Madonna caused uproar last week when she used the Philippine flag in an ‘inappropriate’ manner – by wearing it.
She could now face a ban from the country after she was slammed by one of its top officials.
Reuters reports chief of the Heraldry Section of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Teodoro Atienza, told radio station dzBB the flag had been “ridiculed” by the singer.
Atienza declared Madonna had violated a law that prohibits the wearing of the Philippine flag “in whole, or in part, as a costume or uniform”.
And Reuters reported the singer and concert producers could be held liable for the violation even if they were unaware of the law.
The Philippine’s Roman Catholic leader Archbishop Ramon Arguelles also called for Filipinos to boycott Madonna’s shows over her suggestive performances and outfits.
The tour features a segment called Holy Water that includes dancers dressed as scantily-clad nuns performing on cross-shaped stripper poles.
Madonna is no stranger to this kind of ire – she was barred from performing in Singapore in 1993 after police said her performances bordered on the obscene and were “objectionable to many on moral and religious grounds”.
The 57-year-old American singer is currently on her Rebel Heart world tour.
To add to the controversy over the Philippines flag, Madge told her sold-out crowd of 20,000 people a shocking “little story”.
She said: “Once I had a Filipino trainer – this beautiful, beautiful girl. She was gorgeous and very talented as a trainer. But she f***** my boyfriend, so I fired her.
So that wasn’t a happy ending.”
According to the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six, the trainer in question is Nicole Winhoffer, who worked with the singer for five years.
During the time the two worked together, Madonna dated dancers Timor Steffens and Brahim Zaibat.
Madonna reportedly split from Steffens, 28, in the middle of a European vacation in 2014.
Source: Yahoo.com
