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Do Not Look Madonna in the Eyes

When Madonna walks down the hall, plebs must avert their gaze for fear of turning blind from the sheer brilliance radiating from the Material Girl.

Sounds like Madonna was all smiles and compliments for Canada in general and TIFF in particular, when she visited the festival Monday to promote her new film, W.E., about famous divorcé, the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson. One observer even heard her thank the festival’s orange-shirted volunteers.

It was a bit of a different story backstage, however, when eight of those volunteers were asked to turn their faces to a wall so that they would not look at the pop-star-turned-movie-director as she made her way to her press conference about the film. One volunteer told the Globe they all dutifully stood with their backs to her as she passed. — Globe and Mail

To be fair, this didn’t actually say Madonna herself ordered them to face the wall, just that someone did. Probably her publicist. But why would they do such a thing? Was it her beauty or was it the fact she wasn’t wearing make-up and any eye contact would have turned them into stone? America deserves the truth.

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Kelly
Kelly
12 years ago

This has been confirmed to be untrue by people who work at TIFF. “I was backstage for the entire time and I was waiting for her and I was looking down the hall when she came in,” said press conference moderator Richard Crouse, film critic for CTV’s Canada AM. “She did not have a 14-person entourage as people have reported. And she was friendly to everybody; there was none of this turn your back, don’t look her in the eye, She took photographs, she signed autographs. I think this whole thing is a fabrication.” Charlene Coy, director of publicity for… Read more »

Chewy
Chewy
12 years ago
Reply to  Kelly

Did anybody give her hydrangeas?

Stefano
Stefano
12 years ago

Face the wall minions!

150 million albums sold
150 million albums sold
12 years ago

She is the queen of pop..bow bitch

Dark Ikon
Dark Ikon
12 years ago

Whoever is Madonna’s plastic surgeon, he does excellent work.

Stinkweed
Stinkweed
12 years ago

It was probably for their own safety to prevent them from turning to stone.