The New York Post caught up with Patti LaBelle during New York Fashion Week after a Zang Toi show. While the legendary artist was showing support for her longtime friend/designer of 15 years, she also managed to put out a PSA about her love life.
âI donât want a boyfriend. I want a husband.â
Not wasting any more of her youthful time, the 75-year-old insists it's not too late to find a hubby. In fact, Patti has not had a problem finding a suitor because men are so easily enamored with her.
âI have a wonderful life. My life is so good that a lot of men admire me and they try to look at me like that and I say, âBye Felicia, Bye.ââ
Aside from her adventures in the love department, Madame LaBelle shared fond memories of cooking for The Rolling Stones and Richard Pryor. One person she was particularly close with was Elton John before he became the mega-icon he is today. The mama bear consistently provided food after shows in Tupperware containers for the hustling entertainers.
It might not have been a big deal at the moment, but Patti admitted it wasn't until Elton made it big that she became jealous and demanded her food containers back!
âHe called me in Philly, because he kept my number. He said, âPatti would you like to come to see my show tonight?â So I said, âYeah, who are you opening for?â He said, âIâm not. Iâm Elton John now. I said, âYouâre a liar.ââ
âI was so mad that he made it before I did. So I said, âOK punk, whereâs my Tupperware?â I swear to God, thatâs all I wanted.â
So what's a better way to make up for lost plastic? Real diamonds, of course! Elton paid his good friend back with interest after collaborating on "Your Song" in 2005. The "Lady Marmalade" songstress recounted him taking off his jewelry after recording and giving her a ring.
"I said, âElton, hereâs your jewelry,â and he said, âNo that ring is for you for the Tupperware that Iâm never gonna give you back because I canât get it. But you can have that diamond.â So he gave me a ring and I still have it.â
Man, I need friends like that.
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