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[MIMIC]

For `Esther,' `Madonna' is immaterial

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone has a message for the world: "Call me Esther."

[...]

In an interview to air Friday night on ABC's 20/20, Madonna/Esther talks about her faith, adding that although she was named after her mother (who died when she was young), the superstar isn't dishonoring her memory with the name change.

"I wanted to attach myself to the energy of a different name," she says in the interview.

The Houston Chronicle

How apt. That's like Paris Hilton changing her name to Naomi.

 

[Matrix]

The artist formally known as Madonna would have worked better.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Was 'Whore' taken?

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Was 'Whore' taken?

hahahahahha

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

Well, it's supposedly embracing her Kabbalah interests (I believe, I read about it a couple days ago). So it's not really as simple as "I'm changing my name to get attention!", at least not in her words. I'm sure that's a big part of it though.

 

[explodet]

Not to be confused with:

 

[Guzim]

Was 'Whore' taken?

Yes it was:

 

[LakeEarth]

#1 - It's retarded. We've known her as Madonna for 20 years!
#2 - Esther won't catch on. Puff Daddy was able to change his name, sorta, because P. Diddy is close to his previous name and sounds funny... Esther sounds like she's finally accepting the old decrepid whore that she is.

 

[Luscious LeftFoot]

Lol @ Guzim!

 

[Naked Snake]

Madonna rocks. Screw the haters.

 

[Ripclawe]

http://www.hanefesh.com/edu/Hebrew_names.htm#move

and look what ester(jewish spelling) means when translated..

 

[Wolfy]

This picture turns me on.

 

[Doth Togo]

Madonna is the queen of the attention whores.

 

[cvxfreak]

"Esther"

What if Oprah were named Mindy?

 

[Baron Aloha]

The article is taking Madonna's words out of context. I watched the interview with her and Ester is her chosen Hebrew name for Kabala. The interviewer even asked her "so do you expect people to call you Ester now?" and Madonna was like "oh, God no. This is just a Kabala thing.". Apparently it's a fairly common practice with Kabala.

So you guys can chill the fuck out now.

 

[MIMIC]

The article is taking Madonna's words out of context. I watched the interview with her and Ester is her chosen Hebrew name for Kabala. The interviewer even asked her "so do you expect people to call you Ester now?" and Madonna was like "oh, God no. This is just a Kabala thing.". Apparently it's a fairly common practice with Kabala.

So you guys can chill the fuck out now.

Her association with ANYTHING religious raises a few eyebrows, justifiably so.

I didn't see the interview, but it's laughable that she's trying to embrace "Kabala," after open-mouth kissing two women for entertainment purposes.

It's a joke.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Madonna rocks. Screw the haters.

Exactly. Madonna rocks. Esther sucks.

That name just doesn't work for a pop star.

 

[MrPing1000]

I read this a couple of days ago.

I think that stupid religion has her, Guy fucking save your wife. Btw I'd still hit it

 

[Willco]

The article is taking Madonna's words out of context. I watched the interview with her and Ester is her chosen Hebrew name for Kabala. The interviewer even asked her "so do you expect people to call you Ester now?" and Madonna was like "oh, God no. This is just a Kabala thing.". Apparently it's a fairly common practice with Kabala.

So you guys can chill the fuck out now.

Yeah, what he said. You guys believe anything on the Internet.