Madonna called out a fan who wasn’t getting up to dance at a recent concert, only to discover the person was in a wheelchair.
During her show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, on Thursday, the 65-year-old pop singer directly addressed the individual from the stage. “What are you doing sitting down over there? What are you doing sitting down?” Madonna can be heard saying on video clips of the interaction. She walked to the edge of the stage to get a closer look at the offending party.
After seeing the concert attendee was in a wheelchair, the “Like a Virgin” singer quickly backtracked and apologized. “Oh, okay. Politically incorrect. Sorry about that,” she said after seeing the fan was in a wheelchair. “I’m glad you are here,” Madonna added.
Madonna questions fan for sitting down during her show then finds out they’re on a wheelchair:
“Oh okay, politically incorrect, sorry about that. I’m glad you’re here.” pic.twitter.com/oezHxfjrFn
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Social media users wondered why someone should be called out for sitting down whether they were physically disabled or not.
“Does it matter if they’re sitting or standing? they paid for the ticket and took the time to be there? Isn’t that enough???” one account said.
“Ok you shouldn’t be calling people out for sitting down anyways. She’s not the queen of England,” another X user agreed. “Some people are tired or have conditions where they need to sit. You want them to leave altogether?”
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Madonna is currently on her Celebration Tour, which was postponed last year due to a medical incident.
“This show every night is not really so hard on me physically. It’s hard on me emotionally because I’m really telling you the story of my life. My heart is on my sleeve,” she said from the stage of one of her Inglewood shows last week. “I’ve fallen off a lot of horses and broken a lot of bones … but nothing can stop me.”
“I’m pretty sure that was God saying to me, ‘Do you want to come? Want to come up with me? [I said] no,’” Madonna said of her hospital experience.