Hicks: Lady Gaga snubs Madonna

Lady Gaga turned down Madonna's request to duet.

Maybe she thought she was talking about a duel. Nobody in their right mind would fight Madonna.

The two have taken shots at each other in the past, mostly over allegations that Gaga borrow heavily from Madge. According to Billboard, on her current MDMA tour, Madonna includes a snippet of Gaga's "Born This Way" in her rendition of "Express Yourself" -- a heavy wink at the similarity between the two songs. This after Madonna told an ABC interviewer last January that the Gaga composition sounded both familiar and "reductive."

At a recent tour stop in St. Paul, Minn., Madonna said she holds no grudges against Gaga, and had even asked her to join her for a duet, according to the Huffington Post.

"I have the best fans in the whole world. So take that, Lady Gaga!" Madonna told the crowd. "You know, I invited her onstage to sing with me. But, she turned me down. It's OK. I've been rejected before. It builds a little character."

There has been no comment from Gaga on the matter.

Madonna's last North American tour stop is Nov. 20 in Miami, then she takes off for the South American leg of her tour.

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