Bette Midler’s only birthday wish is for Ariana Grande to forgive her.
The singer-and-actress turned 69 yesterday (01.12.14) and took to Twitter to apologise to the 21-year-old star once again after she branded the brunette beauty’s music videos "silly beyond belief" and said she had a "silly high voice" – but now Bette has pleaded with Ariana to let her direct her next video.
She tweeted: "Yes, it’s my birthday! And my birthday wish is that @ArianaGrande forgives me soon and let’s me direct her next video… (sic)"
Ariana is yet to respond to Bette’s request which could be because she is busy preparing for her performance at the Victoria’s Secret Angels show at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London tonight (02.12.14).
While the singer was reported to have been shocked and upset by Bette’s remarks recently, she took to Twitter to respond in person and insisted she will "always" be a fan of the star.
She wrote: "Bette was always a feminist who stood for women being able to do whatever the F they wanted without judgement!
"Not sure where that Bette went but I want that sexy mermaid back!!! always a fan no matter what my love. (sic)"
During Bette’s rant about Ariana, she also hit out at other young female acts who make a "wh**e" out of themselves nowadays by dressing in scantily-clad attire for their music videos.
She said: "It’s terrible! It’s always surprising to see someone like Ariana Grande with that silly high voice, slithering around on a couch, looking so ridiculous. I mean, it’s silly beyond belief and I don’t know who’s telling her to do it. I wish they’d stop. But it’s not my business, I’m not her mother. Or her manager.
"Maybe they tell them that’s what you’ve got to do. Sex sells. Sex has always sold.
"Trust your talent. You don’t have to make a wh**e out of yourself to get ahead. You really don’t.
"I mean, don’t ask me. It’s beyond me. I’m too old.
"I don’t know what the end game is going to be. I don’t know where you go from all that sex in your twenties. I don’t know how you sustain it."
Bette Midler makes Ariana Grande birthday wish
