Madonna is reflecting on the time when she created her iconic book, sex.
The Grammy Award winner, 64, celebrated the 30th anniversary of hercontroversial 1992 book Friday with a statement on her Instagram Story, inwhich she called out those who have sex-shamed her while she empowered a wholenew generation of stars.
“Thirty years ago I published a book called SEX in addition to photos of menaked. There were photos of men kissing men, woman [sic] kissing woman, and mekissing everyone,” she started. “I also wrote about my sexual fantasies andshared my point of view about sexuality in an ironic way.”
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“I spent the next few years being interviewed by narrow-minded people whotried to shame me for empowering myself as a woman. I was called a whore, awitch, a heretic and the devil. Now Cardi B can sing about her WAP. KimKardashian can grace the cover of any magazine with her a— and Miley Cyrus cancome in like a wrecking ball. You’re welcome b—es…….” Madonna added, with aclown emoji.
Cardi, 30, did not appear too amused by the Madam X artist’s statement,pointing back to an Instagram caption of her own in which she referred toMadonna as “my real life IDOL” after performing for her at the music icon’s2018 Academy Awards after-party (where Kardashian was also in attendance.)
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“I literally [paid] this woman homage so many times ’cause I grew up listeningto her… she can make her point without putting clown emojis and getting slickout the mouth. These icons really becomedisappointmentsonce [you] make it in the industry. That’s why I keep to myself,” Cardi wroteon Twitter.
Not long after, however, the “Up” rapper said that she and Madonna spoke toone another and cleared the air. “I talked toMadonna…It was beautiful ….Have a great day and drive safely yallll,” she tweeted.
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Madonna also shared a tweet, writing, “I love you @iamcardib !! Always haveand alwayswill.”
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The day after dropping her fifth studio album Erotica Madonna released hercoffee table book sex in October 1992. The book spent three weeks atop the_New York Times_ Best Seller list and quickly sold more than 1.5 millioncopies during its first and only printing, having since become a highly-coveted collector’s item.
Madonna previously revealed that “sex” is what keeps her going as sheparticipated in a YouTube Q&A in August. She also admitted that her favoritething to make is “wait for it… love,” and if she could only wear one thing forthe rest of her life, it would be “my 24-karat gold vibrator necklace.”
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Although the evita star has never been shy about her sex life, Madonnarecently surprised fans with a TikTok video in which she appeared to come outas gay. She previously said she thinks “everybody has a bisexual nature” in a1991 interview with The Advocate.