Cyndi Lauper Wishes She and Madonna Were Friends, Not Competing, in ’80s

Cyndi Lauper and Madonna Getty Images; WireImage Cyndi Lauper is reflecting on what could have been. The singer recalled being pitted against fellow pop icon Madonna by fans and the music industry while they were both up-and-coming stars in the 1980s. “It was like apples and oranges,” Lauper, 70, told The New York Times in…