Madonna, whom critics called “unrecognizable” during her appearance at the Grammys in early February, with some remarking she looked as if she had undergone plastic surgery, deflected by lashing out at “ageism and misogyny” while focusing on “close-up photos of me taken with a long lens camera.”
But on Monday, Madonna fueled speculation with a post that suggested that she may indeed have had plastic surgery.
“Look how cute i am now that swelling from surgery has gone down. Lol,” she tweeted.
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Look how cute i am now that swelling from surgery has gone down. Lol 😂 <a href="https://t.co/jd8hQyi2Az">pic.twitter.com/jd8hQyi2Az</a>
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After her Grammys appearance, where she introduced Kim Petras and Sam Smith ahead of their satanic-themed “Unholy” performance, Madonna’s fans offered comments such as “Madonna needs to stop with the plastic surgery and embrace the aging process. She’s nearly unrecognizable at this point,” “Me attempting to ignore the fact that Madonna has a whole new face,” “Omg, did you see Madonna at the Grammys? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HER FACE? She looked monstrous. It was shocking,” and “Madonna is unrecognizable.”
Comedian Tim Young joked, “Madonna looks good for her age … if her age is 2,700-year-old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive.”
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Madonna looks good for her age&#8230; if her age is 2,700 year old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive. <a href="https://t.co/pnJfkhgmAO">pic.twitter.com/pnJfkhgmAO</a>
&mdash; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1622433002847604736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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That prompted Madonna to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoYOdzSA5mj/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> a response on Instagram: “Instead of focusing on what I said in my speech which was about giving thanks for the fearlessness of artists like Sam and Kim — many people chose to only talk about close-up photos of me taken with a long lens camera by a press photographer that would distort anyone’s face!!”
“Once again I am caught in the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the world we live in,” she continued. “A world that refuses to celebrate women pass [sic] the age of 45 And feels the need to punish her If she continues to be strong-willed, hard-working, and adventurous.”
“I have been degraded by the media since the beginning of my career but I understand that this is all a test and I am happy to do the trailblazing so that all the women behind me can have an easier time in the years to come,” she complained. “I look forward to many more years of subversive behavior — pushing boundaries — standing up to the patriarchy — and most of all enjoying my life.”
In 2012, Madonna <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/20/madonna-shows-off-cute-face-after-swelling-from-surgery-went-down/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confessed</a> she was “not against plastic surgery” but was “absolutely against having to discuss it.”
Related: <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/social-media-users-say-madonna-looked-unrecognizable-during-grammys-appearance/">Social Media Users Say Madonna Looked &#8216;Unrecognizable&#8217; During Grammys Appearance</a>

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Madonna References 'Surgery' After Appearance At the Grammys

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a> responded Tuesday to fans and critics who were surprised by her appearance at the 65th Annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/grammys">Grammy Awards</a> last weekend.
Photos of the 64-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">pop star</a> quickly went viral as social media users said Madonna looked “unrecognizable” at the show. They speculated that she had extensive plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures, though none of those rumors have been confirmed.
“Madonna looks good for her age… if her age is 2,700 year old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive,” comedian Tim Young wrote in a popular <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1622433002847604736">tweet</a>.
Now the “Like a Prayer” singer has issued a response to all the questions in a lengthy Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoYOdzSA5mj/">post</a>.
“Instead of focusing on what I said in my speech which was about giving thanks for the fearlessness of artists like Sam and Kim — many people chose to only talk about close-up photos of me taken with a long lens camera By a press photographer that would distort anyone’s face!!” she began, referencing how she introduced singers Sam Smith and Kim Petras preceding their controversial, Satanic-themed performance of their song &#8220;Unholy.&#8221;
“Once again I am caught in the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the world we live in. A world that refuses to celebrate women pass [sic] the age of 45 And feels the need to punish her If she continues to be strong-willed, hard-working, and adventurous,” Madonna went on.
She claimed to have “never apologized for any of the creative choices” she’s made during her career, including the way she dresses and looks. 
“I have been degraded by the media since the beginning of my career but I understand that this is all a test and I am happy to do the trailblazing so that all the women behind me can have an easier time in the years to come,” the singer continued. 
Madonna concluded by quoting the Beyoncé song “Break My Soul” and saying, “I look forward to many more years of subversive behavior — pushing boundaries — standing up to the patriarchy — and most of all enjoying my life.”

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Madonna Responds To Critics Mocking Her 'Unrecognizable' Grammys Face

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Social media users are confused about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna’</a>s appearance following the 65th Annual <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/grammys">Grammy Awards</a>, claiming the 64-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">pop</a> icon was “unrecognizable” after what they assume is an excessive amount of plastic surgery.
The “Like a Virgin” singer took to the stage to introduce Kim Petras and Sam Smith ahead of their very <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/literally-a-tribute-to-satan-viewers-slam-demonic-performance-at-the-grammys">controversial</a> “Unholy” performance. Madonna’s fans couldn’t help but comment on the singer’s facial features, which looked very different from normal.
“Me attempting to ignore the fact that Madonna has a whole new face,” one Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/electricsoul123/status/1622428688850509824">posted</a> alongside a classic meme video of Adele looking confused.
“This legit looks like a Madonna impersonator with pics of [t]he real Madonna in the background. She really f***ed up her face,” another account <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewx221/status/1622431259443040257">agreed</a>. 
&#8220;Madonna is unrecognizable,&#8221; someone else <a href="https://twitter.com/Michael_Of_Crue/status/1622428448730882048">echoed</a>.
“Madonna looks good for her age… if her age is 2,700 year old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive,” comedian Tim Young quipped. 
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Madonna looks good for her age&#8230; if her age is 2,700 year old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive. <a href="https://t.co/pnJfkhgmAO">pic.twitter.com/pnJfkhgmAO</a>
&mdash; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1622433002847604736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Many users also pointed out how Madonna’s hairstyle was reminiscent of the new art installation statue atop the Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, which critics accused of turning “abortion into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-turned-abortion-into-a-pagan-idol-new-york-courthouse-installs-statue-symbolizing-abortion-and-rbg">pagan idol</a>.” They further noted how the singer was onstage at the Grammys to introduce the hell-themed “Unholy” performance.
Madonna’s speech during the show reiterated that she’s happy being controversial and counter-cultural. 
“Here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music,” she said, per <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/05/fans-so-confused-by-madonnas-new-face-at-grammys-2023/">Page Six</a>. “If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you’re definitely onto something.”
The “Material Girl” singer further thanked fellow “rebels” for “forging a new path and taking the heat for all of it.”
This isn’t the first time Madonna’s new look caused an uproar on social media. Last April, the performer posted several TikTok clips that also had followers questioning if she’s had plastic surgery. 
“If you’re old, just look old. It’s okay. You aren’t going to fool anyone and the only other option is to look like you’re suffering a severe allergic reaction to something,” Daily Wire host Matt Walsh <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1510801557033521152">shared</a> at the time. “Better to just look old. There is dignity in it. There is no dignity in whatever this is.”

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Social Media Users Say Madonna Looked 'Unrecognizable' During Grammys Appearance

A Hollywood biopic on the life and career of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a> has officially been called off.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">project</a> was being developed by Universal Pictures, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/madonna-biopic-scrapped-over-world-tour-julia-garner-1235500880/">Variety</a>, but all activity has ceased on the heels of Madonna announcing an upcoming tour of North America and Europe. The singer said she plans to make the movie in the future but, for now, is focused on The Celebration Tour, which kicks off in Vancouver, Canada, this July. 
The unnamed biopic movie was announced in 2020 and intended to cover the 64-year-old pop star’s four decades-long career, which involved music, movies, and a whole lot of controversy. 
Madonna, whose full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone, was dubbed the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Queen of Pop</a>” and, over the years, became a cultural icon, for better or worse.
She <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/julia-garner-madonna-biopic-lead-role-1235287260/">said</a> in 2020 while announcing the movie, “I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer — a human being, trying to make her way in this world.”
The publication noted that actress Julia Garner was the most likely candidate to play Madonna in the film. An extensive audition process dubbed “Madonna bootcamp” preceded that casting, with leading lady hopefuls auditioning for up to 11 hours per day and working with Madonna’s choreographer and Madonna herself on dance sequences. 
Sources said that any actress who passed the first rounds would have to sing in front of Madonna as part of the audition.
Amy Pascal was going to be the producer, while Madonna and Erin Cressida Wilson co-wrote the script. There were reportedly discussions about turning the project into a miniseries or two separate movies because of the length of the script. 
The pop singer told Variety it was &#8220;really hard for me to make shorter.&#8221; Madonna said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been whittling away at it but it&#8217;s like hacking off my limbs.&#8221;
Madonna also said she was the only one qualified to tell her life story.
&#8220;The reason I’m doing it is because a bunch of people have tried to write movies about me, but they’re always men,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a40228389/julia-garner-madonna-biopic/">reportedly</a> told Jimmy Fallon in October 2021. 
&#8220;I read that Universal was doing a script… they wanted my blessing, and I read it. It was the most hideous, superficial crap I’ve ever read. This [has] happened a couple of times. So, finally, I just threw down the gauntlet.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> is making headlines for her decision to interpret traditional <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christian</a> imagery in her latest photo shoot.
The “Material Girl” singer caused controversy yet again with the religious-themed photos depicting traditional Christian art. The 64-year-old pop singer posed on the cover of a European edition of Vanity Fair for its Icon Issue dressed to look like Our Lady of Sorrows, a popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> devotional depicting Mary with her heart pierced by seven swords.
Inside the photo spread, Madonna can also be seen reenacting the famous portrayal of the Last Supper, but in her version, she’s surrounded by scantily clad women and holding up bread in an apparent mimicry of the Christian tradition of the holy Eucharist. 
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New Madonna Vanity Fair photo shoot. These people and that whole industry is utterly demonic. <a href="https://t.co/GrLnpP8gqG">pic.twitter.com/GrLnpP8gqG</a>
&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1616371852959531008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The singer was raised Catholic and has been openly critical of the church before. In the new Vanity Fair interview, she defended her overall perception of religious doctrine.
“I was fiercely criticized by the Catholic Church,” she asserted, per <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/01/23/madonna-mocks-christs-last-supper-in-vanity-fair-photo-shoot/">Breitbart</a>. “I quickly realized that they were the problem, not me. They were the problem because they did not understand that my work as an artist united people, gave them freedom of expression, unity. It was the mirror of Jesus’ teachings.”
Photographers Luigi Murenu and Iango Henzi directed Madonna’s two-day Vanity Fair photo shoot.
“In this very special issue, Madonna becomes Madonna again: an icon. Not just the embodiment of a musical trend or a style of dress, but a figure as disturbing as she is sacred,” said Olivier Bouchara, Head of Editorial Content for Vanity Fair France.
Other photos garnering reactions online include Madonna wearing a low-cut white dress covered in severed body parts from baby dolls. 
In another snapshot, Madonna can be seen wearing a skull mask that covers the bottom half of her face. “These people and that whole industry is utterly demonic,” one Twitter reaction to the photos <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1616371852959531008" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>. 
Despite her relationship with the Catholic church, the “Like a Prayer” singer has reached out to church officials in the past. In May, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-tweets-at-pope-asks-for-meeting-im-a-good-catholic-i-swear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> at the pope and requested a meeting.
“Hello @Pontifex Francis —I’m a good Catholic. I Swear! I mean I don’t Swear! Its been a few decades since my last confession,” she wrote at the time. “Would it be possible to meet up one day to discuss some important matters? I’ve been ex communicated (sic) 3 times. It doesn’t seem fair. Sincerely Madonna.”

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Madonna Poses For Controversial Last Supper-Themed Photo Shoot, Calls Her Work ‘The Mirror Of Jesus’ Teachings’

Madonna Poses For Controversial Last Supper-Themed Photo Shoot

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a> said during a recent interview that she’s still trying to strike a balance between being a mom and having a career. 
The 64-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">pop icon</a> made the comments during a cover story for <a href="https://www.vanityfair.it/article/madonna-intervista-icon-issue">Vanity Fair</a> this month. “Growing up with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/motherhood">mother</a> like me is a challenge,” Madonna admitted. “It has been the most difficult, the hardest battle.”
The “Papa Don’t Preach” singer is a mom to six kids. She had Lourdes Leon, 26, with former boyfriend Carlos Leon, and Rocco Ritchie, 22, with ex-husband Guy Ritchie. David Banda Ciccone, 17; Mercy James Ciccone, 16; and 10-year-old twins Estere and Stelle Ciccone, were all adopted.
“Today, I am still struggling to understand how to be a mother and do my job,” Madonna said. “Because, whoever you are, having children and raising them is a work of art. And no one gives you a manual. You have to learn from mistakes. It is a profession that requires a lot of time. And it is exhausting because there is never rest.”
Madonna just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-announces-tour-dates-celebrating-four-decades-of-her-music">announced</a> a tour in North America and Europe where she’ll perform shows in 35 cities featuring four decades of her music. 
She has been making headlines for racy photos and videos she posts on social media, including images of her in lingerie and posing provocatively. These images were mocked by 50 Cent. 
“Yo this is the funniest s*** LOL,” the 46-year-old rapper wrote in response to one of Madonna’s photos. 
“That’s Madonna under the bed trying to do like a virgin at 63. She shot out, if she don’t get her old a** up,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-dignity-in-whatever-this-is-madonnas-followers-horrified-with-her-new-tiktok-look">wrote</a>.
“I hope she didn’t make her kids take this picture. LOL at 63 somebody tell her to chill out please,” the rapper wrote in response to another photo, echoing what many other followers were saying. 
Madonna responded to 50 Cent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-cent-mocks-madonna-as-pathetic-for-attention-seeking-tiktok-video-like-a-virgin-at-64-lol">criticizing her posts</a>.
“Here is 50 Cent pretending to be my friend,” she wrote alongside a photo of the two singers hugging each other.
“Now you have decided to talk smack about me. I guess your new career is getting attention by trying to humiliate others on social media. The least elevated choice you could make as an artist and an adult.”

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Madonna Says She's 'Struggling' To Understand 'How To Be A Mother' And Have A Career

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Madonna confirmed rumors on Tuesday that she will indeed tour North America and Europe performing shows in 35 cities featuring four decades of her music.
In a post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhNacLuJqM/?igshid=ZmMyNmFmZTc%3D">Instagram</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">64-year-old</a> pop icon announced that she would &#8220;take a Bow&#8221; in &#8220;Madonna: The Celebration Tour,&#8221; which is set to begin this summer.
She captioned her post, &#8220;Come join the party! #madonnacelebrationtour.&#8221;
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&#8220;The Celebration Tour will take us on Madonna&#8217;s artistic journey through four decades and pays respect to the city of New York where her career in music began,&#8221; a message on the &#8220;Vogue&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s <a href="https://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-announces-the-celebration-tour">website</a> read.
She will be &#8220;highlighting her unmatched catalog of music from the past 40-plus years,&#8221; the message added.
&#8220;I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,&#8221; Madonna shared.
Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, January 20. It begins on July 15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the leg continues with stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and other cities.
The next leg starts in the fall with 11 dates in Europe, including London, Barcelona, Paris, Stockholm, and Amsterdam.
The &#8220;Celebration&#8221; tour is expected to feature several of Madonna&#8217;s 38 hits that made the Billboard Hot 100, such as &#8220;Like a Virgin,&#8221; &#8220;Justify My Love,&#8221; and &#8220;Borderline.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-cent-mocks-madonna-as-pathetic-for-attention-seeking-tiktok-video-like-a-virgin-at-64-lol">50 Cent Mocks Madonna As &#8216;Pathetic&#8217; For Attention-Seeking TikTok Video: &#8216;Like A Virgin At 64 LOL&#8217;</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/50-cent">50 Cent</a> came down hard on a recent video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a> posted to social media, echoing what many fans were claiming about the Material Girl trying to get attention in some unexpected ways.
The 47-year-old rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, posted a screenshot of a headline about Madonna to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkmnrAcNa2A/">Instagram</a> with text that read, &#8220;Madonna Using Rap Music For Clout On TikTok Is Pathetic And Truly Disturbs My Spirit.&#8221;
&#8220;I told ya’ll grand ma [sic] was on bullsh**! Like a virgin at 64 LOL,&#8221; the caption said. 
50 Cent was reacting to a video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Madonna</a> posted of herself that has gotten mixed reviews from fans. The “Like a Virgin&#8221; singer is lip-syncing to the song &#8220;Vent&#8221; by Baby Keem, including lyrics that say, &#8220;Have you ever been punched in your motherf***ing face? What you say? Oh, you haven’t? Alright, wait, b****.&#8221;
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In the TikTok video, Madonna is wearing a revealing top and has put makeup over her eyebrows to make it appear as though she doesn’t have any. While dancing in the video, the 64-year-old singer stuck out her tongue, then turned to the camera and started twerking.
Fans were alarmed at her actions and appearance.
&#8220;This is not the Madonna I know,” one fan shared.
“Someone stage an intervention,” another person agreed
“I feel like everything I’ve ever known is just one big lie. This is soul crushing,” a third person chimed in.
Not everyone was mad about the video, though. Instead, some followers rushed to Madonna’s defense, saying she was acting the same as she always has.
“Madonna has always been controversial,” one fan argued. “Why did y’all think she would change with age lol.&#8221; Another TikTok follower said, “She’s such a vibe. When I’m her age, I wanna be this free, full of life and not giving a damn.”
50 Cent has called out the “Material Girl” singer in the past, mocking a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CeXq7rOtC4t/">photo</a> of Madonna wearing a revealing outfit and posing in a sexually suggestive manner. &#8220;I hope she didn’t make her kids take this picture. LOL at 63 somebody tell her to chill out please,&#8221; the rapper wrote in the caption of a photo.
Madonna responded to his criticism. 
&#8220;Here is 50 Cent pretending to be my friend,&#8221; she wrote alongside a photo of the two singers hugging each other.
&#8220;Now you have decided to talk smack about me. I guess your new career is getting attention by trying to humiliate others on social media. The least elevated choice you could make as an artist and an adult.&#8221;
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50 Cent Mocks Madonna As 'Pathetic' For Attention-Seeking TikTok Video

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Rapper and songwriter <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/even-cardi-misses-trumponomics-cardi-b-wants-to-know-when-they-will-announce-the-recession/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cardi B.</a> made it clear that she was none too pleased with <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/did-madonna-just-come-out-madonnas-latest-tiktok-post-blows-up-online/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> after the pop icon shared a post claiming to have paved the way for female artists — particularly with regard to pushing the envelope in expressing their sexuality in their art.
Entertainment website TMZ reported that Madonna <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/23/cardi-b-goes-nuclear-on-madonna-pave-the-way-clown-emoji/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparked the exchange</a> when she shared a post via her Instagram Stories, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of her book &#8220;S.E.X.&#8221;
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madonna gently setting the record straight for the kids who think she just makes silly tiktoks <a href="https://t.co/dzu3lsYf5z">pic.twitter.com/dzu3lsYf5z</a>
&mdash; matt (@mattxiv) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattxiv/status/1583966211007619072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;30 years ago I published a book called S.E.X. in addition to photos of me naked there were photos of Men kissing Men, Woman kissing Woman and Me kissing everyone. I also wrote about my sexual fantasies and shared my point of view about sexuality in an ironic way,&#8221; the &#8220;Material Girl&#8221; singer wrote.
&#8220;I spent the next few years being interviewed by narrow-minded people who tried to shame me for empowering myself as a Woman,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I was called a whore, a witch a heretic and the devil.&#8221;
She then suggested that it was because of her work in breaking the ground that artists like Cardi B. — whom she mentioned by name — could push things even further in their music and on the stage.
&#8220;Now Cardi B can sing about her WAP. Kim Kardashian can grace the cover of any magazine with her naked ass and Miley Cyrus can come in like a wrecking ball,&#8221; she concluded, adding a few clown emojis and saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re welcome b****es.&#8221;
Cardi B. responded in a couple of tweets — which she later deleted — suggesting that she didn&#8217;t necessarily have an issue with Madonna saying that she had paved the way for female artists, but she wasn&#8217;t impressed with the way in which it had been done.
&#8220;I literally payed this woman homage so many times cause I grew up listening to her,&#8221; the rapper tweeted, according to TMZ&#8217;s report. &#8220;She can make her point without putting clown emojis and getting slick out the mouth &#8230; These icons really become disappointments once u make it in the industry that&#8217;s why I keep to myself.&#8221;
The artist said she spoke to Madonna after she tweeted her initial response — and said that all was well, adding, &#8220;I talked to Madonna &#8230; It was beautiful &#8230; Have a great day and drive safely y&#8217;all.&#8221;
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I talked to Madonna …It was beautiful 🥲….Have a great day and drive safely yallll😘
&mdash; Cardi B (@iamcardib) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1584243543731621890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-dignity-in-whatever-this-is-madonnas-followers-horrified-with-her-new-tiktok-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> on Sunday posted a viral <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> video that has been interpreted as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coming out as gay</a> to her 2.8 million followers.
Madonna, full name Madonna Louise Ciccone, has displayed increasingly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-dignity-in-whatever-this-is-madonnas-followers-horrified-with-her-new-tiktok-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bizarre</a> behavior online with highly-filtered and over-sexualized posts in recent years.
&#8220;If I miss, I&#8217;m gay!&#8221; read the text over the &#8220;Material Girl&#8221; singer&#8217;s post.
In the video, Madonna shows off a pair of pink panties, bunches them up in her hands, and throws them across the room. The next shot shows the panties a couple of feet short of a trash can.
Wearing all white and rocking hot pink hair and bleached eyebrows, Madonna looks at the camera with her hand on her hip and shrugs.
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The video, viewed more than 20.4 million times since Sunday, has racked up hundreds of reactions online.
&#8220;Madonna has been having sex with women for longer than the internet had existed, this is not news,&#8221; a Twitter user commented. 
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Madonna has been having sex with women for longer than the internet had existed, this is not news <a href="https://t.co/mm2FjGTfND">https://t.co/mm2FjGTfND</a>
&mdash; 🕸Lizzy 🥀 DemonDot🕸 (@lizzylemondrop) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzylemondrop/status/1579278422815088641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On TikTok, followers reacted not only to the content of the video post, but the singer&#8217;s look.
&#8220;Did I just witness Madonna coming out, good for her,&#8221; one person said, while another reacted, &#8220;We are witnessing herstory.&#8221;
&#8220;Did Madonna just come out? And I’m witnessing it in real time??&#8221; someone said, as another comment read, &#8220;Coming out at 64?&#8221;
&#8220;Did .. madonna.. just come out?&#8221; the TikTok reactions continued. &#8220;Madonna has been bi for years don’t act surprised besides I gotta say she is living her lifeee!!&#8221; someone else said. &#8220;Yessss.&#8221;
&#8220;Madonna has been an out bisexual for literally decades my dudes,&#8221; another similar reaction went.
During the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards , Madonna notably <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/larryfitzmaurice/britney-spears-madonna-recreate-2003-vmas-kiss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kissed</a> singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on the mouth during a wedding-themed performance. Earlier this year, Madonna and Spears reenacted the kiss at the latter&#8217;s wedding to Sam Asghari.
&#8220;I wouldn’t have recognized her,&#8221; one comment on the singer&#8217;s appearance said. &#8220;Doesn’t look like Madonna.&#8221;
&#8220;After seeing all of these celebrities I’ve decided to never have surgery to change my physical appearance, you just need more until it’s too much,&#8221; another TikTok user posted.
Back in April, fans of Madonna expressed horror over her new look, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-dignity-in-whatever-this-is-madonnas-followers-horrified-with-her-new-tiktok-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
In the 13-second video, the &#8220;Like a Virgin&#8221; singer pursed her lips while leaning back and forth in front of the camera, wearing heavy silver chains and a black sheer top.
&#8220;Sad,&#8221; one person captioned the video. &#8220;Kids, don&#8217;t do drugs or liberalism.&#8221;
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Madonna. Sad. Kids, don’t do drugs or liberalism. <a href="https://t.co/wpGo9CiO9J">pic.twitter.com/wpGo9CiO9J</a>
&mdash; Steve Mudflap McGrew’s REMASCULATE podcast (@REMASCULATE) <a href="https://twitter.com/REMASCULATE/status/1510718309418868739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Have you accidentally created an avatar for yourself? More specifically, have you created a life in the online universe — on social media, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok — that has nothing to do with you in your real life?
I think about this all the time when I examine how women behave online. The essential question being, would they do this if they were actually face to face with somebody?
Consider Emily Ratajkowski — an American model — who alleges that her husband is cheating on her, that he is a “dog,” and that she’s going to leave him.
As I’ve pointed out before, Emily posts naked photos of herself all the time for men and women who don’t know her. Whenever there’s an article or anything about her online, she’s revealing herself in some way. This is what she does for a living.
If someone like Emily Ratajkowski, who exposes herself to individuals online, were to physically enter a room full of men while topless — would she consider that cheating? Hopefully the answer is resoundingly yes. Yet, if she does the same act on Instagram, sharing topless pictures of herself — she, and the culture with her, perceives no fault.
Take another celebrity example in Madonna, who I believe is facing a very real mental health crisis. She recently posted a few pictures on her personal Instagram, in what I think was supposed to be a seductive post.
She&#8217;s wearing fishnet tights. She has her boob out. She is in leather and she is biting the end of her metal bed. She’s half naked.
I look at these photos and I ask myself, would she do this in real life? Imagine you&#8217;re looking to buy a mattress and you&#8217;re going through the mattress store. Suddenly, you see a 63-year-old on top of one of the beds, in fishnets and moving her hips, gyrating in “sexy poses.”
This topic comes to mind because it came up on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/daily-wire-backstage-open-borders-just-kidding">Daily Wire’s backstage</a>, where all the hosts, including myself, sit down and discuss various topics in long form. The conversation continues behind the paywall on Daily Wire+. It was here that my point above — about online behavior and behavior in real life — came up. I think it was one of the most interesting discussions of the night.
Some of the hosts considered the online world to be different, in that it varied in its level of sin. In other words, watching pornography online is not the same as engaging in a real-life affair.
I didn&#8217;t necessarily agree with that, and neither did my colleague Matt Walsh. To quote him, “if you found out that your husband went to a motel room and was the third party in some sort of sexual dalliance, but he didn’t do anything; he just kind of sat there in the hotel room watching it. I think we’d all agree that that is cheating.”
This is the crux of my argument. Most people online make a differentiation between actions in life and online. But how? In pornography, you’re watching two people — neither of which are your spouse — have sex. What makes it so different through a screen versus without a screen in life?
Virtual reality only furthers my point. I tried on VR glasses once and I was shocked at how real they felt. I was on the edge of a precipice, and I was unable to jump because my physical body felt that it was too real to jump. I felt that I would have been actually falling off a 50-story building.
Now imagine watching pornography in that situation. You’re now able to put yourself in a situation, where it feels real, and you can be surrounded by and have virtual sex with naked women and men. Would it be considered — by Emily, by the culture, by you — an act of infidelity to engage in such behavior in VR?
Many may say no. I say yes.
We keep lowering the bar on expectations in relationships and behaviors because we create a weird mental separation between the online and the real. It’s morally acceptable to post revealing photos of yourself for likes, but you can’t do the same in real life. You can watch whatever porn you like, but you can’t watch two people having sex in real life. You can engage in sexual activities in VR and have that feeling of doing it for real, but you are only culpable for it if you do it in an actual bedroom.
Again, I ask — what’s the difference?
If you haven’t already been forced to answer the question in your relationships, with the way things are progressing, you will eventually have to.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> opened up about both of her marriages and admitted she shouldn&#8217;t have gone down the aisle not once but twice.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">64-year-old</a> pop singer shared a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDgDMC4orNw">video</a> on YouTube recently, titled “Finally Enough Talk: 50 Questions With Madonna,” as she answered a series of rapid fire questions about everything from her thoughts regarding her marriages to her music, and more.
One of the first questions she was asked was about her “greatest guilty pleasure.” She responded: “Sex.” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-boasts-about-teen-son-wearing-her-clothing-looks-better-than-me">Madonna</a> also answered “sex” when she was asked about her current “obsession.” She followed other answers later with &#8220;sex,&#8221; including one question about what her life goal and her mantra was.
The “Like A Virgin” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-dignity-in-whatever-this-is-madonnas-followers-horrified-with-her-new-tiktok-look">hitmaker</a> was then asked about a decision the pop singer made, that looking back now at her life, maybe “wasn’t the best idea.”
“Getting married,” Madonna replied. “Both times!”
The actress also shared that if she could only wear one thing for the rest of her life, it would be her “24-karat gold vibrator necklace.”
The “sex” theme was present throughout the entire 7 minute clip.
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The material girl&#8217;s first trip down the aisle was with actor Sean Penn in 1985, and that marriage lasted until 1989. And then a decade later, the “Holiday” hitmaker tried for marital bliss one more time when she tied the knot with English film director Guy Ritchie, to whom she was married until 2008. She and Ritchie share two kids — Rocco Ritchie, 22, and David Banda, 16.
In 2015, the “Papa Don&#8217;t Preach” hitmaker talked to <a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2015031123942/madonna-marriage-guy-ritchie-incarcerated/">The Sun</a> about her marriage to Ritchie and said there were times she felt “incarcerated.”
“I wasn&#8217;t really allowed to be myself,” the performer shared at the time. “It doesn&#8217;t mean marriage is a bad thing. But if you&#8217;re an artist, you&#8217;ve got to find someone who accepts who you are and is comfortable with that.”
Interestingly, seven years ago, when Madonna was asked if she would ever walk down the aisle again, the singer simply replied, “Never say never.”
In the latest clip, the “Vogue” hitmaker also talked about her latest album, titled “Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones,” and appeared to hint at a possible 2023 tour.
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