‘Can’t be her?’: Madonna looks unrecognisable at Grammys 2023

“Madonna looks good for her age,” one fan quipped. “If her age is 2700 year old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive.”

Madonna speaks onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 5. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Several fans took to social media to share their confusion over Madonna’s appearance at the 2023 Grammys on Monday.

The Vogue songstress, 64, took the stage to introduce Kim Petras and Sam Smith for their “Unholy” appearance when fans commented on her look – specifically her face.

“Me attempting to ignore the fact that Madonna has a whole new face. #GRAMMYs,” one fan tweeted along with a meme video of Adele looking confused at a basketball game.

“Whaaaaaat happened to Madonna’s face?! #GRAMMYs,” someone else wrote.

“This legit looks like a Madonna impersonator with pics of the real Madonna in the background. She really f – ked up her face,” another person wrote, referring to photos projected on the stage of Madonna’s most iconic looks over the years.

“Madonna looks good for her age … if her age is 2,700 year old vampire who eats babies and small animals alive,” someone else chimed in.

Fans said Madonna “really f***ed up her face”. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The Queen of Pop looked noticeably different. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)

“Has Madonna been nominated for ‘Best New Face’ at this year’s Grammy Awards?” a user quipped.

“What magic formula was used to create #Madonna’s new fa‍️ce? I’m so confused #GRAMMYs,” someone else added along with a gif of different math equations.

The Material Girl kept her hair back in braid ponytails with dangling tight braids down the front sides of her face which appeared neutral with her bleached eyebrows.

She wore a matching black blazer dress and maxi skirt over a white collared shirt and black tie and spiced it up with fishnet tights and purple platform heels.

Madonna thanked all her fellow “rebels”. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )

Madonna – who has yet to acknowledge any of her haters – briefly appeared at the 65th annual award show to introduce Smith and Petras.

Petras made history as the first transgender woman to ever win a Grammy. She and Smith took home the award for Best Pop Duo for the hit song “Unholy”. The song has not come without controversy in the past, according to the duo.

Throughout her life, Madonna has been a champion for the LGBTQ+ community.

“Here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music,” she began in her speech. “If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you’re definitely onto something.”

Madonna in 1991. (Photo by Mario GOLDMAN / AFP)

And in 2012. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

The Queen of Pop — who has won seven Grammy Awards and has been nominated 28 times — thanked all of her fellow “rebels” for “forging a new path and taking the heat for all of it”.

But some viewers also weren’t impressed with thespeech, calling Madonna “narcissistic”.

“This is the worst narcissistic Madonna #GRAMMYs speech since she gave Aretha Franklin that non-tribute tribute,” one Grammys viewer on Twitter wrote.

Another agreed, writing, “Madonna wtf is this hashtag girlboss speech.”

Kim Petras and Sam Smith. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

“Madonna is what happens when you don’t prepare a speech and repeat it 3-5 times before you show up to give it. #GRAMMYs,” one person typed.

Madonna – who will hit the road later this year for her “Celebration” tour – has been one to receive several notes of concern and criticism over the last year for her “freaky” face.

Plastic surgeon doctors previously told Page Six they believe she’s had a facelift, nose job and “pulled back” skin – among other injections.

This article was originally published by Page Six and reproduced with permission

Originally published as ‘Can’t be her?’: Madonna looks unrecognisable at Grammys 2023