Madonna mourned the loss of her brother Christopher Ciccone after he died from cancer at age 63 on Friday.
“My brother Christopher is gone,” the “Material Girl” songstress, 66, wrote in a tribute on Instagram Sunday. “He was the closest human to me for so long. Its [sic] hard to explain our bond.
“But it grew out of an understanding that we were different and society was going to give us a hard time for not following the status quo.”
Madonna reflected on her and Ciccone’s shared love of dance when they were younger, describing that passion as the “superglue” that held them together “through the madness of [their] childhood.”
“Discovering Dance [sic] in our small Midwestern town saved me and then my brother came along, and it saved him too,” the Michigan-born pop star wrote.
“My ballet Teacher, also named Christopher — created a safe space for my brother to be Gay [sic]. a word that was not spoken or even whispered where we lived.”
The “Like a Virgin” singer explained that her brother eventually followed her to New York City, where they started their careers as dancers.
“We danced together on stage in the beginning of my career and eventually, he became the Creative Director, of many tours,” she wrote, referring to her Blonde Ambition World Tour and The Girlie Show Tour in the early 1990s.
Madonna went on to describe Ciccone as “a painter a poet and a visionary” with “impeccable taste.”
“I admired him,” she continued, adding that her brother had a “sharp tongue, which he sometimes used against [her] but [she] always forgave him.”
The Queen of Pop was seemingly alluding to Ciccone’s 2008 biography, “Life With My Sister Madonna,” in which he made intimate allegations about the music icon’s life and romantic relationships.
In the bombshell book, Ciccone also claimed his world-famous sister hung a photo of herself dressed in S&M attire at her home.
The two reconciled in 2012 but fell out again in 2017 when Ciccone bashed Madonna in an interview with the US Sun, referring to the “Vogue” singer as “horrifying” and “difficult” to watch perform live.
“The last few years have not been easy,” she admitted in her tribute Sunday. “We did not speak for sometime but When [sic] my brother got sick. We found our way back to each other.
“I did my best to keep him alive as long as possible. He was in so much pain towards the end.
Once again, we held hands We closed our eyes and we danced. Together.”
Madonna concluded her heartfelt message by writing she was “glad he’s not suffering anymore.”
“There will never be anyone like him,” she added. “I know he’s dancing somewhere.”
Ciccone’s rep confirmed to Page Six that he died peacefully while surrounded by his husband, Ray Thacker, and family in Michigan.
A few weeks before his death, Madonna and Christopher’s stepmother, Joan Ciccone, also passed way following “a brief encounter with a very aggressive cancer.”
The two — born to dad Silvio Ciccone and mom Madonna Louise Ciccone — share siblings Anthony, Martin, Paula and Melanie.
After their mother died in 1963, Silvio got remarried to Joan, who was their housekeeper, in 1966. They then welcomed Madonna’s two youngest siblings, Jennifer and Mario.
