Madonna has never been one to shy away from controversy. But perhaps this time she should have.
Over the weekend, the “Ghosttown” hit maker took to Instagram to thank and praise none other than… Margaret Thatcher?
WTF?
The blog Gigwise first reported on the following photo and quote from the former British Prime Minister posted to Madge’s Instagram page:
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Madonna then captioned the image:
“Thank you Margaret Thatcher! #unapologetic #rebelheart”
Say what?!
Evidently Madonna, who has built her empire by pandering to gay audiences, seems to have forgotten that Thatcher, may she rest in peace, was an #unapologetic homophobe who once banned the “promotion of homosexuality” in schools.
Apparently someone on Madge’s team alerted her to the faux pas because the post was quickly deleted. But not before a few thousand people took notice.
If that wasn’t embarrassing enough, Madonna also managed to piss off Tony award-winning Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is currently performing in Hamilton, the season’s hottest ticket.
According to Deadline, Lady M attended a performance of the play on Saturday night, but she spent the entire second act texting on her phone and distracting other theater patrons.
After the performance, she asked to go backstage and meet Miranda, but the actor refused to see her, later tweeting:
Madonna, miffed but determined not to let the rejection ruin her night, jumped into a town car and headed over to Miss Lily’s in the East Village, where she popped out her grill and dined on rice and peas washed down with expensive rosé while continuing to text on her phone.
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Dennis Patrick Ellis
$$800$$million not enough cash?@gooutontop*
Caine
Some inaccuracies in your reporting:
– Michelle Obama was at a matinee performance so she was not there at the same time as Madonna.
– No one said that Madonna ASKED to go backstage.
Mr. Miranda tweeted what he tweeted (which, IMO, if he had any class he would have kept his mouth shut).
Darcy John
this is the pic you use? I cant even read the article cause of this. Madonna is beautiful and one of the most photographed people in the world and u choose this…
Realitycheck
One more, thing anything is possible, but considering
Madonna svelte body and age, I do find it hard to believe
she would actually eat heavy and fattening Caribbean food,
perhaps she just had the Rose’.
A quick trip to Miss Lily’s web site will show the rich food menu.
http://misslilysnyc.com/assets/pdf/menus/misslilys-dinner-menu.pdf
To look in shape and consistently, like Madonna, it takes lots of discipline,
I would guess that applies to her diet as well.
Alex Rothwell
I’m surprised the usher / management didn’t do some thing. Just another self-centered person / celebrity.
Carlos Zuniga
I love Madge, but I’m afraid she may be going through her 100’th mid life crisis.
Richard Roginski
Rude.
John Kuehnle
Carlos, hasn’t the same been said about Cher and she keeps going?
Allan O'Shea
Bitch, I’m Madonna!
Victor Barry
Bad form…don’t care who you are.
Low Country Boy
I’m sorry, but unless your Grandmother, Grandfather, Mother, Father, Sister or Brother is in the hospital, there is no excuse to text at supper and be rude to your dinner companions. Even then, you should alert them to the family emergency and politely excuse yourself to the bar area. There is no excuse for that kind of cuntery.
MarionPaige
@Realitycheck: “considering Madonna svelte body and age, I do find it hard to believe she would actually eat heavy and fattening Caribbean food”
Jack Merridew is consistently svelte and he’s always eating junk. Isn’t Madonna famous for eating a lot of Caribbeans (aren’t Puerto Ricans technically Caribbean)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxYNEx_NYBE
broadshoulder
That picture of Thatcher actually made me ill
Michel Filion
At what point does a rebel become an idiot?
Low Country Boy
Let’s try this again. There is no reason to text during supper and be rude to your dinner companions. Madge needs to get real and understand that she is not the Second Coming. Have a little class and have the same amount of respect that you DEMAND of others. Just saying.
Cy
Madonna = washed up grandma = needs to get over herself, yesterday. Saw her plant a kiss on Drake…disgusting. No young stud wants any 60 year tongue in their mouth.
Desert Boy
Madonna is just tacky and just lacks manners.
The great Broadway legend, Patti LuPone, actually stopped a performance of “Gypsy” when an audience member was clicking their camera, flashing a light at her.
LuPone received a standing ovation from the audience.
Madonna acts like she thinks her shit doesn’t stink and the world revolves around her zombie hands and surgically altered face. Sorry, Madge but, you couldn’t be more wrong.
Creig Stearne
Madonna start showing some class, you would be pissed if someone who that disrespectful at one of your concerts. You should apologized for your behaviour.
Mike Patten
When you’re 80, it’s eccentric. When you’re Madonna, you’re just being a self-absorbed twat.
Kenneth Gray Kloss
Tacky – I would have kicked her out
Cam
@Caine: said… “– No one said that Madonna ASKED to go backstage.
Mr. Miranda tweeted what he tweeted (which, IMO, if he had any class he would have kept his mouth shut).”
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This is how pathetic all of you little fangurls are whether you’re fans of Gaga, Madonna, or whoever.
Do you see what you did? You are claiming that an actor had no class for tweeting out that comment. And yet say nothing about Madonna, not just giving him a big middle finger by texting all during his performance, but irritating others who had paid money to be there.
If he had no class for a tweet, then she is acting like an ill bread piece of trash. But of course, an obsessed little Fangurl would never admit that now would they?
Anselmo Garcia
Right back at you #Madonna.
Uppity
At this point she’s not about “pushing boundaries” anymore, she’s just being a troll. I was a fan of hers once and could be again, but unfortunately I think we’re into many more years of her tired old shtick as the badass sexual exhibitionist. Even young performers aren’t doing that anymore, except maybe Miley. But Miley does it with a sense of fun, whereas it’s become a grim, desperate exercise for Madonna, from her threatening to “smoke” her detractors on facebook, to the Drake kiss. Incidentally, the kiss got all the attention, but if you look at her whole performance at Coachella she really was like an old stripper, the moves around the chair stale and perfunctory, the twentysomething, mostly straight audience nonplussed. There’s really not a great deal of interest in her anymore among the wider public. But a subset of urban gay men keep the online conversation about her alive, thereby giving the opposite impression.
J Alexander Steel
can someone please explain why anyone cares? rest in pepperonis bitch.
Jay A. Scaramazzo
I text during her music. So we are even.
Ty Halen
I’ve always despised her. She’s a smug shmuck who needs a good bitch-slapping in manners
Michael L Espinosa
She looks super old in this pic!!
Jon DeLeon
And u don’t think she does this on purpose???
Adrian Michael Ornelas
how could madonna not know that about thatcher ….
Realitycheck
@MarionPaige:
Didn’t know, then she must have a fantastic metabolism for her age,
I suspect hormone replacement therapy…
Realitycheck
@Jon DeLeon: Publicity comes to mind….
she is still thinking 80s, be rude and you attract a young audience.
I like Madonna, but this is just wrong……..
Rocco Scutaro
She’ll do anything to get press. I used to like her… she needs to grow up
Michael Albert
Low life. Thinks she can get away with anything. He should have stopped the show and had her thrown out, it’s been done.
Rachel R
You’d think that an entertainer would know the basics of being in a respectful audience.
William Harrison Surber
What a hag.
Lisa Hebert
Someone has gotten too big for her britches… Or cone bra.
Corey Tiblier
Has she completely lost her mind?
Patrick Cremeans
I stopped reading when I saw you claim she made a career pandering to gay audiences. Besides the fact that it takes a hell of a lot more than the gay community to drive your global record sales to the point of becoming the 4th highest selling artist of all time, Madonna supported the gay community before any other mainstream performer did and when it could have ended her career.
Heidi Kellett
Kerry Lana Ba Nana-insane photo of her?
Paco
Always the class act…
Wade
That photo Madonna posted of herself on Instagram—-the black and white tweed coat is quite unflattering and makes her look even more older.
Randy Pesqueira
I always love the Madonna protectionists! She is beautiful! She supported the gay community! Yes! but that doesn’t excuse graceless behavior. She’s well in to her fifties – take a class.
Danger Barkwood
#badbehavior
Michael
Remixes for Bitch, I’m Madonna out soon:
1. The Obnoxious Remix
2. The Self-Centred Rework
3. The Ignorance Remake
4. The Attention Whore Edit
Uppity
@Michael: 5. Bitch, I’m A Goner remix
BlogShag
@MarionPaige: , It sure beats eating pasty white taffy that’s horrible in bed all the time
BlogShag
@J Alexander Steel: , Well obviously you cared enough to comment on the article
BlogShag
@Patrick Cremeans: Before any other mainstream artist? Seriously? Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Cher, etc. had huge gay audiences
poppupz
Why would any intellectual author want a serial,plagiarist in their show anyways? Go to Google, enter the words “many artists Madonna stole from” and see sites she doesn’t advertise, before and after shots, and links to sites which explain who wrote what song she performed to.
There is a great book titled “Save The Last Dance For Satan” by Nick Tosches. Vanity Fair did a piece and excerpt on the book. The book traces the advent of American rock n roll radio from the 50’s and all the original songwriters (most were “black”) that died broke while the songs they wrote were lifted and performed on the radio. And low and behold you learn that queens management is one the culprits to radio corruption.
Clear Channel and IHeart radio subsidiary groups that support her career recently have been appealing to the FCC to make payola legal. Go to http://www.stoppayola.com for more details.
Since Bill Clinton and GOP deregulated American radio in 1996 with the Telecommunications Act Clear Channel bought out bulks of stations.
poppupz
@Caine: well you got all your Madonna facts “straight” don’t you?
Go to Google, enter the words “many artists Madonna stole from” and see sites she doesn’t advertise, before and after shots, and links to sites which explain who wrote what song she performed to.
There is a great book titled “Save The Last Dance For Satan” by Nick Tosches. Vanity Fair did a piece and excerpt on the book. The book traces the advent of American rock n roll radio from the 50’s and all the original songwriters (most were “black”) that died broke while the songs they wrote were lifted and performed on the radio. And low and behold you learn that queens management is one the culprits to radio corruption.
Clear Channel and IHeart radio subsidiary groups that support her career recently have been appealing to the FCC to make payola legal. Go to http://www.stoppayola.com for more details.
Since Bill Clinton and GOP deregulated American radio in 1996 with the Telecommunications Act Clear Channel bought out bulks of stations.
surfnspy
Ghost town a hit?
Following the release of the song as a pre-order, “Ghosttown” charted in a number of nations. In France the song debuted at number 70 on the French SNEP Singles Chart, but fell down to number 105 the next week. Following the album’s release, the song again entered the chart at number 60 and has since peaked at number 52.[40] It debuted and peaked at number 41 in Spain, staying there for two weeks.[41] The song debuted within the top-forty in Switzerland at number 39, but was present on the chart for one week.[42] “Ghosttown” charted outside the top-100 on the UK Singles Chart at number 117, and debuted at number 86 on the Scottish Singles Chart.[43][44] In Italy “Ghosttown” reached a peak of number 21 on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart, while debuting at number 81 on the German Media Control Charts.[45][46]
In the United States, “Ghosttown” was promoted to the adult contemporary radio formats by regular radio plays on iHeartMedia owned stations. It debuted at number 21 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, making it her 36th entry on the tally, from her 1984 debut with “Borderline”. Madonna ranks fourth on the list of artists with the most entries on the chart, preceded by Elton John (43), Celine Dion (41) and Rod Stewart (40). “Ghosttown” was Madonna’s first entry on the chart since her 2006 single, “Jump”. According to Billboard, the song also bubbled under the main Adult Pop Songs chart, aided by iHeart radio play.[47] On the Billboard Twitter Real-Time chart, “Ghosttown” debuted at number 20.[48] For the week ending April 25, 2015, “Ghosttown” debuted at number 41 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[49]
JPDonahue
@Caine: Did Queerty edit the story? I don’t see any mention of Mrs. Obama.
JPDonahue
Love the comments.
This isn’t a story about Madonna, her new album, who she was inspired by (these days is called “who stole what from who.”)
It’s about Madonna acting like a privileged brat during a show.
She basically said, “Fuck you” to the cast of ‘Hamilton.’
That has nothing to do with her age (other than, she’s old enough to know better) or the quality of her work. She was rude and disruptive.
The Madonna worship, evident in most of the comments here, are kind of disturbing. It’s almost Republican-esque in excuse making!
Danny Severino
I know who madonna is… Who’s this other person she offended..never heard of them???And if we’re talking about being rude, it’s alsoDamn rude to
Ignore a text which has been sent to you and obvs the show that madonna was watching was crap
And non entertaining lol
Eric Carr
this picture ;o its not even Madonna LOL
T-Wicked Iris Morgue
CHIC IS HAVING A MID LIFE CRISIS
Heather Fuglevik
She’s tired
Sansacro
@Cy: Aw, c’mon. It’s clear you fantasize about it intensely. Licking that spit, and luvin’ it.
Sansacro
Dear Madonna: I LOVED your first album!
Merv
Even though Thatcher was an ahole, it’s still a good quote. I doubt it even originated with her.
Cam
@Danny Severino: said…. “I know who madonna is… Who’s this other person she offended..never heard of them???And if we’re talking about being rude, it’s alsoDamn rude to
Ignore a text which has been sent to you and obvs the show that madonna was watching was crap
And non entertaining lol
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Your comment is beyond pathetic. And frankly I have been a fan of Madonna but I’m liking her less and less the more of her little Fangurls I see talking about her.
So according to you, if you’ve never heard of somebody then they don’t deserve courtesy, and if you HAVE heard of somebody, they don’t need to be polite.
Next you say it is rude to ignore a text that has been sent to you. Actually no it isn’t. And the fact that you don’t know that, shows that you and Madonna may have gone to the same charm school….none.
Lastly, if the play was crap and she was bored by it, then she needs to act like a fully realized person, and an adult, and get up and leave. But apparently in her world it didn’t matter that other people had paid to be there and they might be enjoying it, she was going to ruin it for them because she is the only person who matters.
John Wesley Anderson
Bratty behavior.
odowd4sure
Really? Madonna? Does anyone still care? Don’t ya Gurls have betta thangs y’all can be doin or scrapbookin about? Certainly Bon Qui Qui’s new cd is worth a spin, now that’s talent!! Gurl got mad skillz!
So stop wasting precious time hunties, you’ll be Madge’s age before you know it, get out there and live-don’t spend it on Madonna because, love don’t live here, no mo, ho mo!
Matthew T Langan
That’s a horrendous pic of her FYI
Desert Boy
Queerty – Why did you change the picture? I think the original, Baby Jane Hudson pic, was perfect! LOL!
Reginald Augustus Salazar Magpayo
Bitch! Learn some theatre etiquette! ð???
Reginald Augustus Salazar Magpayo
Early signs of menopause…ugh!ð??
jason smeds
Madonna has been a fake for many years. Many, many years. But because she was a “glamorous” woman who “spoke up for the gays”, the gay community embraced her. Gay men like it when “glamorous” women speak up for them, even if it is in condescending tones.
Gay men remind me at times of the black slave who grovelled at the feet of the slave-owner who periodically praised him for his hard work on the cotton fields.
Nelson Hernandez
Madonna : chill out
http://realitytvgifs.tumblr.com/post/115782609912/rhony-tonight
Jay Willard Abbit
She just forgot where she was. Happened to my grandmother on occasion. Bless her heart.
McShane
This. Absolutely. Positively. @jason smeds: Has to be the most well crafted, tastiest, irresistibly succulent troll bait you’ve ever concocted. A true masterpiece.
Mes félicitations au chef.
Severn Kirchem
^Awful picture of Madonna.. She needs another fresh young male Virgin!
Alex Rothwell
In this post she comes across as obnoxious, self-centered and then she has no clue about what is going on around her. I bet if she was on the receiving in she wouldn’t be happy about it one bit.
J.r. Graff
My interest in her has severely waned in the past few years. She claims to be this super-perfectionist – yet can’t start her shows on time and now, not showing respect for NY theater performers.
bottom250
Queerty posting another negative story about Madonna. Leave Madonna Alone.
Daniel Vance
What a spoiled idiot
Cam
@bottom250: said… “Queerty posting another negative story about Madonna. Leave Madonna Alone.”
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Just so I have this clear. You want the media to publicize Madonna’s work, and promote her, But not to report it when she acts horribly and is cruel to other people.
Remind me of where all those celebrities sign that contract that says nothing bad they ever do can be written about.
Kevin White
Who is the gal in the picture?
OhHellNo
Wow, Madonna a dumbass. Who knew? (Raises hand)
bottom250
@Cam: LEAVE MADONNA ALONE!!!!!!!!!
martinbakman
“Children are being taught they have an inalienable right to be gay. All of those children are being cheated of a sound start in life.” — Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,
Justin Christopher Lagerwey-Lehnherr
Just because we thank someone for something, doesn’t mean we agree with all their views. Like Katie Hopkins and Michelle Visage being friends. Sometimes you have to separate the person from their views. They still deserve love and respect.
Jay
Huh. Strange.