After wading into COVID-19 controversy earlier this week, it appears Madonna would like everyone to simply forget she ever called controversial coronavirus doctor Stella Immanuel her “hero.” Oh, and also, don’t expect an apology from her. That’s not her style.
Earlier this week, the singer shared a coronavirus propaganda video and voiced her support for Immanuel, the quack physician who’s been encouraging people not to wear masks and warning about “demon sperm” and alien babies.
“The truth will set us all free!” Madonna wrote on Instagram. “This woman is my hero … Thank you Stella Immanuel.”
A backlash ensued, with many of Madonna’s biggest fans voicing their disapproval of her glowing endorsement of Immanuel. The video was quickly flagged by fact checkers for being inaccurate and later removed from Madonna’s page by the Instagram police.
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In the past, the singer has never missed an opportunity to declare herself a victim of “censorship.” This time, however, she said nothing when the video was taken down.
She also said nothing when fans asked for an explanation for what happened.
And, so far, she has ignored all calls to apologize.
Then this morning, she posted a righteous video to her Instagram page featuring Rabbi Eitan Yardeni, a senior instructor from the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles, along with the caption:
My teacher speaks about The 9th of Av (next 24 hours) we need to Transform Days of Darkness into Days of Love ♥️ #eitanyardeni. PA. I will spread the teachings of all the great prophets if they resonate with me . They all have something to teach us. They all came here to teach us. One of the most important teachings is tolerance and forgiveness.
Noticeably absent from the post is any mention of the controversy Madonna caused earlier in the week.
What’s also confusing about it is that it appears she’s asking for forgiveness, but she’s yet to actually address what happened. And it’s kinda hard to forgive a person when they can’t even say they’re sorry or explain why they did something.
Madonna may wish everyone would just forget the whole thing ever happened, but commenters are still pissed about it, and rightfully so.
“So we just gonna pretend ‘that’ never happened?” one person asked. To which someone else responded, “LMAO, yes. It was all a dream, a bedtime story.”
“Please say something about the video removed from your feed,” another person wrote. “You are an inspiration for billions of people around the world and that info wasn’t safe/true.” To which another person replied, “You shouldn’t look to a celebrity for inspiration or information.”
“She needs to be more thoughtful about what she posts,” yet another comment reads. “This was terrible.”
“Calling that woman a hero is embarrassing and wrong on so many levels,” another declares. “I don’t care if she was not the only one, she knows better.”
“There is zero indication that Madonna is sorry,” adds another. “Also, Instagram — not Madonna — removed it. It would likely still be up if not for Instagram.”
We’re sill waiting on that apology, Madge.
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Kangol2
Madodobird, just publicly cancel yourself for a while, OK? Come back when you’ve found a bit of maturity and sanity. (And you can afford a psychologist or 20, so hire one, ASAP.)
WashDrySpin
Madonna is always trying SO hard to remain relevant and a revolutionist…oh how her brittle bones must ache from carrying her MASSIVE ego…
Troysky
@washdryspin …not as hard as my unit when I see MMA Fighter Simon Marini do some nude modeling. ….but Madodobird’s (yes Kangol2!) ego, as you say, and life-bubble is sickening.
Cam
Reading is WHAT?? 😉
Troysky
@Cam …..”reading”…… forgive me, Cam… I’m not following what I assume is your clever response
Cam
@Troysky
I was using the RuPaul line “Reading is WHAT?…..Fundamental!”.
Its an old educational TV break saying, and Rupaul’s show uses it to talk about when somebody is being read for filth. I was saying their post was a good read. 🙂
Troysky
@Cam …. ok, I think I follow you …but if you fell into my arms it might be better
Neoprene
Kaballah is soooooo turn of the century. Move on, Maddy, there’s got to be some new BS out there for you.
bachy
Isn’t anyone allowed to make a mistake anymore? And when we do, are we required to grovel at the feet of the Twitter Woke Police and beg for mercy? Please.
sam83
Agreed. I basically wrote the same thing and slammed Queerty for every single Madge article being negative and they are still “moderating” my comment
Cam
Isn’t anybody allowed to point out a mistake anymore? Or are the whiny trolls crying about the “Woke Police” not allowing it?
Madonna said that a rabidly anti-LGBTQ bigot was her hero. That isn’t a mistake, that’s promoting a bigot.
sam83
For god’s sake enough! The writer is sounding like a Gaga loving Madge hating troll with all these anti Madonna posts. First of all Madge’s post was dumb and she needs to be careful before sharing stuff to 15 million people on insta …I think she was too quick to jump on that bandwagon of a black, female doctor without doing a fact check but doesn’t change the fact that half of this country also believes these conspiracy theories thanks to Trump. Madonna has said and done a few problematic things on Instagram but doesn’t change the fact she’s been a staunch advocate for gays, women and minorities since the beginning of her career she continues to be. Ironic that this 1 horrific post is getting so much getting so much coverage but not the thousands of good things she’s put up to support BLM or the LGBT community (guess the price to pay to be in the spotlight). look at everything else she’s shared recently…no mention of that. But come on. Gen Z has no clue that Madge fought for us at the height of the aids pandemic or built hospitals in Africa…they just see her as old and problematic thanks to writers like graham that have continued to turn our allies into villains if they’re not young or perfect. If you want brainless and no opinion go stan Britney. The same day the economy took the biggest GDP nosedive and Trump proposes delaying the election Graham and Queerty are too busy slamming Madge. Enough
JPDonahue
“ Madge fought for us at the height of the aids pandemic…”
Just a reminder… so did Roseanne.
Cam
@JPDonahue
Madonna did what she needed to do for her brand. And Rosanne has promoted anti-LGBTQ politicians.
But nice try. You trolls can never leave anything can you? When you try to rehab Roseanne you just exposed yourself.
leo1008
Can we stop reporting on every social media “controversy”? Please? They’re not news. No one cares. Just stop. I don’t care what Madonna said on social media. I don’t care how twitter responded. I don’t care if she apologized. Are these queerty articles written by 12-year-olds? Who cares about any of this stuff? Not me. I don’t care. I don’t care. I don’t care. Just stop. Stop. Please. Stop.
C_Alan
@bachy: Nobody asked her to grovel. You’re using this event as an excuse to tweak the non-existent “woke police”.
@sam83: Nobody is entitled to life-long loyalty regardless of their actions. Madonna endangered people’s lives and she doesn’t seem to get that, probably because she thinks sycophants like you will blindly follow her (and randomly throw shade on Gaga in the process).
@leo1008: You should read material that interests you, not prohibit people from reading what interests them. Let me guess…you don’t care? Charming.
@Everyone else: Have a great Thursday!
sam83
Did you even read my damn comment? I said her post was dumb and she needed to be careful given her platform and 15 million followers.
I’m not blindly loyal and unlike “Roseanne” Madge has continued to be an advocate for us and does deserve more respect than she gets. She’s like Hillary Clinton to an extent…people love to hate her even the people she continues to fight for.
My point is simply that every Madonna piece on this blog is always negative or shady…ageist, she’s late, she posted a dumb photo.
Never about her taking a stance or any of the positive things she’s done and continued to do.
ScottOnEarth
Now we know what happened to Baby Jane.
Observant
Biggest and best laugh of my day. Thanks, SOE.
mz.sam
Hey Madge, wheelchair back to your nursing home, take your daily hydrochloroquine, spend time listening to your old hits and shut the F***k Up!
Lightbulb
She’s a loser, trash and just plain nasty anymore. her own kids can’t stand her! Rocco ran back to the UK and Lourdes I understand wouldn’t let her even take her to college let alone hang out with her f&%K toys who are younger than her.
She jumped the shark about 10 years ago. Love when Elton John called her a C&*T
butchqueen
Stick a fork in her, she done!