If there's one thing to know about Madonna, it's that she knows how to cause a stir at
the MTV Video Music Awards. The reigning Queen of Pop, who also happens to have 20
career Moon Person trophies, surprised everyone when she appeared on stage to open the show.
She said to the crowd,
"And they said we wouldn't last, but we are still here, m-----------s!"
Madonna's appearance was quite timely. MTV is celebrating its 40th anniversary,
and what better way to kick off this year's awards ceremony than having
the very artist who helped propel it to popularity welcome everyone to the show?
Madonna and the music channel have similar origin stories, in a sense. As she explained,
"I told the taxi driver to take me to the center of it all. I came to New York City
with nothing but 35 dollars and a pair of dance shoes. I was 19 and terrified.
Forty years ago, another underdog arrived in New York City hoping to create something
revolutionary. An all-music channel premiered in the middle of the night and called itself
MTV. We found each other and formed a bond that changed my life,
changed music, and created a whole new art form. That's why there's only one place to be tonight."
Madonna has a long history of making iconic moments at the VMAs. No one could ever forget
her "Like A Virgin" performance where she rolled on the ground or her Broadway-inspired "Vogue"
rendition. And that one time she worked in cahoots with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and
planted a kiss on each of ‘em? A classic. But what shocked fans this year was Madonna's rather cheeky
appearance — literally. On stage, the singer was clad in an all-leather, dominatrix-esque ensemble.
When she walked off stage, the camera made sure to capture her strut,
including her toned behind. The Twitterverse was quite shocked, as they couldn't believe how
the 63-year-old icon could look this good, even decades into her career.
One fan tweeted,
"The show just started and Madonna already wylin #VMA.”
Another exclaimed,
“Madonna just gave the haters more a-- to kiss!"
This isn't the first time everyone went crazy over Madonna's booty. In 2019,
many speculated that she got butt implants after she appeared on stage with a rather plump
behind. But the singer was quick to set the record straight, telling Twitter that she's,
"Desperately Seeking No Ones Approval.
And Entitled to Free Agency Over My Body Like Everyone Else!!"
Whether or not Madonna's back-side is God-given or perhaps the result of a highly skilled surgeon's
craftsmanship remains to be seen — um… well, it’s been seen, but you know what we mean…
but what we do know is that the cheeky 2021 VMA performance sent the masses into a tailspin.
Still, her look was not without its naysayers. Piers Morgan took to Twitter and stayed on-brand
with a simple, "Cringe" alongside two photos of the Material Girl from the star-studded night.
Madonna, however, was not the only performer turning
heads at MTV's 2021 Video Music Awards show.
As reported by USA Today, actor and model Megan Fox also left little to
the imagination with her VMA… um.. “dress.” The actor and model donned a barely-there,
see-through number complete with a bedazzled bra and thong underneath. Some noted that
the ensemble was eerily reminiscent of Rose McGowan's iconic "naked" dress she stepped
out in at the VMAs whilst on the arm of the infamous Marilyn Manson over two decades ago.
One Twitter user declared about the striking similarities between the two looks,
"Megan Fox's *actual* inspo was clearly Rose McGowan at the 1998 VMAs."
Somehow, Fox’s dress and Madonna’s backside managed to get upstaged.
Machine Gun Kelly and MMA fighter Conor McGregor got into a bit of a row on the
Red Carpet. It’s hard to top nakedness at an awards ceremony, but somehow, it happened.
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