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Madonna tells of sex shame
By Clemmie Moodie, Daily Mail

Throughout years of reinvention, she has steadfastly stuck to one mantra - sex sells.

But now, after making a career as a controversial, no-holds-barred sex siren, Madonna has admitted that she pushed her explicit image too far.

At 46, she has spoken out against her early, headline-grabbing years, claiming that they may have misled her legion of young fans.

'Sometimes I was being overtly sexual for the sake of showing off when I didn't need to be. I think I hurt myself,' the singer told the American magazine, Ladies' Home Journal.

'Ultimately none of us wants to be judged, or approved of, or loved because of the way we look, or how sexy we are.

'One minute I was saying believe in yourself and the next minute I was saying just be sexually provocative for the sake of being sexually provocative.

'I was letting it pump up my ego, thinking aren't I great, they're writing about me, my picture's on the cover of every magazine, I'm so fabulous.'

The Like A Virgin singer's admission comes just days after the publication of her fifth children's book, Lotsa De Casha, which she hopes will complete her makeover from raunchy star to demure mother of two.

It is not known whether Madonna's devotion to Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism, has anything to do with her newfound bashfulness.

But it seems the queen of pop - who has a 1992 picture book called Sex to her name - has something of a hazy, and indeed short-term, memory.

Just last year she completed her Reinvention tour which, as well as netting her £65million, involved a number of flesh-baring costumes.

And earlier this year Madonna, who married the film director Guy Ritchie in December 2000, fronted a £ 5million advertising campaign for Versace posing as a vampish businesswoman.

But that is tame compared to some of her previous incarnations - such as her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour when she cavorted on stage in a coneshaped bra and fishnet stockings.



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[Edited 6/13/05 10:12am]

She basically acknowledged she was acting like the skank she is

and to think she made a new children's book on how money doesn't make
happy is just hilarious and pathetic
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You know, I like Madonna, I really do. But does she have to be in the press every month. She needs to take some time off from the spotlight and take her time with her next project or finally come out with some kick ass music. None of that "American Life" bullshit. God, that album sucked ass. I know, the apologists, are going to fire back and say that "American Life," was such a personal album, blah, blah...If you want some "acoustic" personal music go listen to Joni or Ani...Madonna needs to stick to the dance grooves...

end of rant...

i love cut and paste jobs in the media.

Madonna has no regrets and has stated that in many televised interviews in the past week, becuase everyone asks her that.

she does say she did for the wrong reasons though.

how is that being shameful?


that's another thing that's wrong with American culture. The culture of shame and fear.

ok off the soapbox

She needs 2 dimm it with the kabollocks...

Somebody whoop her ass with a mint condition
metal spined 'SEX' book please ..

Madonna continues to laugh all the way to the bank.

Martinelli said:

why? she's not saying that she is ashamed of what she did. the author is interjecting her own feelings into the article

girlfriend really needs to own her 'sex'/'erotica' phase, because it was one of the most entertaining and empowering times in her career, not to mention one of the most interesting. it's because of refuse-nik backpeddling BS like this that i don't have time for madonna anymore, or for her increasingly bloodless and boring music.

Does she have to bite EVERYTHING Prince does?

I'm astounded that any1 can look at the "stars" of 2day and still call Madonna's early career raunchy

Arent u all sick of music people gettin attention for non-musical subjects?

Anxiety said:

She isn't disowning it... she's just stated that she did it for the wrong reasons.

The media tries to make it sound like she regrets it.

npgmaverick said:

Good point."Justify My Love"seems pretty tame when you compare it to"Get Low"
"To the window,to the wall,Til the sweat drips from my balls,let all these females crawl!"

if madonna's next album were all booty rap, i would be right there in line to get that sucker the day it comes out!