Madonna Identifies With Wallis Simpson 'On A Personal Level'
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 @ 03:30PM
Madonna is continuing her promotional blitz for W.E., and in an interview with the Wall Street Journal the controversial singer claims to identify with the subject of her movie, Wallis Simpson.
In her time, Simpson was a figure that was vilified by the masses after her affair with King Edward VIII led to his abdication of the throne of England, something Madonna, who has been vilified for her new movie, amongst other things, relates to.
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When asked if she identifies with Simpson on a “personal level” the Queen of Pop admits: “Yes, to a certain extent. I think that she didn’t have the ability to defend herself the way I do now, or we do now. It was a different time. The media was different, and women didn’t have the choices that they do now. Even so, there were moments, there were lines in her letters that I thought, ‘I could have written that.’”
When questioned as to why she feels the connection, Madge shares: “Just the experience of being treated unfairly in the press, not having a nice word said about you. There was a time where I actually read what people wrote about me, and that’s a slippery slide to get on. So, if you do that, and you’re doing something controversial or unpopular, then you’re just going to be reading a bunch of stuff that isn’t nice about you. I certainly know that feeling of devastation, like ‘Oh, my God, the whole world’s turned against me.’”
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And Madonna goes on to slam those pesky rumors that continue to circulate that Wallis Simpson and Edward, who later became the Duke of Windsor, were Nazi sympathizers. When asked why she is certain the rumors are not true, the 53-year-old mother of four, claims: “Research. And not being able to find any empirical evidence whatsoever that they were. People came to me and said they were, and I said, ‘OK, show me. Prove it to me. What is the evidence? That [Edward] had a meeting with Hitler in 1936? Give me the reason.’ It would always go back to ‘This is what I heard.’”
W.E. is set to be released in the U.S. On February 3.
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The Daily Juice
Wallis Simpson was a Nazi sympathizer. Period. To deny it is ridiculous and shows the megalomanical
nature of Madonna Ciccone.
Posted Tue, 04/10/2012 - 10:19pm
I mean, get the dam pyscho ward ready out in Hollyweird, OMG has everyone out there lost their minds, u ppl are just plain stupid!!!!!!!! Another Craddle Robber, now seeing the dead. I almost falling out of the chair laughing.
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 9:58pm
Of course she does - they're both FUGLY as hell!! Madonna with her many fake accents and nasty hands that she covers up makes me sick!!! Why anyone would pay $ to see her in concert lipsync is beyond me!!
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 12:37pm
Why can't this old hag just go away?
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 10:29am
She looks awful. The face lift has fallen. The cheek implants are too big. Is anyone in Hollyweird "natural" anymore? I would love to see a "normal" person! On the bright side, at least she didn't get those nasty looking lip fillers!
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 9:36am
The Botox is wearing off in this photo. Unflattering. Where's the stylist?
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 9:29am
No one is "above" or more relevant than anyone else.....if you have a pulse you have a place in this world......and we can ALL identify with and have empathy for every person we meet along the way. NEVER feel less than.....
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 3:48am
Madonna's making the mistake of identifying with a shallow, selfish, uninteresting woman simply because she was despised? Is Madonna attempting to lift herself to the status of British pseudo-royalty because she was married to a Brit? Weird.
Posted Sat, 01/28/2012 - 12:00am
Those rumors about Wallis being a Nazi sympathizer are pretty persistent. Not something to overlook just because Madonna can relate to her being controversial. Plus, Wallis was greedy and shallow and helped to destroy Edward's future.
Posted Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:01pm
Two ugly, domineering women who don't stop manipulating until they get what they want. Yes, I can see where there are similarities.
Posted Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:42pm