Phil Collins Says He ‘Kissed and Made Up’ With Paul McCartney After Snub From Decades Ago — SkimNews
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- Phil Collins said on Piers Morgan Uncensored that he and Paul McCartney "kissed and made up" by phone earlier this year, ending a grudge that began at the 2002 Queen's Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace.
- The original slight occurred when Collins brought a rare first-edition Hunter Davis Beatles book for McCartney to sign during rehearsals, and McCartney remarked to then-wife Heather Mills, "He's a big Beatles fan, is our little Phil?"
- Collins first aired the grievance in a 2016 Sunday Times interview promoting his memoir; McCartney emailed him afterward to sort things out, but Collins didn't reply.
- The reconciliation came when McCartney called Collins about memorabilia donations Collins was soliciting for a King's Trust charity auction, and Collins apologized, saying he wished he had never spoken publicly about it.
- Collins separately revealed in August that he nearly died in 2024 after battling alcohol addiction, spending seven months in a Swiss hospital — first admitted in November 2023, then readmitted weeks later and placed in intensive care — and said he has not had a drink since.
Why it matters: The reconciliation caps a 20-year public grudge between two of rock's biggest names that played out in tabloids and a memoir, and it came about not through a planned meeting but through McCartney returning Collins's call about a King's Trust charity auction. For Collins, airing the feud in 2016 visibly backfired once his own 2024 health crisis put the episode in perspective.
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