‘Unrecognizable’ Madonna proves she is a clueless narcissist

Madonna showed up to the Grammys on Sunday night wanting like she was one Restylane injection away from turning into Marilyn Manson.

Her cheeks have been puffy, her lips have been as inflated because the Chinese language balloon and her lashes have been cartoonishly lengthy.

Then issues bought even weirder.

The 64-year-old blasted anybody with 20/20 imaginative and prescient who commented on her altered face as a substitute of her speech.

She blamed a “long lens camera” that will “distort anybody’s face.”

Positive, there’s some distortion at play right here, nevertheless it’s on her half. Her stunning look suggests she has some kind of physique dysmorphia.

And her phrases counsel she has a equally skewed view of society — and actuality.

“As soon as once more I’m caught within the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the world we stay in,” she wrote on Instagram.

“A world that refuses to have fun ladies move [sic] the age of 45 And feels the necessity to punish her If she continues to be strong-willed, hard-working, and adventurous.”

If she took the DeLorean again to 1983, 1993 and even 2003, there’d be some fact to this proclamation. However she couldn’t have picked a worse time than 2023 to take this self-serving stand.

By no means have feminine performers, middle-aged or older, been extra celebrated with accolades, work and visibility.

Presently, Angela Bassett and Jamie Lee Curtis, each 64, Michelle Yeoh, 60, and Cate Blanchett, 53, are all nominated for Academy Awards. Actresses resembling Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez are each as related as ever at 53.

The hilarious “Hacks” star Jean Sensible, 71, has been having fun with a rip-roaring revival that included back-to-back Golden Globe nominations and one win. And the pleasant 61-year-old Jennifer Coolidge additionally picked up back-to-back Golden Globe nominations and a win for her turn in “The White Lotus.”

In theaters you’ll discover “80 for Brady” — a big-screen celebration of tolerating feminine friendship. The comedy options Rita Moreno, 91, Jane Fonda, 85, Lily Tomlin, 83, and Sally Area, 76 — 4 ladies who’re a long time previous receiving their first AARP card.

And on the Grammys, Bonnie Raitt, 73, beat out Beyoncé for “Song of the Year.”

They’re making headlines for his or her physique of labor, not the work they’d on their physique. Positive, they might have had some nips, tucks, tweaks and weekly laser facials. However they’ve grown older with relative grace, principally embracing some flaws and a few wrinkles.

Madonna, whom I as soon as adored for bucking conventional magnificence requirements, is a serial and expert chameleon. She’s gone blonde, she’s gone brunette and, throughout her Man Ritchie marriage, she went rogue and have become a horseback-riding English rose. However in her pursuit of youth, which reportedly consists of wanting to look like her early 2000s self, she had by no means aimed for cartoonish. Till now.

“I’ve been degraded by the media because the starting of my profession however I perceive that that is all a check and I’m completely happy to do the trailblazing so that each one the ladies behind me can have a neater time within the years to come back,” she mentioned.

If the path she’s blazing results in the plastic surgeon fully renovating your face, then I’ll fortunately take the choice route.

Or perhaps she may very well be just like the late, nice Joan Rivers, who cherished cosmetic surgery — however self-awareness much more.

“I’ve had a lot cosmetic surgery, once I die they may donate my physique to Tupperware,” she as soon as cracked.

There’s a dialog available in regards to the many “isms” that plague ladies and elude males.

However don’t anticipate an sincere audit to occur with Madonna or her reverse funhouse mirror within the room. Her model of feminism is simply narcissism wrapped in plastic.