Thousands of fans have booed pop star Madonna after she spoke out against the discrimination of Gypsies in eastern Europe during one of her concerts.
Madonna paused in the two-hour concert to say that Gypsies, also known as Roma, were discriminated against in eastern Europe. She said that made her “sad” and nobody should be discriminated against.
Thousands in the crowd of 60,000 booed her. She did not react.
Roma musicians and a Roma dancer were featured in her show, held just yards from the giant palace of ex-communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Their performances were applauded by the crowd.
Source: Associated Press
Here’s a video of it: YouTube
Madonna stated in full:
'I've never been to Romania before and I am happy to be here, but I found out that there is a lot of discrimination against gypsies in Eastern Europe and that makes me very sad, especially because we believe in acceptance, gypsies, homosexuals, people that are different. Everyone must be treated the same, don't forget that.'
Good for you Madonna , she will always speak her mind about she feels is an injustice , and defend humans around the world who are descriminated against , I dint know Gypsies were discriminated in Europe ! crap , I always Thougth Gypsies are very talented people who have a distincntive culture and great at arts like dancing , etc . what a Shame , soem status quo is hard to change , but things will change , I also didnt know some of her dancers were Gypsies , very interesting.
People keep saying that she should just entertain and shut her mouth. What fucking morons if they were true fans (people who went to her concerts have said)they would know what she is about. She says it in her music and if you love Madonna and are a true fan you love what she represents and you also stand for it. Makes me so mad at these people. End hate start love and celebrate life.
being a true fan who has been a fan since the start...probably longer than you've been alive...i don't have to follow HER political beliefs. i'm not a fan of hers because of her politics, i'm a fan of hers for her music and persona. i'm a fan for her love and support of the gay community. i'm a fan of hers because she does and says what she wants when she wants. but that doesn't mean i have to have the same political views as her to be a fan. you DO understand the difference right?
Quitcherbichinn is a moron. No one said you had to agree with her. And her music is about what she believes you fucking idiot. So if you like the music for what it says and not just the beat you agree with her beliefs. Her music and persona is about politics, religion, society, life so forth. So thus if you like madonna you like what she is about. To love the music is to agree with it. Unless like I said you just like it for the beat. But what she says in her lyrics has always been about her opinions obviously and if you like the lyrics you agree. So fucking use some logic in what you say dmb asses.
hm... who's being intollerant now? Look, I love Madonna, agree with what she says, and think she should say whatever she wants to say. It's HER show afterall. Some people don't like it, and that's their perogative. I don't think she really cares if she gets booed or not.
Those people had no fucking respect. How can you like Madonna and be an intollerable person or descriminative. She stands for freedom of expression and love not hate. So if those fucking assholes were real fans they would have never booed her. If I was her id have said you have a problem than get the fuck out thats right everyone who booed get the steppin. I would have said it just like that. You want to hate and descriminate and boo then get the fuck out my concert bitches. straight up.
Would have made alot of sense if some people left then she sang you must love me to the true fans that stayed supported her and know what she is about. tposer fucking fans who go to her show and dont know what the deal is and who she is. I Really hate those people.
If people cant understand what Madonna is all about, they better go see Lady Caca or Christina Alligator
Well everyone is entitled to their opinion, Madonna, the audience at the show, and the people posting above. The point is to love everyone, including those you dont agree with or that hate you.
btw, were there really many peope booing? it soundsed more like some clapping, and most people doing nothing.
Entertainers have two things that most of us don't have: microphone and a captive audience.
I have political points of view and opinions, too. Are mine or yours any less important? I don't think so.
Besides, why the fuck would I listen to social musings from a 50 year old "can't-accept-my-age", crotch-baring, graceless, "buy rather than earn" ego maniac who's fucking someone half her age in front of her "purchased" brood of kids.
Shut the fuck up, Madonna.
I wish people wouldn't use "anonymous". One can only assume its the same M-Trolla calling people 'fucking idiots' and 'fucking assholes'... Which I wouldn't be surprised if it was anyway.
Lunatic/Over-obsessive fans are fine provided they realise the reality of being a fan; i.e. there are many different types of fans NOT a heirarchy. A fan is a fan, regardless of being a 'true fan', 'casual fan', 'fan from the beginning', 'post-Miles Away fan' etc. You are no better than another fan of Madonna because you adhere to her gospel and practise what she preaches. And yes, you can enjoy her music (both lyrically and musically) without having to agree with her world view. In the world of pop music everything comes together (as in, political views, messages, sex, fun, dance music quality etc) to form a single song. Whilst you can't really take one from another (look at the lyrics of Beat Goes On juxtaposed against the hip pop beat), you cannot say that because you simply listen or enjoy a song that you automatically agree with a certain world view that a popstar has.
Grow a backbone Anonymous, post a name, I don't care if its fake but at least keep it consistent. I don't need to confirm my so called 'level' of Madonna fandom, but I rejoice that I can be a 'hardcore fan' (as you could put it) and level headed about the woman and her political agenda(s).
Madonna needed a backbone to add American life to the DVD collection, so there...
I agree :) She also needs to get over herself and put True Blue on the CD, so there...
john...you seem to be a smart guy, i like that. and it brings to mind a song that carries a message i absolutely do NOT believe in. it's from joan osborne...one of us. it's a song about GOD and i'm an atheist...i don't believe in god. but i absolutely LOVE the song and i can take a deeper meaning from it than just the blatant meaning of god. the words still carry a meaning for me and i translate it to my own views and get from it what i need.
i agree...posting as "anonymous" is a pathetic move and to call someone a "fucking idiot" while doing so is even more pathetic. it just shows you as the troll that you are. posting in such anger and such anonymity...it's sad.
i don't have to share all of madonna's views and i don't have to interpret the lyrics the same way as YOU do nor the way she does. music is art and art is meant to be interpreted by the individual.
WOW this is exactly the kind of fuccking prejudice ignorance and discrimination Madonna is talking about! and to think even from our own fella madgetribers too! :( u know there are alot of crimes commented by lots of different race and groups all over the world and the biggest is the christian WHITE caucasian race!! who run the world and tried in the past to keep every other grope of people especially gypsy blacks mexican and Jews as there slaves and Gardner's and maids and pay them pennies just look look at what happen by German Nazi's and Hitler and the holocaust and in America how they stole then land from Indians yes AMERICA that was build mosly by the hands of slaves of white man that who run the government and are the biggest fuccking crocks and thieves of them all! like all the there fuccking crock politicians that run the government and steal the tax payers money and use it to pay for private jets to $1000 hair cuts while there is people hungry homeless dying in the streets! so if u gonna point the finger and give examples of crimes and make ignorant narrow minded misconceived perceptions against a group of people just cuz some have done crimes then u better open Ur fuccking EYES to the past and all the evil deeds run by the hands! of????? i mean where i live there was a group of white man who stole and rap an old lady like there is stories all over the nation of crimes commited by people so dose that mean all white man are rapers? NO IS FUCCKING DOSE NOT SO U SHOLD NOT JUDGE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BY A FEW OTHERS ACTIONS especially when its a minority group of people that has been discriminated all there lives by the majority and this majority erasing alot of the true history to begin with and made them to conceive as evil and spread this false misconception!...just like the like the early bias and sex-us christian man have done in the past by burning books of the bible of powerful women they did these with of groups as well!!
WOW this is exactly the kind of fuccking prejudice ignorance and discrimination Madonna is talking about! and to think even from our own fella madgetribers too! :( u know there are alot of crimes commented by lots of different races and groups all over the world and the biggest is the christian WHITE Caucasian race!! who run the world and tried in the past to keep every other grope of people especially gypsy blacks Mexicans and Jews as there slaves and Gardner's and maids and pay them pennies just look look at what happen by German Nazi's and Hitler and the holocaust and in America how they stole then land from Indians yes AMERICA that was build mostly by the hands of slaves of white man who run the government and are the biggest fuccking crooks and thieves of them all! just look at all the their fuccking crock politicians that run the government and steal the tax payers money and use it to pay for private jets to $1000 to run off with Mistresses & whores and get $900 hair cuts while there is people hungry homeless dying in the streets! gettos cuz they keept them down!
so if u gonna point the finger and give examples of crimes and make ignorant narrow minded misconceived perceptions against a group of people just cuz some have done crimes then u better open Ur fuccking EYES to the past and all the evil deeds run by the hands! of????? i mean where i live there was a group of white man who stole and rap an old ladys like there is stories all over the nation of crimes committed by people so dose that mean all white man are rapers? NO IT FUCCKING DOSE NOT! SO U SHOLD NOT JUDGE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BY A FEW OTHERS ACTIONS especially when its a minority group of people like gypsys jews or gays? or who ever?
expecialy onnes that have been discriminated all there lives by the majority and this majority has been hidding and erasing alot of the true history to begin with! and they spread this false misconceptionthion to make gypsys to be evil! and chesed them out of there land...just like the early bias and sex-us christian man have done in the past by burning books of the bible of powerful women they did these with of groups as well!!
[b]WOW this is exactly the kind of fuccking prejudice ignorance and discrimination Madonna is talking about! and to think even from our own fella madgetribers too! :( u know there are alot of crimes commented by lots of different races and groups all over the world and the biggest is the christian WHITE Caucasian race!! who run the world and tried in the past to keep every other grope of people especially gypsy blacks Mexicans and Jews as there slaves and Gardner's and maids and pay them pennies (besides hanging & burning folks that were thought to be witches) just look look at what happen by the hands of German Nazi's and Hitler!
[color=red][DOSE THE HOLOCAUST RING A BELL? CUZ NOT ONLY JEWS BUT ALOT OF GYPSYS WERE KILLED TOO THAT U DONT HADLY HEAR ABOUT![/color] and here in america to name a few examples of their crimes! as examples (how they stole the land from Indians and use blace slave to build it!) yes AMERICA that was build mostly by the hands of slaves of white man who run the government! and are the biggest fuccking crooks and thieves of them all! just look at all the their fuccking crook politicians that run the government and steal the tax payers money and use it to pay for private jets to run off with Mistresses & whores and get $900 hair cuts while there is people hungry homeless dying in the streets! ghettos cuz they keep them down! by discrimination! so if u gonna point the finger and give examples of crimes and make ignorant narrow minded misconceived perceptions against a group of people just cuz some have done crimes then u better open up Ur fuccking EYES to the past and all the evil deeds run by the hands! of????? i mean where i live there was a group of white man who stole and rap old ladies like there is stories all over the nation of crimes committed by people so dose that mean all white man are rapers? NO IT FUCCKING DOSE NOT! SO U SHOLD NOT JUDGE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BY A FEW OTHERS ACTIONS especially when its a minority group of people like gypsies Jews or gays? or who ever? especially ones that have been discriminated all there lives by the majority and this majority has been hiding and erasing alot of the true history to begin with! and they spread this false misconception to make Gypsy's to be evil! and chased them out of there land...just like the early bias and sex-us christian man have done in the past by burning books of the bible and storys of powerful women they did these with of groups as well!! to hide the truth of their own evil deeds!
i mean the world and Hollywood glories the Italian mafia and prise them for all the crime they did not only stole millions& millions$$ but they they killed thousands among other crimes the mafia committed!
but they condem the litta Gypsy's who stole a few wallets![/b]
[b]oh BTW i was so pissed as i wrote my reply i don't what to sound like them but its just to point out
that all races are guilty of crimes and its not fair that a whole minority group should be be treated like that for that crimes of a few! its wrong and part of why we have this problem in the first place! the problem of unprivilege! by the hands of the privilege! [/b]
just like the prodigal son, even if he had a lot of crimes, he was still accepted and welcomed so that he himself would have a choice to change his ways...
Why's it so hard to love one another?
WHAT THE HELL.....I DON'T EVEN HEAR BOOING!!!!????? AM I DEAF OR IS EVERYONE ELSE? WHERE IS THE BOOING???
And it's sooooo annoying how Yahoo, Tmz, etc picked up on this lame story. My god-get an effin life. Why can't they report Madonna's coming out with a kick ass greatist hits album with "34 Songs that changed the world"???
I am glad, Madonna is an artist fighting for freedom and human rights.
It´s ok that Mariah or Britney are not, but we need people who say what they think - Eastern Europe needs it very much, believe me.
is great what madonna said but just one more thing
HOMOSEXUAL ARE NOT " DIFFERENT " we are equal
I am ashamed of being a Romanian... thank goodness I have my Madonna :)
Funny how she showed how intolerant Romanians are. She asked them to be respectful and they showed the true colors.
Its about time Eastern Europe wakes up and recognizes its homophobia and racism...
To Anonymous who said homosexuals are not different we are equal ummm thats retarded yes we are different but that should be okay ppl who are different than the norm or soceities prized look should be okay and accepted but its not. Everyone should be treated as equals regardless of color race religion sex creed orientation all that. But because the government of the united states is preodominately white and or christian who hate gays that is why gay ppl dont have the same rights also it should be okay that churches dont want to marry gays but allow civil unions but they dont bcs politicians are abusing their power and are homophobic. Seperation between church and state the government funds marriages which is under religion thats bad. So have more diverse people in government with different religions etc. etc. stop allowing one main group to think they can run everything and harm mentally and physically those that they hate. Its time ppl stood up and spoke out about these things. That is the very essence of what Madonna is right now and I think if anyone likes her or listens to her should know this and if you dont stop listening bcs you is way more than just nmusic and ppl need to know and see that.
Madonna I love you but let me say something:
It's easy for you to preach...ur mansions are not near any gypsie site. U don't have to fear them breaking into your houses or trying to steal your car. I don't know how big this issue is in the UK but in Italy , where I come from, gypsies (the majority of them) are troublemakers who don't do any good to be accepted in the society. Come and live for a week in the suburbs of Rome hun and I'll bet your change your point of view in no time.If thousands of people's reaction in Romania was instinctly to boo there must be a reason.