I doubt Madonna was jockeying for a gig with Dove's
Learn to Love Your Underarms campaign but, for whatever reason, the 55 year-old "I'll try to shock you till I'm 6 feet under" superstar was flaunting her hairy pits via social media yesterday.
(That may very well have been the most vulgar phrase I've ever typed. Sorry.)
"Long hair.....Don't Care!!!!! #artforfreedom #rebelheart #revolutionoflove," captioned the hirsute Material Girl on Instagram.
A little Internet sleuthing revealed that she was taking a break from a high fashion photo shoot for L'Uomo Vogue when she felt the need to broadcast her personal grooming preferences.
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Fans of the Michigan-born, British accented star will recall that this is not the first time she's eschewed her Lady Gillette. As a teen failing to fit in at school, she went rogue and championed everything the popular kids didn't -- including shaving under their arms. In a 2011 interview with Harper's Bazaar, Madonna recalled being "tortured" by the boys who'd call her "hairy monster."
Look who's having the last laugh.
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In non hair-related Madonna news, yesterday
also marked the debut of the first commercial for her Japanese anti-aging skin care line, MDNA. Check it out, she doesn't raise her arms once. Promise.