Bette Midler has shared her support with Sinéad O’Connor for the moment she tore a picture of the Pope in two on Saturday Night Live.
In 1992, the singer, 54, provocatively ripped up a photograph of the Pontiff on live prime-time U.S.television in protest against the Catholic Church’s alleged involvement in child abuse.
The American singer, 75, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a fan’s comment about the act, saying Sinead was ‘right about everything’.
‘She was right about everything’: Bette Midler threw her support behind Sinead O’Connor for THAT moment she ripped up a picture of the Pope in 1992 (pictured) in a tweet on Wednesday
In the comment, the fan said Sinéad was ‘spot on and brave’ for making a statement by ripping up the photo.
And Bette referred to her new book Rememberings as she said: ‘This is re Sinead O’Connor, who has written her memoir. Turns out she was right about…everything.’
Sinéad was ecstatic to get the support from Bette, sharing the post on her own social media and writing: ‘Oh my effing God! Bette Midler!
‘I have adored her for years! Her tweet had totally made my day!! What a wonderful joy to wake up to!!! Love you, Bette… so much.’
Support: The American singer (pictured) took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a fan’s comment about the act, saying Sinead was ‘right about everything’
In the comment, the fan said Sinéad was ‘spot on and brave’ for making a statement by ripping up the photo, and Bette concurred as she said ‘Turns out she was right about…everything’
Gushing: Sinéad was ecstatic to get the support from Bette, sharing the post on her own social media and writing: ‘I have adored her for years! Her tweet had totally made my day!!’
In an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, Sinéad looked back at the moment and said she didn’t regret ripping up the photo.
She told the publication: ‘I’m not sorry I did it. It was brilliant.’
However, she said of the public backlash she received afterwards: ‘But it was very traumatising. It was open season on treating me like a crazy b***h.’
Thoughts: In an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, Sinéad looked back at the moment and said she didn’t regret ripping up the photo
In February, Sinéad penned a cryptic Twitter post to ask her fans to pray for her teenage son Shane after revealing that she’d had a ‘hideous day from hell.’
While not disclosing what had happened, she wrote: ‘Any spare prayers out there, pls stick one in for my son, Shane. The very light of my life.’
The mother-of-four added in another tweet: ‘Hideous day from hell.’ Several fans responded to Sinéad’s tweets, sending their well wishes and saying they’d be thinking about Shane.
‘Day from hell’: In February, Sinéad penned a cryptic Twitter post to ask her fans to pray for her teenage son Shane after revealing that she’d had a ‘hideous day from hell’
It comes after the singer announced that she has cancelled her upcoming tour dates to enter a ‘one-year programme for trauma and addiction’.
She revealed the news last November after saying she had ‘lost someone beloved’ and had endured a ‘traumatic six years.’
Sinéad admitted she had been ‘addicted to weed for 34 years’ but ‘became briefly addicted’ to another drug following her loss.
Cryptic: Sinéad called Shane the ‘light of her life’ as she asked fans to pray for him after saying she’d had a ‘hideous day from hell’ in a previous tweet
The singer uses two Twitter accounts, one managing her professional business with an official blue tick and another under her Islamic moniker Shuhanda Sadaqat, which she used to make the announcement.
Apologising to her fans in a heartfelt statement, she wrote: ‘Message for folks who have tickets for next year’s shows: those shows are being postponed until 2022 so that I may go into a one year trauma and addiction treatment program because I had a very traumatic six years and this year was the end of it but now recovery starts.’
She continued the lengthy thread: ‘This year I lost someone beloved and has affected me so badly that I became briefly addicted to a drug other than weed.
Mum: Sinéad has four children – Shane Lunny, 16, Jake Reynolds, 33, Roisin Waters, 24, and Yeshua Bonadio, 14 (pictured with Shane and Yeshua in Dublin in 2012)
‘I have been addicted to weed for 34 years. A lifetime. I grew up with a lot of trauma and abuse. I then went straight into the music business.
‘And never learned really how to make a normal life. Never took proper time to heal. Wasn’t ready to either.’
The Nothing Compares 2 U hitmaker then pleaded with her fans to be ‘supportive’ and keep hold of their tickets for 2022, when she vowed to return with a new album.
But she also added that her four shows in Ireland will not be cancelled ‘unless Covid prevents them’ as she does not need to leave the ‘country or rehab to do those’.
Treatment: It comes after Sinéad opened up about her ‘traumatic six years’ in a lengthy thread to her fans, revealing that she has been ‘addicted to weed for 34 years’