Madonna posts ‘pics’ of her snuggling up to Pope Francis with bizarre caption sparking furious backlash
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MADONNA has sparked outrage after the pop star shared a bizarre AI-generated picture of her snuggling up to the Pope. The singer, whose real name is Madonna Louise Ciccone, divided her fans after putting up two suggestive fake images of herself with the leader of the Catholic Church.
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The Queen of Pop has undergone a longtime feud with the church. Outrage started after the singer, 66, shared two fake photos of her with Pope Francis on her Instagram story. The first image showed the pop star, in a lace black dress, snuggled up with the religious leader as they embrace.
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Pope Francis seemed to have his nose pressed to her cheek as he grabbed her, in the odd photo. Madonna captioned the story "Going into the weekend like…". The second strange AI image showed the Pope with his arm around the singer's waist as he stares at her face.
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Madonna wrote on this image: "Feels Good to Be Seen...". These rendered fake images came from a meme artist's page, as the pop star tagged @rickdick_. A furious backlash was sparked when the artist reposted the fake photos. Some fans online raged that the AI-generated images were weird and scary.
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One person said: "AI HAS GONE TOO FAR.". Another social media user said: "This is another web full filling tentative of AI s***. Nonsense, sad and a useless use of modern tools. "What is the message? what do you want to say?”. A third person wrote: "This is unethical and not good at all.".
