The act left many people on the internet utterly baffled.
“What happened to you?!? Drinking out of a dog bowl?!? #dontbesothirstyforattention,” one person wrote.
“You r a star, you do not need to do strange things to show who u r! Let it to the beginners!!!” another commented.
Many more Instagram users relayed similar sentiments.
“None of this is thought provoking or ‘different.’ You lost touch. You used to be ahead of the game. You created it. The changes to your body too. This is all screaming desperation to stay young or relevant. The last thing any of us would have expected from Madonna.”
“I just don’t see you gaining new fans with this overly sexualized senior citizen persona, but I do see you losing existing fans.”