Madonna Hospitalized successful the ICU With “Serious Bacterial Infection”
Kathy Griffin has nary clip for haters—not adjacent 4 minutes.
The comedian defended Madonna against radical she says are treating the singer's caller hospitalization—which led to the rescheduling of her upcoming tour—insensitively.
"I don't cognize what's going connected with Madonna," Kathy began her June 28 TikTok, "but I emotion her and I privation to support her."
She continued, "I don't similar however radical are already piling connected and benignant of of making amusive of her being evidently rather sick oregon collapsed. I'm gonna beryllium honest, I deliberation a batch of it is ageism and misogyny. You cognize arsenic a 62-year-old chick, I woody with it each the clip and she's freaking Madonna."
Kathy's comments travel in the aftermath of the quality that the "Vogue" vocalist was hospitalized connected June 24—ultimately spending respective days successful the intensive attraction unit—following a "serious bacterial infection", her manager Guy Oseary shared connected Instagram. "Her wellness is improving, nevertheless she is inactive nether aesculapian care," his June 28 statement read. "A afloat betterment is expected."
In summation to expressing her support, Kathy besides reflected connected Madonna's legacy.
"I deliberation she has provided the satellite with decades of euphony and entertainment," the My Life connected the D-List star said successful her post, aboriginal adding, "So I don't attraction astir her fillers, they're gonna spell distant if she feels similar it oregon not. I attraction astir her health, and I'm gladsome she tin spell backmost connected this tour. The circuit is her top hits and she should beryllium great."
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While Guy's post regarding Madonna's wellness did person some fans questioning whether the 64-year-old would beryllium capable to grip the carnal strain of a tour—with 1 idiosyncratic commenting, successful part, "she was astonishing successful her time but needs to discontinue now"—the announcement was predominately flooded with good wishes for the "Like a Prayer" artist.
"Madonna, we understand," wrote 1 user. "Take attraction of your health. This is the astir important."
Another added, "I don't attraction astir the tour, my interest is she gets good and rests. She's fixed america truthful overmuch already."
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Madonna has antecedently opened up astir undergoing hip replacement country successful 2020 aft suffering injuries during her 2019 Madame X tour, which prompted her to cancel respective shows successful North America and 1 successful Portugal.
"During my [2019 Madame X] tour—I don't cognize if you've noticed it, but I'm limping a lot—I was successful much symptom that I've ever been successful in my life," she said successful her 2021 Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A special, per Extra. "I'm a bionic woman—I had hep replacement surgery."
But the "Hung Up" vocalist was determined to marque definite she was physically and mentally acceptable to instrumentality connected each of life's challenges.
"So, however bash I enactment successful shape?" she continued. "It's each successful your head…It's called will, it's called nary one's gonna halt me, and however I enactment successful signifier is nary one's gonna halt me. And however I enactment successful signifier is I don't judge successful limitations."
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