One of Madonna's many talents is her ability
pair a concert tour with some kind of controversy.
And the arrival of her Rebel Heart show in
the Philippines this week - the first time she has performed in the country -
was no different.
On stage in Manila on Thursday night, the
queen of pop told her sold-out crowd of 20,000 people that she wanted to 'share
this little story'.
'Once I had a Filipino trainer - this
beautiful, beautiful girl. She was gorgeous and very talented as a trainer. But
she f---ed my boyfriend, so I fired her,' Madge said, as the audience burst out
laughing.
One of Madonna's many talents is her ability pair a concert tour with some kind of controversy.
And the arrival of her Rebel Heart show in
the Philippines this week - the first time she has performed in the country -
was no different.
On stage in Manila on Thursday night, the
queen of pop told her sold-out crowd of 20,000 people that she wanted to 'share
this little story'.
'Once I had a Filipino trainer - this
beautiful, beautiful girl. She was gorgeous and very talented as a trainer. But
she f---ed my boyfriend, so I fired her,' Madge said, as the audience burst out
laughing.
It's hardly the first headline the music icon has hit this week.
On Tuesday, Singapore's Roman Catholic
archbishop urged his flock not to attend Madonna's upcoming concert because she
'denigrates and insults religions'.
Archbishop William Goh said he had met with
various government officials to express the church's concerns about the
February 28 concert, part of her global Rebel Heart tour.
The tour features a segment called Holy Water
which includes dancers dressed as scantily-clad nuns performing on cross-shaped
stripper poles.
To be held at the 55,000-seat National
Stadium, it will be the controversial and provocative singer's first-ever gig
in largely conservative Singapore.She was barred from performing in Singapore in 1993 after police said her performances bordered on the obscene and were 'objectionable to many on moral and religious grounds'.
Goh said that in a multi-ethnic society like
Singapore 'we cannot afford to be overly permissive in favour of artistic
expression at the expense of respect for one's religion'.
Authorities have assured the archbishop that
restrictions have been placed to ensure that content deemed offensive to
religious beliefs would not be allowed on stage, the church said.
Local media also reported she would not be
performing the 'Holy Water' segment featuring the nuns and stripper poles.
The Media Development Authority has
restricted the concert to those aged 18 and above because of sexual references.
The church statement said many Roman
Catholics have voiced outrage at Madonna's 'disrespectful use of Catholic and
other Christian symbols' in her performances.
'There is no neutrality in faith; one is
either for or against. Being present [at these events] is in itself a
counter-witness,' the archbishop said.
He warned his flock against supporting 'the
"pseudo arts" that promote sensuality, rebellion, disrespect,
pornography [and] contamination of the mind of the young'.
Some Catholics said they supported the
archbishop's decision and would not attend the concert.
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