Jul 29 2008Madonna's rep says photo was 'touched up'
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Madonna's publicist is claiming the pictures of Madonna looking like emaciated shit were doctored. She says Madonna was looking as radiant as ever just days before. And by radiant I mean a fucking mutant. People reports:
"I just think the photographer got a bad shot of her or it was touched up to make her look bad," says her rep Liz Rosenberg. "I saw Madonna two days before at her rehearsal and she looked amazing – glowing skin and working really hard on her show."
Hmm, if Madonna's rep says she looked amazing just two days earlier, what the hell happened? I mean, besides the obvious which is Madonna died, and they're keeping her alive ala Weekend at Bernie's. Hey, it works for the Olsen twins...

Reader Comments
1. Ted from LA - July 29, 2008 4:47 PM
I'm shocked. Shocked to find out that gambling is going on here.
2. rusty trombone - July 29, 2008 4:47 PM
Shaun of the Dead II???
3. kit kitten - July 29, 2008 4:48 PM
she looks like a lizard.
4. Shelby - July 29, 2008 4:58 PM
I seriously cant stare at her eyes for more than 10 seconds its like they try to suck your soul out....
5. Sid - July 29, 2008 4:59 PM
More of the statement by Madonna's rep: “She may look a little thinner than usual, but she was dancing and singing better than ever and ate a nice healthy meal."
Wonderful...did she wipe her own ass, too? Good girl!
Look, she got caught on camera post-plastic-surgery, pre-concert tour. When she "reinvents" herself, she's not supposed to be photographed during the packaging phase, which is very elaborate these days.
It's more than a little alarming that A-Rod saw this and got a hardon. If Johnny Damon's in the clubhouse after an extra long night out partying, he better watch his back in the shower room.
6. Piss Lips - July 29, 2008 5:07 PM
'Touched Up'. Yeah right.
7. zerobackground - July 29, 2008 5:20 PM
Good to see Jackie Earle Haley's comeback is still in full swing...
8. Vas Deferens - July 29, 2008 5:25 PM
Like a virgin....died for the very first time.
9. fightingfrodo - July 29, 2008 5:26 PM
VEINS!!!!!!!
10. Bing - July 29, 2008 5:30 PM
It's all for her new single, "Under the Bridge".
11. Jimmy Norton - July 29, 2008 5:31 PM
I'm a Digital Artist. I did "Lord of the Rings Part 2". This is not altered. This photo is real. This ain't no touch up.
12. nipolian - July 29, 2008 5:31 PM
Steven Spielberg is making E.T. 2...........Madonna is preparing to be cast as E.T.'s bitch.
13. veggi - July 29, 2008 5:36 PM
"Lord of the Rings Part 2" was the worst.
14. naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty - July 29, 2008 5:39 PM
Of course it's been airbrushed he's way uglier than this.
15. SaraDevil - July 29, 2008 5:40 PM
Maybe he just meant that she is not capable of glowing in the dark.
16. grosssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss - July 29, 2008 5:47 PM
How in the FUCK could that thing break up a marriage. Maybe the Praying MANtis kidnapped A-Rod and seeing her holyhideousness naked turned him gay so he had to call it quits with wifey. That's the only possible explanation.
On another note Guy Ritchie my heart goes out ot you, you're name is a cruel ironic joke in your sad life, married to this thing you really aren't a GUY, but a sad pathetic pawn PAWN and you are the POOREST man on earth for having to suffer by it's side.
SAVE YOURSELF Pawn Poor (also known as Guy Ritchie), SAVE YOURSELF AND REDEEM YOUR NAME !!!!!
17. dogonabone - July 29, 2008 5:49 PM
Looks more like she spent the summer at 'Spa Auschwitz.'
18. pepper - July 29, 2008 5:50 PM
the weirdest thing about this is that even though her face looks like an 70 year old, her hair is soft, shinny and glowing....weird really
19. Uncle Eccoli - July 29, 2008 5:55 PM
Pfft.
20. Rant - July 29, 2008 6:06 PM
This photo looks this way because it was NOT touched up. Unlike Madonna's official publicity photos.
21. Racer X - July 29, 2008 6:11 PM
Riiiight.
/when Hell is full the dead shall walk the earth.
22. netstarman - July 29, 2008 6:16 PM
I guess A-Rod decided to let Madge to slide face first to home plate .
23. dude_on - July 29, 2008 6:28 PM
I could show a novice in a matter of seconds that this image wasn't touched-up. You can't fix ugly. I think a better approach by the publicist would have been to simply state that Madonna has evolved into a grotesque representation of humanity and then to warn the public from viewing her directly in any unfiltered lighting.
24. jcmjr - July 29, 2008 6:39 PM
With all the money she has spent on plastic surgery, isn't there anything that can be done about those hands and arms?? I have truly seen elderly corpse's with more lifelike hands and arms.....what the *ll do these celebrities do to themselves to age so fast? I have seen many 50 year olds in my town who look younger than most of the 40 year olds in Hollywood, even with all their surgeries.........tragic....
25. joho777 - July 29, 2008 6:59 PM
Rather than debatee whether the photos taken when Madonna got off the plane were touched up, why didn't the rep trot out Madonna for the newspeople to look at and make up their minds themselves??
And did the photo retouching include giving Madonna those pipestem arms and legs. The rep forgot to explain those away.
Look, a lot of entertainment people have problems with anorexia, why not just say "She's going through a rough spot and lost too much weight. She will be back in fighting trim and ready to be photographed, just as soon as we run her past the undertaker and his wax injections and cosmetics."
So stand by.
26. LL - July 29, 2008 7:09 PM
Looks like she's had cheek implants (why?) and an eye job and the Grim Reaper arms are the result of extreme dieting plus exercise. She's a fucking anorexic. Not much of a surprise, given what a infamous control freak she is.
Madonna, you're 50. Wasn't worldwide fame when you were young and hotter good enough for you? It's more than most people will ever get. Damn.
27. Iowamomm - July 29, 2008 7:12 PM
It's the long-lost Olsen triplet!
28. bitsisbits - July 29, 2008 7:17 PM
she needs to feed
29. Diana - July 29, 2008 7:20 PM
Maybe its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Maybe she was just sucking a really sour lemon.
30. rae. - July 29, 2008 7:38 PM
@ 5.
yeap.
most definately got surgery.
she looks like Gollum.
31. wundersmack - July 29, 2008 7:45 PM
When I saw this photo, I said: "Teresa???????"
That's cuz a friend of mine had this same surgery last year -- it involves sucking in the cheeks by means of some sort of drawline. Imagine sewing a loop through the cheek and then pulling it in tight over the last molar. No shizz, my friends, this is what women are doing to themselves these days.
I feel very sorry for Teresa and Madonna, because their faces are now trussed together with a series of tight ligatures. What a stupid way to live.
32. Cindy - July 29, 2008 8:00 PM
She looks fresh out of Dr. Rey's office.
And man I will have nightmares about her arms & hands!
33. twzzlrgirl - July 29, 2008 8:33 PM
This STILL does not explain Lourdes' unibrow and mustache.
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35. WOW OMG!!! - July 29, 2008 9:45 PM
I'd hit it with a semi-truck
36. - July 29, 2008 10:10 PM
There was never anything origional about this his old crow...she built her multi-million dollar career with blatant thievery!!! She is a complete fraud...her most popular songs, every look, every re-invention was stolen from somewhere or someone else. Read the link.
http://www.aishamusic.com/lawsuit_many_artists_madonna_stole_from.htm
37. 1 MILF Hunter - July 29, 2008 10:33 PM
I thought that was a concentration camp survivor. Brutal.
38. Your granny drawers - July 29, 2008 10:40 PM
Madonna's kid has a a case of Bert brow and she's reaching an age where she should wax her brows and that mustache. Cmon this isnt 1968 a modern person does not tolerate mustaches on girls. Also Madonna has methface. She snorts rails and then overtrains at the gym. Obviously.
39. naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty - July 29, 2008 11:07 PM
Hey it's MADON"TNOBODYWANNADOHER!!!!
agreed #38.
40. Vania - July 29, 2008 11:23 PM
I see the toucher-upper did not forget her daughter (LOOK AT THAT MOUSTACHE!!)
41. champ - July 29, 2008 11:41 PM
The question isn't if the photos are shopped (they are).
The question is: Why is she dressing like a fucking hobo?
42. EuroNeckPain - July 30, 2008 1:42 AM
Lourdes certainly has potential, she is tall, has beautiful hair and gorgeous perfectly arched dark brows. Wonder why people want to pluck them so much. The mustache is not so nice, though.
I wonder how her name is pronounced. It should be "Loord" after the french city where the Virgin Mary appeared to a young girl in 1958 and where pilgrims hope to get cured. It is consistent that someone who calls herself "Madonna" would call her daughter "Lourdes". Shit, you must be a very convinced atheist to play with names like that. Let's be relieved she named her son Rocco (yuk) instead of Jesus.
Lourdes also sounds like "Heavy" in French, not a nice name at all.
43. dementa - July 30, 2008 2:10 AM
I've seen the arms of old ladies who had topped a hundred... and their arms were prettier than Mad Madge's. Anyway I don't know why her publicist bothers putting out these announcments, because we all know she's a huge liar.
As for Lourdes, she could be pretty if the focus weren't on her stache and Kahlobrow. I'm sure Mad Madge won't let her tweeze, wax or zap that hair under threat of disinheritance. Why? She's a typically narcissistic person afraid of aging, and her maintained body is falling apart when her daughter's is just becoming womanly. So, she doesn't want Lourdes as "competition."
44. Venomhed - July 30, 2008 2:21 AM
Its called AIDS.
45. Jacko - July 30, 2008 3:57 AM
I never thought I'd live to see Madonnas centennial, 100th birthday.
Not that she ever looked amazingly stunning or ultra hot, but damit she looks terrible.
And yes, the photos were PSed...to make her look better than she does in person.
46. Tubereuse - July 30, 2008 3:58 AM
Lourdes at age 11 is a caretaker who must lead around an elderly-looking and feeble person who can barely even open her eyes.
47. Jeniffer - July 30, 2008 4:13 AM
I'm just a bit curious.The Magazine HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP reported her profiles were found on the famous wealthy dating club ****R I C H L O V I N G.C O M***last week and she was seeking her new guy there now! BTW, The girls there are really hot!
48. farty_mcshitface - July 30, 2008 4:25 AM
goddamn!!
the crypt keeper's girlfriend must be very envious of all her marvelous features.
the mummy-like face, the eyes of a zombie, and like someone else said... grim reaper arms. she's really got it goin on if you are into necrophilia.
orverall, she looks like a WWII concentration camp prisoner who's been jacked up on steroids.
49. Amber Dextrose - July 30, 2008 6:27 AM
Bride of Wildenstein, anyone?
And I LIKE Lourdes' eyebrow
50. billabong021 - July 30, 2008 8:01 AM
By the power of rah that woman is rough.
51. Sell Porn Make Money - July 30, 2008 8:06 AM
still filthy, touched up or not.
52. schack - July 30, 2008 9:26 AM
Dream on #48 farty_mcshitface.
Post again after you stop fucking dead dogs and cats.
Are you experienced?
53. http://webescape.wordpress.com/ - July 30, 2008 10:11 AM
She scares me and I'm a freaking 33 year old woman, what the hell did she DO to look like that?
54. Mr Semprini - July 30, 2008 10:17 AM
I can't read what's on the t-shirt
55. Nikola - July 30, 2008 11:03 AM
I sincerely hope this is photoshop, otherwise I'm not going to the concert in September (and I bought the ticket!)
:S
56. Jammy - July 30, 2008 11:40 AM
I'm sure we can all agree: Madonna - enough already!!
57. SJM - July 30, 2008 7:37 PM
I just want to know when Madonna will allow Lourdes to pluck her Unibrow! COME ON already!
58. farty_mcshitface - July 31, 2008 4:31 AM
awwwww, so sorry there #52 schack.
i didn't mean to offend YOU. being the crypt keeper's bitch must be a tough job.
especially when you know the next time he's plowing your filthy, old, hairy shit-pit --you REALLY know he will be thinking of her instead and in the heat of passion will blurt out he name and then you know it will be truly over.
but........
you have my sympathies
love
farty
59. Hfire3 - July 31, 2008 5:24 AM
Looks like grandpa forget his teeth.
60. Cris Christopher - July 31, 2008 5:48 AM
Lordes looks just like madonna did as a teenage whore (uni-brow, and mustache)
61. Cris Christopher - July 31, 2008 5:49 AM
Lordes looks just like madonna did as a teenage whore (uni-brow, and mustache)
62. the brat - July 31, 2008 11:03 AM
Sure bet thats an UNRETOUCHED photo. She scares me. Love the Cryptkeeper comments. SHe looks like she's 75 at least in her hands and arms, proof that she's had many facial surgeries previous.
These Hollywood people are pathetic.
63. Bob - July 31, 2008 10:21 PM
Could very well be unretouched. These celebs are so over-made-up and all their publicity photos are so heavily processed, it's impossible to know what they really look like. A plain camera shot with hard flash would make anyone look harsh and Madonna ain't no spring chicken. Still... damn! Da-a-a-a-amn!
Can we please get a photo of Pam Dawber from Mork & Mindy? Now THERE'S a beautiful lady who aged gracefully.
64. CCP - July 31, 2008 10:56 PM
You people are way too harsh. I was a huge fan of Madonna's in the '80's. You criticize women for getting plastic surgery, etc, yet why do you think they do it in the first place?? It's nasty comments like this. Society always demands perfection from women and when someone has a bad day or shows ANY signs of aging, these women are kicked to the curb. She will always have more money than 100% of the people posting negative comments. It is not just Hollywood women who have cosmetic procedures done, lots of regular women can afford to have a little something done. The photographer probably snapped 50 pictures of her and this was just the expression on her face for the moment. She takes care of her body and she works very hard; sure she's underweight and is dressed casually. SO WHAT!!!
65. Puke - July 31, 2008 11:20 PM
God, woman. Let it go. You're 50.
Madonna's next reinvention should be that of a former pop star, who is now 50, who has enough money to retire. Who if, she does want to perform, will realize that the "sexual shock" element of her persona is no longer applicable.
I don't give a damn what she actually looks like, how in shape she is. No one wants to see an older woman in spandex with her legs spread apart. I have this disgusting feeling that she'll still be doing this in 20 years. She's truly delusional. Hang it up, queen bitch.
66. Lisa - August 1, 2008 1:14 AM
Madonna and her peeps are full of sh*t. I do photo retouching all the time and that photo does not appear retouched. Madge is your typical aging woman who's insecure, having work done then denying it. Why deny it? You aren't fooling anyone. If she likes her new look, good for her, but the rest of us find it dysmorphic and hideous.
67. Frizandi - August 3, 2008 10:35 PM
I'm no fam of Madonna and I've never been, but c'mon, people. This is a photo of a 50-year-old woman with no makeup on. I defy any woman her age, especially one in the public eye, to be photographed sans makeup and see how they look. Horrors! She looks like a real person! And that ain't always pretty.
I think we expect too much of celebrities and put too much emphasis on physical appearance. What do you expect her to look like without makeup? She's freakin' fifty!
Oh, and #17, that statement was REALLY offensive. Go ye forth and take some sensitivity training before you REALLY piss someone off!
68. Amy - August 3, 2008 11:06 PM
"Doctored"? yeah right. Face it,Madonna is a worn out old hag (with serious man hands. Ugh)
69. caliwine - September 5, 2008 9:17 AM
Wow looking at recent photos, 09/05/08 She did have face work done she looks like ughhhh, cant describe it. Her veins are freaking huge, I have seen veins like that at a Mr. Olympian contest, SICK She needs to hang it up !!!
70. jane - July 29, 2009 11:44 PM
This just shows how cruel people are when a woman ages. No one heaps this kind of hate on aging male stars...
71. TomThumb - August 8, 2009 7:16 PM
U dumb bitches....
she has freshly done cheek implants giving her that darth vader look!
A couple of weeks later the surgery would have settled down....
Poor gal, she does look rough though, every one of her 50/51 years!