Hollywood — not unlike a server job at a chain restaurant — has a way of creating cross-generational friendships that might otherwise be unlikely to form naturally. Take, for instance, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg or Colin Farrell and Elizabeth Taylor . The latest addition to the Unexpected Celebrity Friendship canon is none other than Dakota Johnson and Madonna , who, on the surface, don’t seem to have much in common other than being fans of Madonna.

In July, Johnson was featured in Madonna’s birthday-party Instagram dump looking thick as thieves with the pop star (and Dave Chappelle). In an interview with E! News on Wednesday, Johnson acknowledged that their friendship is “weird,” but she explained that she’s actually known the singer since she was a child.

“I really lov

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