Then
And now, in her demure phase.
Posted on 06/13/2005 7:55:21 PM PDT by Jenya
Madonna tells of sex shame
By Clemmie Moodie, Daily Mail
Throughout years of reinvention, she has steadfastly stuck to one mantra - sex sells.
But now, after making a career as a controversial, no-holds-barred sex siren, Madonna has admitted that she pushed her explicit image too far.
At 46, she has spoken out against her early, headline-grabbing years, claiming that they may have misled her legion of young fans.
'Sometimes I was being overtly sexual for the sake of showing off when I didn't need to be. I think I hurt myself,' the singer told the American magazine, Ladies' Home Journal.
'Ultimately none of us wants to be judged, or approved of, or loved because of the way we look, or how sexy we are.
'One minute I was saying believe in yourself and the next minute I was saying just be sexually provocative for the sake of being sexually provocative.
'I was letting it pump up my ego, thinking aren't I great, they're writing about me, my picture's on the cover of every magazine, I'm so fabulous.'
The Like A Virgin singer's admission comes just days after the publication of her fifth children's book, Lotsa De Casha, which she hopes will complete her makeover from raunchy star to demure mother of two.
It is not known whether Madonna's devotion to Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism, has anything to do with her newfound bashfulness.
But it seems the queen of pop - who has a 1992 picture book called Sex to her name - has something of a hazy, and indeed short-term, memory.
Just last year she completed her Reinvention tour which, as well as netting her £65million, involved a number of flesh-baring costumes.
And earlier this year Madonna, who married the film director Guy Ritchie in December 2000, fronted a £ 5million advertising campaign for Versace posing as a vampish businesswoman.
But that is tame compared to some of her previous incarnations - such as her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour when she cavorted on stage in a coneshaped bra and fishnet stockings.
AKA whore
If this was really true, I don't think women's magazines would be as they are.
The only problem with being approved of for your looks is that they fade with time. I think Madonna's age has something to do with what she's saying today.
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Don't want to know where, don't want to know how, and I will definitely not kiss it and make it better.
Hmmm, didn't think so!
"Once a ho, always a ho."
Ladies Home Journal.
Did they show photos of her SEX book? Or tonguing Brittany Spears?
You did. I'll always think of you as a skank.
'Ultimately none of us wants to be judged, or approved of, or loved because of the way we look, or how sexy we are.
Especially now that we're losing our looks and we're not very sexy anymore.
Then
And now, in her demure phase.
Even Paris Hilton's boyfriend wouldn't "do" Madonna.
What a bunch of self-serving nonsense. Sort of like when Howard Cosell deplored the boxing game at the end of his career. She's yesterday's news.
..OINK!,OINK!....
Ahhh, the whirling turmoil of conscience that comes with being a middle-aged Hollywood Ho.
I take it this means you were never a Madonna groupie either? Phew.
"Can't stop the clock, Riggs."
...watch it..you are pushing it!!! ;^)
Well, my kidding has gotten me in trouble before. I'll stop.
Ya think she's finally concerned about the influence her life will have on her children?
I must say I did NOT read this interview of BS with this woman at my mom-in-laws this weekend.
She must be feeling really long in the tooth, if she's got to do the Ladies Home Journal thing. And I like LHJ, but what's next, the Center Square?
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