Keira Knightley has voiced her assist for Madonna after the pop icon was pressured to answer critics of her look.
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Final month, Madonna addressed the criticism she obtained after her look on the 2023 Grammy Awards, with harsh commentators claiming that she appeared “unrecognisable” whereas additionally speculating about various cosmetic surgeries.
The singer described the backlash as proof of a “world that refuses to have fun ladies [past] the age of 45”, although later joked that the “swelling from surgical procedure” had gone down.
Knightley, 37, has now weighed in on the row, telling Harper’s Bazaar: “Change is at all times difficult. We’re taught that it’s dangerous. We’re taught that we don’t need gray hair.”
She went on: “You’ve obtained Madonna on the one hand – and we’re informed that’s not the correct factor. Then you’ve another person, the place we’re informed, ‘They appeared higher 20 years in the past’. How are we, culturally, meant to age?”
Look how cute i’m now that swelling from surgical procedure has gone down. Lol 😂 pic.twitter.com/jd8hQyi2Az
— Madonna (@Madonna) February 20, 2023
The actor adopted up her rhetorical query by citing Helen Mirren as a “terribly good” instance.
“She ages in probably the most sensational method. She’s fabulous in each approach. You have a look at her and suppose, ‘God, you’re having a lot enjoyable. You’re having fun with life a lot.’”
Madonna continued in her social media submit after the Grammys: “As a substitute of specializing in what I stated in my speech which was about giving thanks for the fearlessness of artists like Sam [Smith] and Kim [Petras], many individuals selected to solely speak about close-up photographs of me taken with a protracted lens digital camera by a press photographer that may distort anybody’s face.
“As soon as once more I’m caught within the glare of ageism and misogyny that permeates the world we stay in.”
She added that the worlds “feels the necessity to punish [a woman] if she continues to be strong-willed, hard-working, and adventurous”.
She added that she’s been “degraded by the media for the reason that starting of my profession however I perceive that that is all a take a look at and I’m completely satisfied to do the trailblazing so that every one the ladies behind me can have a better time within the years to return”.
Madonna concluded by quoting Beyoncé’s observe ‘Break My Soul’, and accompanied the submit with a video montage of herself with acts together with Sam Smith, Honey Dijon and Cardi B.
