"I don't care if people worship turtles or frogs - if they're good people, that's all I care about, and he (Cruise) is a good person. I think he gets a raw deal, just as I think the orphans in Malawi get a raw deal; just as I think a lot of marginalized people get a raw deal."

WHAT THE FUCK, MADONNA??? You think Tom Cruise gets a "raw deal" like fucking South African orphans? Idiot.

I can't wait for Blair to get back to the top, and destroy everyone. I could not freaking believe the stunts Jenny pulled

orphans in malawi get a rawer deal than tom cruise.

FYI Madonna: Tom Cruise is not marginalized and really shouldn't be compared to orphans in Malawi. M'kay?

The Blair Bitch Project is such a great name.

Did Madonna just insinuate that Tom Cruise is analagous to an orphan in Malawi or a marginalized person of any kind?

Yea, those millionaire (ostensably) heterosexual white guys have it rough out there on the fringe of society.

???

Madonna has found the basic human thread that connects Tom Cruise to orphans in Malawi: no matter who you are, you're going to get a raw deal.

okay, so the only reason why i watch gossip girl is because a college friend is on the show. but i was thinking this morning that it is truly a horrible show and that the hills is way more entertaining. i don't think behaving like a bitch just to behave like a bitch is cool. being a bitch to someone who absolutely deserve me is better. why be mean? it takes too much energy. sorry for the rant, i haven't eaten and i'm hallucinating. carry on.

Maybe Madonna can adopt Tom Cruise.

Wait wait wait. When did Tom Cruise become like a Malawi orphan?

Maybe this is her sense of irony? I mean this is the woman who sang "Like A Virgin".

Yeah, thanks Madonna, but I'm not sure I am quite ready to feel bad for Tom Cruise in the same way I feel bad for people in the third world JUST yet... maybe next year.

Tom Cruise is marginalized?

Tom Cruise is totally as sympathetic as orphan in Malawi . . . they're lives are almost identical . . .

Bravo, Madonna. Just when Erykah Badu and Alicia Keys thought they'd made the dumbest statements possible, you top them. Bravo. This is why you're still the queen.

I wish Leighton actually looked like Blair in real life. What up wit dat?

I love Blair. Who else watched Gossip Girl last night? Check out our fashion recap at [fashionintelligentsia.wordpress.com]

If last night was Blair not being a bitch, then I don't even want to know what's coming.

Oh poor, poor, marginalized Tom Cruise. I can just picture him now, in his $5 million house, full of servants and nannies, calling Armani on the phone to complain that no one understands how hard it is to be him. I weep for his horrible plight.

Scientologists don't get crap for being Scientologists, they get crap with running a self-improvement business for crazy profit while shielding against taxes or any control by labeling it a "religion", keeping people using their products by telling them psychiatry is the devil, coddling celebrities in return for donations and publicity, and litigating to death anyone who cares to point this out.

@bess marvin, girl detective: Yeah, I watch it because a friend works on it, and she always wants to talk about how well she did at this or that, but it's getting harder and harder. Maybe I'll just start telling her "It was amazing! You did great!" and hope she doesn't ask for details.

@HoneyLush: Right? I was shaking my head at the TV last night. Selling her sewing machine is just wrong, and all that other shit? INSANE.

Does anyone know the average age of Jezebels? Cause it just seems like there is too much coverage of The Hills and Gossip Girl for my taste. But, I'm old so it's probably my problem.

Please, the original BLAIRE, Blaire Warner, would school these youngins in a second.

Yes, being marginalized and having a 'raw deal' can be completely relative... but Tom Cruise and children in Malawi??? Tsk, tsk Madonna.

@bess marvin, girl detective: dude, they dropped blueberry yogurt on her head- in front of everyone. she gets to bitch back.

Aw, Madonna! Remember how you clawed your way out of hell with all your work for the children of Malawi? Well comparing them to Tom Cruise in terms of who has it worse, well sweetie, you are back in hell again. Not even an apology at this point can make up for comparing orphans to a wealthy cult leader.

oh for the love of christ, is M seriously equating the trials and tribulations of tom cruise to people living in Malawi?? Is she high?

i'm glad to see everyone else's reaction was "how in god's name is tom cruise marginalized"...even if you're god is a made up space creature

@cate3710: Oh yes -- he's been on the outs in Hollywood for years now! Why he hasn't made a movie in... oh wait...

@jemandtheholograms: The Flying Spaghetti Monster is not made up! Hmmmph!

I know that if I knew Blair in real life I would absolutely hate her. But this is a fake show, so I can't help myself: I love Blair unconditionally. She is one bad ass bitch. And, unlike Leighton, I really want her to start dating Chuck.

So far, not a peep about Big Love... are we all tired of polygamy already?

madonna thinks she's so intelligent with her fake british accent but every time she opens her mouth she just proves herself wrong. stop pretending madonna, you are not as intelligent as you think you are.

"I don't care if people worship turtles or frogs...

...as long as they worship me!!!!!

So Madonna says something dumb, so does everyone else. We just don't have people writing it down when we do. I'll give her a pass because I still think Madonna kicks ass

Ginnifer Goodwin's quote made a tune start running through my head... "A little bit of sugar makes the medicine go down... the medicine go down..."

@AthertonMerriweather: I second that query. How can someone look so completely different from character to real life? I mean, it's like her face is the same....but not. It's weird.

And hard to put into words, clearly.

Did Madonna seriously compare Tom Cruise to an orphan from Malawi?

She meant his height, right?

@mishacat: i have no idea what the average age is but i would guess mid to late 20s??

@fulanita: perfectly said.

@NefariousNewt: agreed, she needs to get off her high horse

@mishacat: 82% are 18-34: [gawker.com]

@fulanita: but she's in that situation because she hasn't been nice since she slipped out the womb. and payback is a bitch.

@BeckyIva: That's it then, I'm old. :-)

I think Madonna's point is that anyone whether wealthy or poor can get a raw deal.It's not that she is saying Tom is like those orphans. I admit I had to read the quote a few times cause at first I was like "What the hell"...

@NefariousNewt: I think it's the opposite. For me anyway. It's just such a foreign concept and very cultish to me. I can't get over it when I can't even begin to understand it.

@mishacat: These days, I'm pretty sure it's about 17. Have you read the comments?

@HoneyLush: I realized last night that Jenny just cannot do it like Blair can. Blair is cold, calculating, and quick which is why she can pull the stunts she does. The birthday party switch, the amazing monologue about why she should be commited when they were sneaking Eric out of that hospital, etc.
Jenny doesn't think things through and does stupid shit like stealing dresses. And dropping yogurt on people's heads. You know Blair would be way more creative than that. And that is why Blair will always be Queen Bee.

Yeah. I love this show. Don't judge me.

@mishacat: Well, I'm right smack in the middle of the core demographic, and I just do not care about The Hills or Gossip Girl. Or Rock of Love. Or... actually, I can't lie, I sort of love Bad Girls' Club. So there ya go.

@cate3710:
I KNOW! funnily enough, the thing that bothered me the most was when she was perpetually using Nate the entire time.

@fashionintelligentsia: Pls to be not pimping your blog in comments. Thx.

@mishacat: Hel.. I turned 36 a week ago and am completely hooked on Gossip Girl. Thank god it came along to fill the cold, lightless void in my soul that appeared after Veronica Mars got the axe.

Of course, I might be a really immature 36-year-old.

@fashionintelligentsia: BAN PLEASE.

@fashionintelligentsia: Hi, we don't do that here.

@Jessi Ramsey:
oh oh and she gets too frustrated and can't keep her cool like Blair can. It's ok, I don't judge for the love, my roommate switched the show off at 8:45 to Bones because she thought it was over. I made her immediately put it back.

This Mormon stuff is giving Polygamy a bad rap. I think most people are now going to equate ALL Polygammy with crazy religious nuts and forcing little girls to marry. Sigh.

My friends Jason and Emily have been married for almost 8 years and have been in a Poly relationship with their old friend and Jason's old lover Jeff for the last two years. They are the cutest, er, threesome in the whole world and I am jealous of how well they get along (better than I get along with just one partner, lemme tell ya). They just bought a gorgeous house together, actually.

Not all Poly relationships mare scary Momrom kinds :(