'People are going to shut up': Madonna speaks out about ageism in the music industry

The pop icon opens up about fighting ageism

Ilana Kaplan
Friday 13 April 2018 18:07 BST
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Madonna. Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com
Madonna. Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com

Madonna says that "people are going ot shut up" ageism soon.

The icon told The Cut in an interview about her MDNA Skin line that she "got so much flak for using sexuality as part of my creativity" and was labelled a "sexual provocateur" in the beginning of her career.

She now thinks that the challenges she endured 20 years ago are now "ludicrous."

"Why should only men be allowed to be adventurous, sexual, curious, and get to have all the fun until the day they leave this earth?" she asks.

"What I am going through now is ageism, with people putting me down or giving me a hard time because I date younger men or do things that are considered to be only the domain of younger women," explains Madonna.

The 59-year-old musician plans to keep fighting against ageism.

"Ten to 20 years from now, it's going to be normal," Madonna says of how she lives her life. "People are going to shut up."

The singer says that "by standing up to men" it's only a matter of time until certain behaviours won't be dubbed "ageist."

Madonna also opens up about another controversial subject in the interview: butt facials.

"I take the clay mask and put it everywhere," she says. "I put it on my décolletage, my breasts, and my arms. Then I put it on my butt."

She explains that she works out a lot and the mask helps dry patches if you do mat work like her.

"You can take any face mask and try it on your behind," she explains.

Madonna's MDNA Skin brand comes from the title of her 2012 studio album MDNA.

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