Madonna has admitted to having plastic surgery by posting it on social media, two weeks after her “unrecognizable” appearance at the Grammy Awards ceremony.

“Look how cute I am now that the swelling from the surgery has gone down,” the famous singer joked. Of course, Madonna did not reveal exactly what kind of operation she had or when she entered the surgery, leaving her followers to “guess” what she has done to her face.

Many users on social media accused her of being “disfigured” by plastic surgeryfollowing her performance at the Grammys.

However, a few days later, the 64-year-old singer in a long post on social media gave her own response to what was written and reproduced in the media and on social media.

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“Instead of focusing on what I said in my speech, many people chose to talk only about my close-up photos, taken with a long-lens camera by a press photographer that would distort anyone’s face. Once again I was attacked for my age. A world that refuses to celebrate women after 45 and feels the need to punish them if some wish to be hardworking and adventurous.

I’ve never apologized for any of my creative choices, nor the way I look or dress, and I’m not going to now. “I’ve been hit by the media since the beginning of my career, but I understand that this is all a test and I’m happy to pave the way so that all the women behind me will have an easier time in the years to come,” she said. Madonna. “I will resist the patriarchy and mostly enjoy my life. Bow down bitches,” she wrote in her post.

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