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Madonna… wtf??

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Teenyliving · 22/09/2022 21:43

Madonnas Instagram just popped up on my feed.

erm.

is it genuine? She has had so much work done that she looks about 25 - in the pics - I imagine in real life it looks kinda weird.

and it all seems to be some kind of weird porn inspired vibe - but in a very clunky and unsubtle way.

I am genuinely shocked. I haven’t really seen anything of her for quite a while.

is this a surprise to anyone else or have I been totally out of the loop??

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plainjane40 · 23/09/2022 13:20

And here!

Hopefullysoon2022 · 23/09/2022 13:39

plainjane40 · 23/09/2022 13:04

I don’t think she’s had a “wild life” though - she was always famously clean living and had the iron will power to maintain an extremely healthy lifestyle. She was teetotal I believe, smoked a very occasional cigarette (and that was probably only for photo shoots). She’s not like many other stars who lead a rock and roll lifestyle, take lots of drugs and booze and age badly as a result.

She's never had a wild life.
I think you're confusing her with Whitney HoustoN

Sandra1984 · 23/09/2022 14:04

a 64 yr old guy with extreme plastic surgery trying to look 27 partying with 20 somethings and sticking his tongue inside a 24 year old girl is an Uber creep in my book.

Madonna is a creep.

Sandra1984 · 23/09/2022 14:12

And maybe she’s just happy being a creep! Her rules, her money, her face. I’m more into the Chrissy hynde school of aging, I’m fine with me. I find myself attractive the way I am, I don’t need to change me. If someone disagrees it’s their feckin problem.

BooseysMom · 23/09/2022 14:15

She looks horrific. The practitioners who continue who continue to do work on her face are unethical.

I'm sure they're happy to accept the vast amounts she pays them. Ethical won't even cross their minds .

1jan2020 · 23/09/2022 14:19

I don’t understand why she wants to look so bloated. It hides her naturally beautiful bone structure.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 23/09/2022 14:27

For ages she had little bits of botox and little bits of filler. But seemed eager to retain her look than to alter it. But I think a combo of turning 60 and seeing people like Lady Gaga enjoy the career she used to have (bet she was madly jealous over Gaga’s Oscar nom) must have caused her to have some kind of crisis. And this is the end result.

Hopefullysoon2022 · 23/09/2022 15:06

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 23/09/2022 14:27

For ages she had little bits of botox and little bits of filler. But seemed eager to retain her look than to alter it. But I think a combo of turning 60 and seeing people like Lady Gaga enjoy the career she used to have (bet she was madly jealous over Gaga’s Oscar nom) must have caused her to have some kind of crisis. And this is the end result.

Gaga doesn't have the career Madonna has.
Why would she be jealous of her getting the Oscar.
See pitting women against each other.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 23/09/2022 15:11

Why would she be jealous of Gaga getting an Oscar nom?

Gee, lemme think. It's such a head scratcher.

nonono1 · 23/09/2022 15:18

Lol - I doubt Madonna would be jealous of any other singer. She’s the most successful female recording artist of all time! There are lots of successful musicians who will be forgotten in a decade or two. She’s gone way beyond that - she’s an icon and will go down in the history books.

KalaniM · 23/09/2022 15:22

It’s a big issue for her, I think. She either has to shift into being an interesting woman with something to offer or atrophy into a surreal parody of a kardashian.

AtrociousCircumstance · 23/09/2022 15:23

Very early in her career, Get Into The Groove/Desperately Seeking Susan era, she was pretty cool. She was still quite rough around the edges and looked amazing.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 23/09/2022 15:24

Of course she'll go down in the history books but her days of being the big star are very much behind her and I seriously doubt she's able to accept that with just a shrug of her shoulders. She's famously competitive, spent decades re-inventing herself in order to remain at the vanguard of pop culture. All the achievements in the world doesn't make people immune to feelings of jealousy when they see people half their age enjoying the stardom that used to be theirs.

Hopefullysoon2022 · 23/09/2022 15:34

KalaniM · 23/09/2022 15:22

It’s a big issue for her, I think. She either has to shift into being an interesting woman with something to offer or atrophy into a surreal parody of a kardashian.

She already is an interesting women with plenty to offer.

No she still is a big star @MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake .
Thats why shes been talked about on here.

Hopefullysoon2022 · 23/09/2022 15:41

And as if you cant tell im a huge fan,i even have Madonna tattoos.
You dont have to like her but to talk constantly about how she looks is very misogynist.

There was a thread on here deleted the other day because it was deemed to be ageist.
But Madonna always seems to be fair game with the horrible comments.

lllllllllll · 23/09/2022 15:51

Hopefullysoon2022 · 23/09/2022 15:34

She already is an interesting women with plenty to offer.

No she still is a big star @MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake .
Thats why shes been talked about on here.

Madonna has always been interesting, not to mention highly intelligent and articulate (as demonstrated by those interviews shared above). She wouldn’t have achieved anywhere near such longevity if she wasn’t.

KimberleyClark · 23/09/2022 15:57

There was a thread on here deleted the other day because it was deemed to be ageist.

I actually think it is trying to fool yourself and others that you look 25 when you are 60 that is ageist.

Hopefullysoon2022 · 23/09/2022 16:09

KimberleyClark · 23/09/2022 15:57

There was a thread on here deleted the other day because it was deemed to be ageist.

I actually think it is trying to fool yourself and others that you look 25 when you are 60 that is ageist.

You really think that.
Shes doing all the filters to push peoples buttons and its working.

She had a video where people asked her 50 questions and she looks good in it.

OriginalUsername2 · 23/09/2022 16:49

Its a shame she’s stuck trying to impress the youth and the men. In the real world a lot of women get to about 40 and can see through it all.

AtrociousCircumstance · 23/09/2022 18:11

But in that video she’s also using a filter. So that’s not evidence of anything different.

BooseysMom · 23/09/2022 18:57

Very early in her career, Get Into The Groove/Desperately Seeking Susan era, she was pretty cool. She was still quite rough around the edges and looked amazing.

Yes this is the era and she ruled it. I grew up with Maddie. Went to see her at Wembley (she was a match-stick in the distance and there were no big screens). I loved Desperately Seeking Susan..watched it recently and the music made me cry. Remember dancing at discos to Get Into the Groove. Dancing by myself to You can Dance while baby-sitting. Pretending to be on the vid for Borderline. That song will make me cry every time. I remember her religious phase with Like a Prayer which I never really got. But she's a legend and I'm really sad she's seen by so many as a tragic has-been. To me she will always be cool.

averageavocado · 23/09/2022 18:58

ReneBumsWombats · 23/09/2022 10:50

Does anyone think Hugh Hefner was a sex god at 64, surrounded by 20 somethings?

He was roundly celebrated for doing exactly that, well into his 70s. The Playboy mansion parties were packed out, he had VIP areas roped off in his favourite clubs and was seem as iconic for living with seven 20-something Fembot clones. After he pared them down to three, he got a reality show that presented the setup as fun, cartoony and family friendly. It was a roaring success. He and a load of bunnies featured in a music video by Nelly and Justin Timberlake, who were very hot property at the time.

It hit the decline after a while but when he died he was still considered an icon and far from being laughed at for surrounding himself with Fembots and marrying another 20-something at circa 80.

He was also an abusive knob.

And they weren't there for his money at all....

ReneBumsWombats · 23/09/2022 19:06

averageavocado · 23/09/2022 18:58

And they weren't there for his money at all....

If that's true, so what? If it's a sugar relationship, why should only the women be criticised?

But as it happens, at least after he finished dating the Bentley twins (who did get lot of stuff), the girlfriends stopped getting much. They got €1000 dollars a week for "clothing allowance", which they had to prove they were spending and not socking away. The cars were leased. They weren't allowed to work outside of the mansion.

What they were really there for, by that point, was the hope of kickstarting acting/modelling careers by posing in Playboy and making connections. A previous generation had largely got the photoshoots (and how many can you name?) but once he realised that was what they were there for, he dangled it over them but didn't allow it. Until it suited him when the reality TV series took off. They received no fee for the show and only the lowest fee for the shoot (unknown amateur model level; slebs earned more).

Even living in the mansion wasn't really the lap of luxury. They often shared rooms and bathrooms and the carpets were decades old and covered in dog shit.

He was a fucking arsehole. But he was hailed as an icon.

Bbq1 · 23/09/2022 21:09

ChellyT · 23/09/2022 02:14

These two pics were taken on the same weekend

Oh my gosh, she looks lovely in that first photo and exactly as I would expect a naturally aging Madonna to look. I didn't receive filters could be THAT deceiving.

nolongersurprised · 23/09/2022 22:37

nonono1 · 23/09/2022 15:18

Lol - I doubt Madonna would be jealous of any other singer. She’s the most successful female recording artist of all time! There are lots of successful musicians who will be forgotten in a decade or two. She’s gone way beyond that - she’s an icon and will go down in the history books.

We all remember her, of course. But my teen daughters barely know who she is. It’s the nature of fame, isn’t it? I think her simulating sex with 20 somethings IS her way of trying to keep that age group engaged with her.