{"id":118771,"date":"2024-11-11T18:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/11\/11\/art-garfunkel-reveals-recent-emotional-reunion-with-paul-simon\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T18:01:20","slug":"art-garfunkel-reveals-recent-emotional-reunion-with-paul-simon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/11\/11\/art-garfunkel-reveals-recent-emotional-reunion-with-paul-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Garfunkel reveals recent emotional reunion with Paul Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-11\/Getty_Simon%26Garfunkel_111124.jpg\" alt><figcaption> David Redfern\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Paul Simon<\/strong> and singing partner <strong>Art Garfunkel<\/strong> have been estranged for years, but it sounds like their relationship may be on the mend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a new interview with\u00a0the U.K. paper <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/magazines\/the-sunday-times-magazine\/article\/art-garfunkel-on-his-tearful-reunion-with-paul-simon-i-was-a-fool-bj5jdx2tx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Sunday Times<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, Garfunkel opened up about an emotional lunch they had together recently, which was one of the first times they\u2019d been together in awhile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI looked at Paul and said, \u2018What happened? Why haven\u2019t we seen each other?&#8217;\u201d Garfunkel shared. \u201cPaul mentioned an old interview where I said some stuff. I cried when he told me how much I had hurt him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, \u201cLooking back, I guess I wanted to shake up the nice guy image of <strong>Simon &amp; Garfunkel<\/strong>. Y\u2019know what? I was a fool!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And in even happier news for Simon &amp; Garfunkel fans,\u00a0the two 83-year-old musicians\u00a0are\u00a0planning for more meetups in the future, although that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean a reunion is in the works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWill Paul bring his guitar? Who knows,\u201d Garfunkel said. \u201cFor me, it was about wanting to make amends before it\u2019s too late. It felt like we were back in a wonderful place. As I think about it now, tears are rolling down my cheeks. I can still feel his hug.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Simon &amp; Garfunkel, known for such classic tunes as \u201cBridge Over Troubled Water,\u201d \u201cHomeward Bound\u201d and \u201cThe Sound of Silence,&#8221; originally broke up in 1970, but reunited several times over the years. The last time they performed together was in 2010 at the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement tribute to <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Graduate<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> director <strong>Mike Nichols<\/strong>, where they performed their classic track from the film, \u201cMrs. Robinson.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Redfern\/Redferns Paul Simon and singing partner Art Garfunkel have been estranged for years, but it sounds like their relationship may be on the mend. In a new interview with\u00a0the U.K. paper The Sunday Times, Garfunkel opened up about an emotional lunch they had together recently, which was one of<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/11\/11\/art-garfunkel-reveals-recent-emotional-reunion-with-paul-simon\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430,452],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}