<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> has canceled several shows and rescheduled other dates for her &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-announces-tour-dates-celebrating-four-decades-of-her-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celebration Tour</a>&#8221; that had to be postponed after she got sick and spent several days in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in June.</p>
<p>The 65-year-old pop singer was previously supposed to launch her new world tour on July 15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, with it running through October 8 in Las Vegas. She was hospitalized in June with what her manager called a &#8220;serious bacterial infection&#8221; and the tour was put on hold.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Live Nation released the new dates for the tour celebrating her four decades of music, with the festivities now kicking off in October in London at the O2 Arena, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/madonna-celebration-tour-dates-icu-infection-health-47f9f956ffd66d96709461519e6ea6b6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a> reported.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.livenation.com/artist/K8vZ9171ub0/madonna-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concert site</a> showed that the majority of the pop star&#8217;s North American tour dates have been rescheduled for the end of the year and 2024, kicking off on December 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and running through April.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just Announced⚡ Madonna Reveals Rescheduled Dates for The Celebration Tour! The Celebration Tour will come to: </p>
<p>🪩 <a href="https://twitter.com/AmalieArena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmalieArena</a> 4/4/24, resch from 9/7/23<br />🪩 <a href="https://twitter.com/KaseyaCenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KaseyaCenter</a> 4/6 &amp; 4/7/24, resch from 9/9 &amp; 9/10/23</p>
<p>All previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new dates. <a href="https://t.co/SrlidOL1rW">pic.twitter.com/SrlidOL1rW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Live Nation (@LiveNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/LiveNation/status/1691480499238158337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>However, five shows that were scheduled to hit large cities have been completely canceled. Those include concert dates in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tulsa, and Nashville due to scheduling conflicts. Refunds will be issued. More information can be found <a href="https://www.madonna.com/tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p>In July, the international pop icon posted a message to fans after her hospital stay for the &#8220;bacterial infection&#8221; after being found unresponsive on June 24.</p>
<p>&#8220;Love from family and friends is the best Medicine,&#8221; the &#8220;Material Girl&#8221; singer captioned her post on Instagram. &#8220;One month out of the hospital and I can reflect.&#8221;</p>
<p>Madonna also thanked her children for their support and all her &#8220;angels who protected&#8221; her, letting her &#8220;stay&#8221; to finish her work.</p>
<p>She spent several days in the intensive care unit and was forced to postpone the start of her tour. Her manager Guy Oseary explained, at the time, via Instagram: &#8220;At this time, we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour. We will share more details with you as soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-praises-her-kids-says-shes-lucky-to-be-alive-after-hospitalization" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna Praises Her Kids, Says She&#8217;s &#8216;Lucky&#8217; To &#8216;Be Alive&#8217; After Hospitalization</a></strong></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-found-unresponsive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> had nothing but praise for her six children&#8217;s support after her recent health scare, acknowledging that she&#8217;s &#8220;lucky&#8221; to &#8220;be alive&#8221; after being hospitalized a month ago.</p>
<p>The 64-year-old international pop icon posted a message on Sunday weeks after a hospital stay for a &#8220;serious bacterial infection&#8221; after being found unresponsive on June 24, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/madonna-lucky-to-be-alive-hospitalization-bacterial-infection-rcna97216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Love from family and friends is the best Medicine,&#8221; the &#8220;Material Girl&#8221; singer captioned her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CvVPNaeu1DP/?img_index=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/madonna-hospitalized-bacterial-infection-recovery-tour-postponed-1235525627/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8220;One month out of the hospital and I can reflect.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;As a Mother you can really get caught up in the needs of your children and the seemingly endless giving ……….. But when the chips were down my children really showed up for me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I saw a side to them I had never seen before. It made all the difference. So did the love and support from my friends.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;If you zoom into this picture I am holding you will see a polaroid taken by Andy Warhol of Keith Haring wearing a jacket with Michael Jackson&#8217;s face painted on it,&#8221; Madonna continued. &#8220;A perfect triangle of Brilliance. Artist who touched so many lives including my own. I sobbed when I opened this gift because I realized how lucky I am to be alive. And how fortunate I am to have known these people and so many others who are also gone.&#8221;</p>
<p>Madonna closed her post by thanking all her &#8220;angels who protected&#8221; her and letting her &#8220;stay&#8221; to finish her work.</p>
<p>She spent several days in the intensive care unit and was forced to postpone the launch of her global tour. Madonna planned to kick off her &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-announces-tour-dates-celebrating-four-decades-of-her-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celebration</a>&#8221; world tour on July 15 in Vancouver, billed as a celebration of her 40 years in the music industry.</p>
<p>Her manager Guy Oseary explained, at the time, via <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuC6w1TPH_l/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2871716b-bb36-4bb8-9e5a-24f129404b2f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8220;At this time, we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour. We will share more details with you as soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.&#8221;</p>
<p>No other details about the tour have been released.</p>


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<p>Singer Madonna released her first statement on Monday following her hospitalization last month after reportedly being revived with Narcan.</p>
<p>Madonna <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuheQvlOgmo/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading">thanked</a> fans on Instagram for their &#8220;positive energy, [p]rayers and words of healing and encouragement,&#8221; saying that she felt their &#8220;love.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;My first thought when I woke up in the hospital was my children,&#8221; she said. &#8220;My second thought was that I did not want to disappoint anyone who bought tickets for my tour. I also didn&#8217;t want to let down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the last few months to create my show. I hate to disappoint anyone.&#8221;</p>
<p>She said that her focus was now on getting better so she could get back out on tour.</p>
<p>&#8220;The current plan is to reschedule the North American leg of the tour and to begin in October in Europe,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be more grateful for your care and support.&#8221;</p>
<p>The “Material Girl” singer was found unresponsive late last month and was rushed to the hospital, suffering from what her longtime manager Guy O’Seary described as a “serious bacterial infection.”</p>
<p>However, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-was-revived-with-narcan-before-being-rushed-to-hospital-report">report</a> from RadarOnline said that the infection may have been more serious than even he let on.</p>
<p>Sources reportedly told RadarOnline that the performer had to be revived with a Narcan injection when she was first discovered. While Narcan is most commonly used to treat narcotics overdoses, in Madonna’s case, it was believed to have been used for an entirely different reason: to reverse septic shock as a result of severe infection.</p>
<p>The sources did not indicate that the singer showed any signs of drug abuse or overdose, and her representatives have thus far declined to comment.</p>
<p>She has been released from the hospital, however, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rosie-odonnell-says-madonna-is-good-and-recovering-at-home-after-icu-stay">according</a> to longtime friend Rosie O’Donnell — and while she is still suffering the effects of the infection, she is on the road to recovery.</p>
<p>“She is recovering at home — she is very strong in general,” O’Donnell said of her “A League of Their Own” co-star.</p>


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<p>Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> was reportedly revived with Narcan before being transported to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a nearby hospital late last month.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Material Girl&#8221; singer was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-found-unresponsive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found unresponsive</a> and rushed to the hospital, suffering from what her longtime manager Guy O&#8217;Seary described as a &#8220;serious bacterial infection.&#8221; According to a <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/madonna-revived-narcan-brought-back-dead-hospital/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new report</a> published Wednesday by RadarOnline, the infection may have been more serious than even he let on.</p>
<p>Sources reportedly told RadarOnline that the performer had to be revived with a Narcan injection when she was first discovered. While Narcan is most commonly used to treat narcotics overdoses, in Madonna&#8217;s case, it was believed to have been used for an entirely different reason: to reverse septic shock as a result of severe infection.</p>
<p>The sources did not indicate that the singer showed any signs of drug abuse or overdose, and her representatives have thus far declined to comment.</p>
<p>She has been released from the hospital, however, according to longtime friend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rosie-odonnell-says-madonna-is-good-and-recovering-at-home-after-icu-stay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rosie O&#8217;Donnell</a> — and while she is still suffering the effects of the infection, she is on the road to recovery.</p>
<p>&#8220;She is recovering at home — she is very strong in general,&#8221; O&#8217;Donnell said of her &#8220;A League of Their Own&#8221; co-star.</p>
<p>Madonna was set to embark on her &#8220;Celebration&#8221; tour — a global trek that was to celebrate 40 years in the music business and include music from her first album to her most recent — but that has been postponed until the singer has had some time to recover.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected,&#8221; Madonna’s talent manager Guy Oseary explained via Instagram. &#8220;At this time, we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour. We will share more details with you as soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.&#8221;</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s longtime friend </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rosie-odonnell"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rosie O’Donnell</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> gave an update on the pop icon&#8217;s health following her ICU stay last month.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">O&#8217;Donnell shared a photo of herself with Madonna from the cult classic 1991 sports drama, “A League of Their Own,” with the caption, “remember when?”  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many commenters expressed their good wishes for the 64-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recording artist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, with one person saying outright, &#8220;@Rosie give us an update.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;She is recovering at home &#8211; she is very strong in general,&#8221; O&#8217;Donnell replied.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;God bless her I hope she’s ok, I don’t care about the tour,&#8221; another account posted in the comments, which prompted Rosie to reply with a heart emoji and the comment, &#8220;shes good.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna was admitted to the ICU in June after developing a &#8220;serious bacterial infection,&#8221; according to her team.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead (sic) to a several day stay in the ICU,&#8221; Madonna’s talent manager Guy Oseary </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuC6w1TPH_l/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Wednesday on Instagram. &#8220;Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We will share more details with you soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.&#8221; </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The unexpected illness forced the “Material Girl” singer to postpone her upcoming Celebration tour, which was scheduled to kick off in Vancouver on July 15. Madonna previously canceled several shows while on tour in 2019 due to a knee injury. She wound up wrapping up the tour early.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this year, she discussed the Celebration tour with Page Six. Madonna was reportedly rehearsing up to 12 hours a day in preparation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” she told the outlet, </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-found-unresponsive"><span style="font-weight: 400;">explaining</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> how her world tour would feature songs from all her prior albums beginning with her self-titled debut album that was first released in 1983.</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In another landmark ruling from the conservative-majority Supreme Court, this time related to protecting free speech and religious expression, the court ruled 6-3 in favor today of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a Christian graphic designer who maintains that her religious beliefs prevent her from working on projects related to same-sex weddings. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority, “The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also in</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a 6-3 decision today, the court put a stop to the president’s $430 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. The Justices in the majority said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan, and it leaves borrowers on the hook for repayments that are expected to resume in the fall. The court also said that the administration needed Congress’ endorsement before undertaking such a costly program. It also rejected arguments that a 2003 law dealing with student loans, known as the HEROES Act, gave Biden the power he claimed.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/28/justice-department-florida-law-unconstitutional-00104091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>DOJ Claims Florida Law Is Unconstitutional</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A new Florida law that prohibits some Chinese citizens from purchasing property in the Sunshine State is unconstitutional, according to the Justice Department. The DOJ Claims it violates the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The law, signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, also restricts land purchases from some citizens of several other countries including Iran and Russia. Republican lawmakers in other states have proposed bills that would ban Chinese citizens from buying or owning property, but Florida’s was the first to be signed into law.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/broward-coward-scot-peterson-acquitted-on-all-charges-over-response-to-parkland-shooting"><strong>Parkland Cop Found Not Guilty</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Parkland deputy who fled during a high school massacre was found not guilty of neglect of a child and culpable negligence </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">in a court</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Thursday. Jurors spent about three days deliberating the case of former Broward County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Scot Peterson, who remained outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during a gunman&#8217;s six-minute attack on February 14, 2018.</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2023/06/29/tech-group-sues-arkansas-over-law-requiring-parental-ok-for-minors-creating-social-media-accounts/"><strong>Tech Group Sues Arkansas</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A tech industry trade group is challenging a new state law in Arkansas that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. NetChoice, a group whose members include Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday over the measure signed by Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders in April. The requirement is set to go into effect on September 1. The lawsuit argues that the new requirement violates the constitutional rights of users and singles out types of speech that would be restricted.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/infections-potentially-deadly-bacteria-baby-formula-added-cdc-watchlist" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Feds Tracking Baby Infections Caused By Baby Formula</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> U.S. health officials have started tracking infections caused by a rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a baby formula shortage last year. A group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agreed Thursday to add infections caused by cronobacter to the list of serious conditions reported to the agency. States will now be asked, but not required, to notify the CDC about cronobacter infections, although they usually comply. Such infections are required to be reported now in only two states, Minnesota and Michigan.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/madonna-discharged-from-hospital-and-in-the-clear-after-serious-bacterial-infection-3463338" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Madonna Released From Hospital</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna is back at home and on the mend after being rushed to the hospital with a serious bacterial infection. The 64-year-old pop star was taken to the ICU after she was reportedly <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12246515/Madonnas-management-held-crisis-meeting-Zoom-fearing-not-survive-bacterial-infection.html">found</a> &#8220;unresponsive&#8221; in New York last Saturday. The news comes after sources revealed that the singer&#8217;s management team held a crisis Zoom meeting the next morning amid fears that she might not have survived the bacterial infection that saw her admitted to intensive care.</span></p>
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Friday Afternoon Update: Free Speech Protected, Student Loan Forgiveness Nixed, And Madonna Released From Hospital

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<p>Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-biopic-scrapped-by-universal-after-grueling-audition-process" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madonna</a> was rushed to the hospital on Saturday after she was found unresponsive.</p>
<p>According to a <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/06/28/madonna-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-found-unresponsive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Wednesday by entertainment site Page Six, the 64-year-old singer was reportedly taken to the Intensive Care Unit and intubated for at least one night before doctors removed the tube.</p>
<p>Madonna&#8217;s manager Guy O&#8217;Seary detailed the situation in a Wednesday post on Instagram, revealing that a bacterial infection had been the cause of the star&#8217;s rapid decline and saying that she was on the road to recovery.</p>
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<p>&#8220;On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several day stay in the ICU,&#8221; O&#8217;Seary wrote. &#8220;Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.&#8221;</p>
<p>O&#8217;Seary went on to say that, for health reasons, the performer would be putting all upcoming performances and appearances on hold until they were certain that she had recovered enough to return to her regular schedule.</p>
<p>&#8220;At this time, we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;We will share more details with you as soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Madonna had only recently announced her &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-announces-tour-dates-celebrating-four-decades-of-her-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celebration Tour</a>,&#8221; meant to celebrate her four decades in the music business. It was initially scheduled to kick off on July 15 in Vancouver, and included some 84 performances all around the globe.</p>
<p>&#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; she told Page Six in January, promising that the tour would include songs from every album beginning with her self-titled debut album that was first released in 1983.</p>


65th GRAMMY Awards – Show

Madonna Rushed To Hospital After Being Found Unresponsive

<p style="font-weight: 400;">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.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">But on Monday, Madonna fueled speculation with a post that suggested that she may indeed have had plastic surgery.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Look how cute i am now that swelling from surgery has gone down. Lol,” she tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">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></p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">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.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">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.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">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></p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1622433002847604736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">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!!”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“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.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“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.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">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.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>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></strong></p>


‘Look How Cute I Am’: Madonna References ‘Surgery’ After Appearance At The Grammys

Madonna References 'Surgery' After Appearance At the Grammys

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> responded Tuesday to fans and critics who were surprised by her appearance at the 65th Annual </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/grammys"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grammy Awards</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> last weekend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photos of the 64-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pop star</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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 </span><a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1622433002847604736"><span style="font-weight: 400;">tweet</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now the “Like a Prayer” singer has issued a response to all the questions in a lengthy Instagram </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoYOdzSA5mj/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.”</span></p>


Madonna Responds To Critics Mocking Her ‘Unrecognizable’ Grammys Face

Madonna Responds To Critics Mocking Her 'Unrecognizable' Grammys Face

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/grammys"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grammy Awards</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, claiming the 64-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music"><span style="font-weight: 400;">pop</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> icon was “unrecognizable” after what they assume is an excessive amount of plastic surgery.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Me attempting to ignore the fact that Madonna has a whole new face,” one Twitter account </span><a href="https://twitter.com/electricsoul123/status/1622428688850509824"><span style="font-weight: 400;">posted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> alongside a classic meme video of Adele looking confused.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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 </span><a href="https://twitter.com/andrewx221/status/1622431259443040257"><span style="font-weight: 400;">agreed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8220;Madonna</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> is </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">unrecognizable,&#8221; someone else <a href="https://twitter.com/Michael_Of_Crue/status/1622428448730882048">echoed</a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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. </span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">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></p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1622433002847604736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna’s speech during the show reiterated that she’s happy being controversial and counter-cultural. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music,” she said, per </span><a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/05/fans-so-confused-by-madonnas-new-face-at-grammys-2023/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Six</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you’re definitely onto something.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Material Girl” singer further thanked fellow “rebels” for “forging a new path and taking the heat for all of it.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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 </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1510801557033521152"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the time. “Better to just look old. There is dignity in it. There is no dignity in whatever this is.”</span></p>


Social Media Users Say Madonna Looked ‘Unrecognizable’ During Grammys Appearance

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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Hollywood biopic on the life and career of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has officially been called off.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies"><span style="font-weight: 400;">project</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was being developed by Universal Pictures, according to </span><a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/madonna-biopic-scrapped-over-world-tour-julia-garner-1235500880/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna, whose full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone, was dubbed the “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Queen of Pop</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” and, over the years, became a cultural icon, for better or worse.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She </span><a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/julia-garner-madonna-biopic-lead-role-1235287260/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sources said that any actress who passed the first rounds would have to sing in front of Madonna as part of the audition.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna also said she was the only one qualified to tell her life story.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#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;</span></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madonna</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is making headlines for her decision to interpret traditional </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> imagery in her latest photo shoot.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Catholic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> devotional depicting Mary with her heart pierced by seven swords.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">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></p>
<p>&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1616371852959531008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was fiercely criticized by the Catholic Church,” she asserted, per </span><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/01/23/madonna-mocks-christs-last-supper-in-vanity-fair-photo-shoot/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breitbart</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “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.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photographers Luigi Murenu and Iango Henzi directed Madonna’s two-day Vanity Fair photo shoot.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other photos garnering reactions online include Madonna wearing a low-cut white dress covered in severed body parts from baby dolls. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 </span><a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1616371852959531008" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">says</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite her relationship with the Catholic church, the “Like a Prayer” singer has reached out to church officials in the past. In May, she </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-tweets-at-pope-asks-for-meeting-im-a-good-catholic-i-swear" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">tweeted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the pope and requested a meeting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“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.”</span></p>


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