Thousands booed Madonna at a concert in Bucharest this week when she turned her get-in-your-cage-and-dance-monkey performance into a pulpit from which to preach her personal beliefs. Yahoo News says

At first, fans politely applauded — and the cheers gave way to jeers.

“It has been brought to my attention … that there is a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe,” she said. “It made me feel very sad. We don’t believe in discrimination … we believe in freedom and equal rights for everyone.”

Thousands booed and jeered her.

“I jeered her because it seemed false what she was telling us. What business does she have telling us these things?” said Ionut Dinu, 23.

It’s hard to take cultural mandates from a fifty year old woman dressed like Ming the Merciless’ daughter from Flash Gordon. All she’s missing is a damn midget on a leash.

Geri Haliwell in a bikini because her daughter Bluebell Madonna, and that’s close enough:

PHOTO SOURCE: Bauer-Griffin