Doja Cat Defends Madonna Against Trolls Who Say the Legend Is ‘Too Old’ to Perform: ‘You Feel Threatened by an Older Woman Who Can Do Her Job Forever?’

Madonna is unfortunately no stranger to ageist comments, having received them for years. However, today she has a new superstar defending her.

In a video posted to TikTok on Wednesday (April 8), Doja Cat spoke up for Madonna against people who say that the pop legend is “too old” to be onstage. In the nearly two-minute-long, selfie-style clip, Doja expresses being “tickled and bothered” by commenters who tell Madonna “to stop” in response to TikToks of the singer performing.

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“It’s interesting to me because, it’s like, you’re telling a musician who makes music, who performs it as a job, to stop doing it?” the rapper says. “I’m trying to wrap my head around that.”

Doja then begins to question if these hate comments against Madonna are because the “Vogue” singer is “an older woman who feels sexy.”

“Is that why you want her to get off stage? Because you feel threatened by an older woman who can do her job forever?” Doja asks before saying that Madonna has something she loves doing that other people are paying to see and also enjoy with the singer. Doja then mocks the haters saying that maybe they don’t like Madonna performing because they have “something personal happening in there” and that “nobody else knows it and only you do.”

“Is that why you’re upset? Aww,” she jests before breaking out into laughter. “I’m sorry, it’s not funny.”

Doja then begins wiping away fake tears while commenting that “it is sad” and saying she’ll cry alongside them.

“I’m so sorry,” she faux cries out, ending the video.

Most recently, Madonna hit the stage for an intimate performance at a Dolce & Gabbana fashion show in Milan last month. Previously, the legend concluded her record-breaking Celebration Tour where she performed at sold-out venues and arenas across Europe and the Americas before concluding with a free show on Rio De Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for over 1.6 million attendees.

Doja’s most recent performance was at the Global Citizen Move Afrika festival in South Africa in March, after months of touring in support of her Billboard 200 No. 4 album Vie. Tour Ma Vie resumes on May 19 in Dublin, then making its way across Europe before coming to the U.S. and concluding on December 1 at Madison Square Garden.

Watch Doja Cat’s full Madonna defense below.

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