Queen of pop Madonna, 63, has taken to Instagram to slam her “pretend friend”, rapper 50 Cent, 46, for “talking smack” about her latest set of risque snaps. Last week, the ex-wife of film director Guy Ritchie posted a series of racy pictures of herself writhing around on a large bed while exposing her nipples to the camera.
After spotting one specific snap of the star featuring her legs and pert bottom protruding out from under a bed, the 21 Questions hitmaker compared Madonna to The Wicked Witch of the East in The Wizard of Oz in the 1939 movie.
In one scene, the witch is flattened after Dorothy’s house lands on her, leaving only her legs and a pair of ruby red slippers sticking out.
50 Cent, real name Curtis James Jackson III, wrote that Madonna’s photos were “the funniest s**t! LOL”.
He added that Madonna was “under the bed trying to do like a virgin at 63. She shot out, if she don’t get her old a** up. LMFAO”.(sic)
But today, in view of her 17.1 million followers, the Holiday songwriter revealed that she felt hurt by 50 Cent’s comments.
Posting a throwback snap of her with the rapper, Madonna wrote: “Here is 50 Cent pretending to be my friend.
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“Personally I like the way I look, but there are those that find it hard to appreciate people and things that are different,” she said.
The star went on: “And they try to shame me, or humiliate me, or make me feel less than because I am not like everyone else.
“But in fact I cherish my uniqueness and I’ve grown stronger because to be unique is to be rare,” she ended the recording.
But after having seen Madonna’s thoughts on his post, the rapper took to Twitter to issue an apology.