Elton and George kiss and make up

Sir Elton John and George Michael have ended their nine-month feud over a meal cooked by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.

Elton got on the wrong side of the Outside singer last year by criticising his latest album and his private life. He said: "George is in a strange place. There seems to be a deep-rooted unhappiness in his life and it shows on the album.

"All I would say to George is: you should get out more."

In response, Michael wrote a letter to Heat magazine in December explaining: "He knows very little about George Michael, and that's a fact. Contrary to the public's impression, we have spoken rarely in the last 10 years.

"Sadly, I was always aware that Elton's circle of friends was the busiest rumour mill in town, and that respect for my privacy was not exactly guaranteed.

"And to this day, most of what Elton thinks he knows about my life is pretty much limited to the gossip he hears on what you would call the 'gay grapevine'.

"Other than that, he knows that I don't like to tour, that I smoke too much pot, and that my albums still have a habit of going to number one. In other words, he knows as much as most of my fans do."