{"id":2013734,"date":"2025-09-11T09:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2013734"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:01:01","slug":"madonna-refused-presenting-lady-gaga-vma-as-she-would-just-be-a-supporting-act-source-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/madonna-refused-presenting-lady-gaga-vma-as-she-would-just-be-a-supporting-act-source-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Refused Presenting Lady Gaga VMA as She Would Just Be a \u2018Supporting Act,\u2019 Source Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/culture\/1650390-madonna-biopic-canceled-not-julia-garner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madonna<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/celebrities\/1659487-lady-gaga-delaying-wedding-left-fiance-michael-polanksy-with-doubts-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lady <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/celebrities\/1659487-lady-gaga-delaying-wedding-left-fiance-michael-polanksy-with-doubts-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gaga<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u2018<\/strong>s<\/span> alleged rivalry made headlines once again. According to a recent report, the 2025 MTV VMAs were supposed to have a memorable moment that would have gone down in history. Reportedly, the event producers wanted the 67-year-old to present an award to the \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d singer. However, a source claimed that Madonna declined the offer.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-madonna-wasn-t-interested-in-presenting-lady-gaga-with-vma-amid-existing-tension-source-claims\">Madonna \u2018wasn\u2019t interested\u2019 in presenting Lady Gaga with VMA amid existing tension, source claims<\/h2>\n<p>Madonna and Lady Gaga have been seen as rivals in public since the 2011 feud involving their songs, \u201cBorn This Way\u201d and \u201cExpress Yourself.\u201d Hence, whenever the two queens of pop are set to attend the same event, people become curious. Amid this existing tension, the \u201cFrozen\u201d singer was reportedly asked to present an award to the 39-year-old at the MTV VMAs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lady Gaga wins Artist of the Year | 2025 Video Music Awards\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ZtHCOV6fiw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>An insider told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-harry-and-meghan-downsizing?open=false#%C2%A7exclusive-madonna-snubs-vma-moment-with-lady-gaga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rob <\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-harry-and-meghan-downsizing?open=false#%C2%A7exclusive-madonna-snubs-vma-moment-with-lady-gaga\" target=\"_blank\">Shuter\u2019<\/a>s<\/span> #ShuterScoop that the producers of the award ceremony were \u201cdesperate\u201d to bring both artists on stage. They believed that Madonna \u201chanding the trophy to Gaga\u201d would be an \u201ciconic\u201d moment. \u201cBut Madonna wasn\u2019t interested,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Another source claimed that there might be \u201cstill tension there.\u201d Allegedly, the senior celebrity didn\u2019t want to create any passing-the-torch moment. \u201cThey\u2019ve had their ups and downs, and Madonna wasn\u2019t going to play into the narrative that she was blessing Gaga. That\u2019s not how Madonna works,\u201d they mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Although the two women have not addressed their rivalry publicly, people around them felt that Madonna didn\u2019t want to be overshadowed. She\u2019s aware of Gaga\u2019s popularity and doesn\u2019t want to be \u201canyone\u2019s supporting act,\u201d according to a longtime music insider.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Gaga, who already owns 18 VMAs, won four awards at the event this year. She bagged the Artist of the Year title, beating Taylor Swift and Beyonc\u00e9. She also received awards for Best Direction and Best Art Direction for \u201cAbracadabra.\u201d Furthermore, Best Collaboration for her duet with Bruno Mars in \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d also went to her.<\/p>\n<p>Originally reported by Suushmmita Sen on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2025\/09\/11\/madonna-declined-presenting-lady-gaga-vma-risk-overshadowed-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mandatory.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna and Lady Gaga\u2018s alleged rivalry made headlines once again. According to a recent report, the 2025 MTV VMAs were supposed to have a memorable moment that would have gone down in history. Reportedly, the event producers wanted the 67-year-old to present an award to the \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d singer. 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