Madonna Slams ‘Misogynist’ & ‘Ageist’ Trolls Who Criticized Her Grammys Appearance

After a fewer days to bespeak connected the online absorption from her clip astatine the 65th Grammy Awards connected Sunday (Feb. 5), Madonna took to societal media to code those who mocked her look and appearance. “It was an grant for maine to Introduce Kim Petras and Sam Smith astatine the Grammys,” wrote Madonna, 64, astatine the commencement of her Feb. 7 Instagram post. “Instead of focusing connected what I said successful my code – which was astir giving acknowledgment for the fearlessness of artists similar Sam and Kim – galore radical chose to lone speech astir close-up photos of maine taken with a agelong lens camera by a property lensman [which] would distort anyone’s face!”

“Once again, I americium caught successful the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the satellite we unrecorded in,” continued the “Music” singer. She denounced “a satellite that refuses to observe women past the property of 45 and feels the request to punish her If she continues to beryllium strong-willed, hard-working, and adventurous.”

“I person ne'er apologized for immoderate of the originative choices I person made nor the mode that I look oregon dress, and I’m not going to start,” she added. “I person been degraded by the media since the opening of my career, but I recognize that this is each a test, and I americium blessed to bash the trailblazing truthful that each the women down maine tin person an easier clip successful the years to come. In the words of Beyoncé, ‘you won’t interruption my soul.’

“I look guardant to galore much years of subversive behavior,” she added, which volition see “pushing boundaries, “standing up to the patriarchy, and astir of all, enjoying my life.”

The satellite is threatened by my powerfulness and my stamina. My quality and my volition to survive.
But they volition ne'er interruption maine
this is each the test. pic.twitter.com/XvcaaG0Rrs

— Madonna (@Madonna) February 7, 2023

The Instagram reel that accompanied Madonna’s connection showed her cavorting with Cardi B, Sam Smith, and others astatine the Grammy Awards. On Twitter, she continued with her clap-back against her trolls. “The satellite is threatened by my powerfulness and my stamina,” she captioned a selfie. “My quality and my volition to survive. But they volition ne'er interruption me. This is each the test.”

Madonna’s archetypal connection wasn’t conscionable astir her haters. “I wanted to springiness the past award, which was Album of the year,” wrote Madonna, “but I thought it was much important that I contiguous the archetypal trans-woman performing astatine the Grammys— a history-making moment!! And connected apical of that, she won a Grammy!!”

Madonna astatine the Grammys (CBS)

As Madonna noted, Kim, 30, won a Grammy. Her and Sam’s collaboration, “Holy,” won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Kim’s utilized her acceptance code to “hank each the transgender legends earlier maine who kicked these doors unfastened for maine truthful I could beryllium present tonight. SOPHIE, particularly — my person who passed distant 2 years ago, who told maine this would hap and ever believed successful me.”

Kim’s accomplishment besides helped assistance the sanction of Wendy Carlos. Wendy won Best Classical Album, Best Engineered Classical Recording, and Best Classical Performance by an Instrumental Soloist astatine the 1970 Grammy awards (h/t Fader). Wendy was surviving privately arsenic a trans pistillate astatine the time. She would travel retired publically successful 1979. With continued attacks connected queerness from right-wing politicians like Ron DeSantis, it volition necessitate much “standing up to the patriarchy” that Madonna referenced to guarantee that Kim isn’t the last openly trans idiosyncratic to triumph a Grammy.

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