Madonna Pokes Fun At Her Ever-Changing Appearance After Grammys Pic Debacle
If there's one thing you can always expect from Madonna, it's change. Madonna has reinvented herself time and time again over her decades-long career, with the pop superstar repeatedly changing up her sound and her look to keep fans on their toes.
But while much of her change over the years has had to do with her album eras, the star has also hit the headlines for a change up that maybe wasn't quite so intentional. Madonna caused quite a stir on February 5 after she appeared at the 2023 Grammy Awards looking quite different, which really got people on social media talking. The chatter got so intense that Madonna herself clapped back, chastising those who focused on her appearance instead of acknowledging what she actually said when she took to the stage. "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 clapped back on Instagram. "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 past the age of 45 And feels the need to punish her If she continues to be strong willed, hard-working and adventurous."
And now? The "Like A Virgin" hitmaker has even more to say following the criticism.
Madonna joked about her post-swelling new look
Madonna wasn't quite done weighing in on all the talk about her new look, as she took to Twitter on February 20 to share a snap of herself with a very tongue-in-cheek caption that appeared to confirm she had some kind of treatment before her Grammys appearance. "Look how cute i am now that swelling from surgery has gone down. Lol," she captioned the image alongside a crying laughing face, as she rocked a baseball cap with the words "Spiritually hungry" written across the forehead and red braids. That got fans speculating that she may have had some kind of procedure that took some time to calm down.
But whether or not Madonna really did make a visit to the doctor's office, she hasn't been afraid to share her thoughts on aging over the years and the way women getting older, in particular, is presented in the media. "We need to stop talking about aging like it's something negative and, actually, I don't like the word 'anti-aging,'" she told Refinery29 in 2018. "Why can't we just be the age that we are and look amazing all of the time? We can, if we take care of ourselves inside and out."
But, whatever Madonna may or may not have done to her face, there's no doubt that she's still an icon!