Pop icon Madonna is said to be “furious” at singer M.I.A. for stealing the show during Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Madonna put on an elaborate halftime show for the ages, complete with gladiators and a golden throne. But it was M.I.A.’s middle finger flip everyone talked about for days afterwards.

Madonna called into the ‘On Air With Ryan Seacrest’ show this morning. When she was asked about the controversial hand gesture by M.I.A., Madonna went IN. The superstar called M.I.A.’s stunt “stupid”, “childish”, and “a juvenile thing to do.” She added that M.I.A. was “irrelevant.” Madonna has a right to be heated after all that hard work she put in. But the one who should really be mad is Nicki Minaj. Her halftime contribution hasn’t been mentioned at all in the press.

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