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Taylor Swift's "Big Fat Disney Wedding," Prince Harry's UK Plot, and Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Debate, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1352
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Aging Performers: Barry Manilow, Smokey Robinson, and the Madonna Spiral
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Kelly introduces Barry Manilow at 83 and Smokey Robinson at 86 as cautionary tales of legends who cannot step away from the stage. Both are visibly mouthing lyrics to pre-recorded tracks, with Robinson adding an unsettling slow gyration. Kelly invokes the Tina Turner standard — sexy and physically striking into her later years but never simulating sex acts on stage [2] — Megyn Kelly "Tina Turner is the gold standard. Showed those legs, the shortest skirts, and she rocked it. The arms with the guns. The sexy dancing, but …" 59:13 . Madonna, at 68, then provides the episode's most disturbing exhibit: twerking on all fours, appearing to smoke on stage, in behavior that Callahan says looks like active drug addiction. Kelly reflects on how differently she imagined Madonna aging, recalling her disciplined 'straight edge' phase during the Guy Ritchie marriage. Both agree Madonna could have been 'a really cool, iconic elder stateswoman of rock' and is instead squandering her legacy [1] — Megyn Kelly "Madonna, 68, is now crawling on all fours at venues, simulating sex acts, and reportedly smoking what looks like a cigarillo on stage — all…" 56:40 .
Madonna, 68, is now crawling on all fours at venues, simulating sex acts, and reportedly smoking what looks like a cigarillo on stage — all while the once straight-edge superstar moves like someone in active addiction. Maureen Callahan observes this is what happens when a black hole of neediness never gets filled.
