{"id":30944,"date":"2024-03-10T22:56:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T17:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/madonna-calls-out-fan-for-sitting-during-concert-before-realizing-they-were-in-wheelchair\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T22:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T17:26:43","slug":"madonna-calls-out-fan-for-sitting-during-concert-before-realizing-they-were-in-wheelchair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/madonna-calls-out-fan-for-sitting-during-concert-before-realizing-they-were-in-wheelchair\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna calls out fan for sitting during concert before realizing they were in wheelchair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2024-03\/240310-madonna-vl-1234p-52a14c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Fans are cringing online after Madonna questioned a concertgoer for sitting down during her show \u2014 before realizing they appeared to be in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The longtime pop icon was performing at Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Thursday during a stop on her global tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWhat are you doing sitting down over there?\u201d she yelled from onstage, pointing into a cheering crowd. \u201cWhat are you doing sitting down?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Upon walking to the edge of the stage and taking a closer look, the singer added, \u201cOh, OK. Politically incorrect, sorry about that. I\u2019m glad you\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Representatives for Madonna did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Video footage of the incident, which circulated on social media this weekend, quickly sparked some backlash from internet users, many of whom expressed disappointment in the singer\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The video garnered more than 2.4 million views on TikTok, where it was first posted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWHATS HER ISSUE,\u201d one TikTok user commented with multiple crying emoji, getting 16,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSomething about \u2018I\u2019m glad you\u2019re here\u2019 makes it even worse,\u201d commented another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And on X, many took issue with Madonna for calling out the attendee at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLots of people need to sit down who don\u2019t use wheelchairs, too. This is honestly just gross, ableist behavior,\u201d one user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karriehiggins\/status\/1766667678834463145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cAppreciate that the person purchased a ticket and came to see you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some also wondered whether sitting down during a concert was worth taking issue with in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cDoes it matter if they\u2019re sitting or standing? they paid for the ticket and took the time to be there? Isn\u2019t that enough???\u201d a user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Across3Horizons\/status\/1766606894150439409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, concluding with a shrugging emoji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">\u201cBelieve it or not, sitting down or standing up does not directly determine the enjoyment of an audience member at a concert!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abuseofweakness\/status\/1766678866477904363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Fans are cringing online after Madonna questioned a concertgoer for sitting down during her show \u2014 before realizing they appeared to be in a wheelchair. The longtime pop icon was performing at Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Thursday during a stop on her global tour. \u201cWhat are you doing sitting down over there?\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}