Paisley Park dwelling in Minneapolis, leading to painful pillow fights.

The Irish singer claimed the American, who died on the dwelling in 2016, didn’t like her swearing and other people overlaying his music.

She as soon as advised the Mirror: “He invited me to his house in Los Angeles and started to give out to me for swearing in interviews.”

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“When I told him to go f… himself he got very upset and became quite threatening, physically. I ended up having to escape.”

“He can pack a punch. A few blows were exchanged. All I could do was spit. I spat on him quite a bit.”

In a separate account, she mentioned he “chastised her for swearing in interviews”.

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Camera IconPrince wrote Nothing Compares 2 U. Credit: Jeff Katz Photography

She claimed Prince “harangued his butler to serve her soup though she repeatedly refused it, and sweetly suggested a pillow fight only to thump her with something hard he’d slipped into his pillowcase.”

Later explaining why Prince would change into so enraged together with her, she wrote in her memoir: “Firstly, Prince didn’t like people covering his songs.”

“Secondly, he had all these female protégés and he was annoyed that I wasn’t one of them.”

Source: www.perthnow.com.au