Well, it would appear that all of the memes, tweets, and media speculation surrounding Madonna's appearance at Sunday night's Grammys Awards ceremony has finally made its way back to the Material Girl. The 64-year-old has responded to the backlash surrounding her changing face — and we have to admit that Madge has a point about the way we talk about aging women!
People have spent the days following the Grammys making fun of Madonna's face.
Ever since Madonna appeared at the music industry awards show — where she took the stage to introduce Sam Smith and Kim Petras — people have been flocking to Twitter to question, mock, and berate the Queen of Pop the way her face appeared to be suspiciously smoother and plumper. And it seems Madonna has finally had enough of it.
Madonna fired back against the criticism on her Instagram page.
Posting a video montage from Sunday night's festivities, she took aim at her biggest and loudest critics. She began by noting that the online chatter about her overshadowed the importance of Kim and Sam's performance, as Kim was the first trans woman to perform at the Grammys.
"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 wrote.
She also pointed out that this is hardly the first time she's faced these types of attacks.
"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 past the age of 45 and feels the need to punish her if she continues to be strong willed, hard-working, and adventurous."
People have targeted Madonna for all kinds of reasons over the years.
The "Vogue" singer went on to write in her post that she's never apologized for any of the creative choices she's made nor for the way she looks — and she insisted she's not about to start now.
"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. In the words of Beyoncé, 'You won't break my soul.'"
There was more than enough to talk about after the Grammys without taking aim at Madonna.
We do get where Madonna is coming from. She's spent her entire career being told that she's too much, too sexy, too bold.
Maybe it's time that people finally accept that Madonna is always going to stay true to herself and stop telling her what she should be doing instead. It doesn't seem like she plans on changing, which is one of the reasons why so many people love her to begin with.
