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Woman Calls Out Madonna For Using Photoshopped Pic Of Her Body On Instagram And It’s Going Viral

Woman Calls Out Madonna For Using Photoshopped Pic Of Her Body On Instagram And It’s Going Viral

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Madonna is considered by many one of the most iconic singers in music history. Besides having released 14 studio albums with a myriad of hit singles and having won countless awards and beaten a number of world records throughout her 40+-year career, she is also one of the main trend setters not only among musicians but among celebrities in general.

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Madonna is in the news again. What should, however, be a surprise is the content of the news.

A picture from 2015 found on Madonna’s official Instagram page is resurfacing on the internet—a picture of Madonna’s head crudely photoshopped on another person’s body. And that other person found that photo.

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    The internet’s full of interesting things, including this one poor photoshop job of Madonna

    Image credits: Madonna

    So, Amelia Goldie, a digital marketer, writer, and photographer from Sydney, Australia, has recently released a TikTok video showing a crudely photoshopped picture of Madonna.

    The picture in question is effectively Madonna’s head put on some woman’s body. You can see that because the head is cropped out poorly and the proportions as well as the lighting/shading are a tad bit off.

    Sure, a lot of celebrities’ pictures get photoshopped this way, but this stands out for two reasons: [1] it’s posted on Madonna’s official Instagram page, and [2] the body (and hence the picture) actually belongs to Amelia.

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    Turns out, someone photoshopped Madonna’s face onto digital marketer Amelia Goldie’s body and it somehow ended up being posted on Madonna’s official Instagram

    Image credits: Amelia Goldie

    Yes, you read that correctly: Madonna’s official Instagram page shared a photo back in 2015 with Madonna’s head photoshopped onto Amelia’s body with the caption “I look Kewl…” and the hashtag #rebelheart, promoting her studio album of the same name.

    Amelia found out about this when some of her followers sent her the picture on Instagram. At first, Amelia thought it was a joke, but soon realized that it couldn’t be—after all, it’s on Madonna’s official social medium.

    But you can’t just not think that it’s a joke because of the poor photoshopping done here—the head is out of proportion and a tad bit off center, the lighting and shading differ, the picture quality is poor considering the other higher-quality pictures Madonna posts, among other details. Plus, it’s to promote Rebel Heart, get it?

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    Some of Goldie’s fans brought her attention to this, and at first she thought it was some sort of joke

    Image credits: Amelia Goldie

    Amelia did try to get in touch with whoever is managing Madonna’s Instagram account, but to no avail. Since then, it has become a bit of a running joke as she did repost the photos saying how that occurrence is still one of the weirdest, funniest, and best things she has found on the internet.

    Well, it wasn’t until recently when she posted a TikTok video about it that it seriously went viral. The video showing this bizarre occurrence and Amelia claiming Madonna had photoshopped herself there has managed to garner over 2.1 million views with over 320,000 likes, and made headlines across the whole internet.

    Believe it or not, the photo is still up on Madonna’s Instagram. People are still commenting under it on everything from the quality to the whole idea of how it’s even possible for this to happen, on a logical and moral level.

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    Goldie did try to get in touch with Madonna’s Instagram managers, but to no avail

    Image credits: Amelia Goldie

    Though flattered, Amelia would have wanted to be at least credited in the photo. But as she said to Buzzfeed, “I think if you’re going to play somebody else’s body off as your own, they deserve to be mentioned. But no hard feelings!”

    Some believe that whoever was managing Madonna’s account reposted an image available on the internet without even batting an eye because the picture has a very faint watermark to the right of the head.

    “I think if you’re going to play somebody else’s body off as your own, they deserve to be mentioned. But no hard feelings!”

    Image credits: Amelia Goldie

    Others demanded she credit the original person or take it down altogether. Yet others had no idea how this is even possible. Regardless, it is at the very least bizarre to think that this has made it on to Madonna’s official Instagram and that it should have at least required a credit of some sort.

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    Check out the now viral video Amelia posted on her TikTok

    @ameliamgoldieWhen Madonna photoshops her face onto your body (never thought that’d be a sentence I’d say) ##ohno ##madonna♬ Oh No – Kreepa

    What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comment section below!

    Here are some of the internet’s reactions to this bit of news

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    Robertas Lisickis

    Robertas Lisickis

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

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    Deal _Anneal
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Live up to your own potential instead of copying someone else’s. \(〇_o)/

    Luthor
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish Madonna would embrace her age a bit more. I love her, I'm an 80's kid after all... but I feel that her legacy is being tarnished so much in the last few years... She was such an example of female power and now it just seems like she's desperately tying to hold on to youth when she could be a queen of aging gracefully. I know it's not really my place to say and she can live her life as she pleases but those butt implants were bad and I wish I could still 'role model' her but... c'est la vie... I guess?

    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t apologize, you’re absolutely right. She’s obsessed with youth to the point where she has become one of those awkward older women who try to fit in with teenagers. It’s creepy tbh. She should embrace her age as she’s full of talent without a doubt

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    John C
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Despite being an 80s kid I have no special affinity for Madonna - yet I still feel like there's more to the story here. Can't figure why Madonna would do this, there's no upside. She clearly has the resources to get made whatever photo she wants. Doesn't add up. I want the other side of the story.

    Ms.GB
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her head looks hilarious on that young womans body, it's so obviously not her lol!

    Clearly sunny
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As if someone her age was going to have legs that young and supple!

    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She’s over 60 years old and is trying to fool people into believing she looks half or more than that. Come on you aren’t fooling anyone. You’re becoming an old lady and there’s nothing wrong with that!

    Jorge Clar
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is obviously a joke from Madonna's account...and it has moreover fulfilled its purpose of capturing people's attention...

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The face she is making there is so corny and off putting too, like THAT’S what you choose to shop on to someone else’s body? Diagonal lips? She’s not even doing it in a cute, curled lip way. It’s just straight up diagonal. The head is gigantic and orange too. A horrible photo of her head and a horrible photoshop job. Madonna is a beautiful woman, she doesn’t need to do this. The girl with the stolen photo is beautiful too and she has the right to her own likeness. Pathetic that this needs to be said.

    zovjraar
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i love Madonna but this is certainly photoshopped and badly done as well. she needs to issue an apology and give credit to Amelia. and have a stern talk with her social media people.

    fu yu
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reeks of desperation (And also Madonna wanting to hear/see her name be mentioned in the internet/news.) So again, the stench of desperation.

    Stille20
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, it sucks they used someone else picture ... that being said, it doesn't look even remotely real.

    imagae
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. Her head isn’t sized right, and looks unnaturally large for the body it was shopped on. 2. I’d bet anything that Madonna knows nothing about Joy Division.

    Daphne Williams
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You think that a professional singer who's worked in the music industry for 30+ years knows nothing about a famous musical group active at the same time as her?

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    Lisa Chambers
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The beliefs of this artist are congruent with her actions. It is a possession without the actual possessing. Her demonic inhabitant must be looking to move on to something younger and suitable to its tastes.

    Physo
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw this same exact thing on buzzfeed a week or 2 ago, hmmmmmmm... Bored Panda Staff?

    Kevin Camp
    Community Member
    3 years ago

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    Why is anyone surprised or outraged? They are celebrities. You love them unconditionally. You're a peasant. You deserve this treatment according to them.

    Laura Dawson
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    3 years ago

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    Haha I saw this tik tok video a while ago, the posted photo is real & was posted on Madonna’s IG a number of months ago so not recent. She said in the comments she wasn’t phased by it, it was just a sentence she never thought she’d say. It sounds like to me she is more butt hurt that she didn’t get exposure from it to gain traffic for her own work considering Madonna’s audience. Ok they shouldn’t have used her photo without permission buts it’s only been used for an IG post, it’s not like they are making money off the post or it was used for an album cover.

    Deal _Anneal
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Live up to your own potential instead of copying someone else’s. \(〇_o)/

    Luthor
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish Madonna would embrace her age a bit more. I love her, I'm an 80's kid after all... but I feel that her legacy is being tarnished so much in the last few years... She was such an example of female power and now it just seems like she's desperately tying to hold on to youth when she could be a queen of aging gracefully. I know it's not really my place to say and she can live her life as she pleases but those butt implants were bad and I wish I could still 'role model' her but... c'est la vie... I guess?

    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t apologize, you’re absolutely right. She’s obsessed with youth to the point where she has become one of those awkward older women who try to fit in with teenagers. It’s creepy tbh. She should embrace her age as she’s full of talent without a doubt

    Load More Replies...
    John C
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Despite being an 80s kid I have no special affinity for Madonna - yet I still feel like there's more to the story here. Can't figure why Madonna would do this, there's no upside. She clearly has the resources to get made whatever photo she wants. Doesn't add up. I want the other side of the story.

    Ms.GB
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her head looks hilarious on that young womans body, it's so obviously not her lol!

    Clearly sunny
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As if someone her age was going to have legs that young and supple!

    CatWoman312
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She’s over 60 years old and is trying to fool people into believing she looks half or more than that. Come on you aren’t fooling anyone. You’re becoming an old lady and there’s nothing wrong with that!

    Jorge Clar
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is obviously a joke from Madonna's account...and it has moreover fulfilled its purpose of capturing people's attention...

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The face she is making there is so corny and off putting too, like THAT’S what you choose to shop on to someone else’s body? Diagonal lips? She’s not even doing it in a cute, curled lip way. It’s just straight up diagonal. The head is gigantic and orange too. A horrible photo of her head and a horrible photoshop job. Madonna is a beautiful woman, she doesn’t need to do this. The girl with the stolen photo is beautiful too and she has the right to her own likeness. Pathetic that this needs to be said.

    zovjraar
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i love Madonna but this is certainly photoshopped and badly done as well. she needs to issue an apology and give credit to Amelia. and have a stern talk with her social media people.

    fu yu
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reeks of desperation (And also Madonna wanting to hear/see her name be mentioned in the internet/news.) So again, the stench of desperation.

    Stille20
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, it sucks they used someone else picture ... that being said, it doesn't look even remotely real.

    imagae
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. Her head isn’t sized right, and looks unnaturally large for the body it was shopped on. 2. I’d bet anything that Madonna knows nothing about Joy Division.

    Daphne Williams
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You think that a professional singer who's worked in the music industry for 30+ years knows nothing about a famous musical group active at the same time as her?

    Load More Replies...
    Lisa Chambers
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The beliefs of this artist are congruent with her actions. It is a possession without the actual possessing. Her demonic inhabitant must be looking to move on to something younger and suitable to its tastes.

    Physo
    Community Member
    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw this same exact thing on buzzfeed a week or 2 ago, hmmmmmmm... Bored Panda Staff?

    Kevin Camp
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    Why is anyone surprised or outraged? They are celebrities. You love them unconditionally. You're a peasant. You deserve this treatment according to them.

    Laura Dawson
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    Haha I saw this tik tok video a while ago, the posted photo is real & was posted on Madonna’s IG a number of months ago so not recent. She said in the comments she wasn’t phased by it, it was just a sentence she never thought she’d say. It sounds like to me she is more butt hurt that she didn’t get exposure from it to gain traffic for her own work considering Madonna’s audience. Ok they shouldn’t have used her photo without permission buts it’s only been used for an IG post, it’s not like they are making money off the post or it was used for an album cover.

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