Giorgio Armani on Madonna’s fall: ‘Madonna, as we all know, is very difficult’

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I can’t believe this is happening, but I’m about to defend Madonna yet again. During the BRIT Awards, Madonna’s performance of “Living For Love” was sort of a disaster. She had some of the same awkward staging she used for her Grammys performance, only at the BRIT Awards, she added a custom-made Armani cape. The cape was tied too tightly, so when Madonna’s dancers tried to pull it off of her (revealing Madge in a bullfighter’s costume), Madonna ended up ass over tea kettle on stage. It was bad.

But here’s the thing: Madonna didn’t blame the cape. After the fall, she said the cape was tied too tightly and the staging wasn’t exactly as they rehearsed, but she even went out of her way to thank Giorgio Armani for making the cape. So, surprise, Mr. Armani threw some major shade at Madonna this week:

It was the fashion fail of the week, but don’t blame the designer. Giorgio Armani says the bull fighter’s cape that brought down Madonna during a live performance at Brit Awards was meant to be closed with an easy-to-undo hook. She wanted it tied instead.

“Madonna, as we all know, is very difficult,” Armani said with a smile and a shrug backstage after his Emporio Armani show. “That’s all there was to it.”

Madonna was yanked backward down some steps after failing to untie the flowing cape. adonna said the cape had been tied too tightly at the neck, and two dancers who were supposed to merely pull it off wound up dragging the singer down three steps. The singer told Britain’s “Jonathan Ross Show” that she hit her head and suffered whiplash.

[From The Associated Press]

Is this fair to Madge? Was she the one to order alterations on what Armani designed as “an easy-to-undo hook”? Is she to blame for busting her own ass? Perhaps. But still, it feels like Armani took an unnecessary swipe at her. Yes, we all know she’s “very difficult”. What does that have to do with her fall though?

Here’s Mr. Armani waving “BYE BITCH” to Madonna.

And here are some photos of Madonna outside of Raspoutine in Paris on Monday night. Yes, she had her grill in. And yes, her face looks like it’s melting. And yes, she’s still wearing those orthopedic shoes. Sigh… poor Madge.

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