By Jemimah Wright2024-03-13T09:00:00
At Madonna’s The Celebration Tour, she told fans that her first word after coming out of a coma and a ‘near-death experience’ was… ‘no’.
Did you know that there is a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to Madonna and Religion? The American singer-songwriter has incorporated in her works many references to religious themes of different religions and spiritual practices.
She was raised a catholic, but has been accused of sacrilege, heresy, iconoclasm and blasphemy in her performances.
For example, in her 2015 tour singing Holy Water, the ageless pop star stripped off her skirt to reveal a skimpy nun’s habit — and started to pole dance. Then, her dancers act out the Last Supper, with Madonna in the central role as Jesus.
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