What have hydrangeas ever done to Madonna? Nothing, but she still hates them – and that’s okay. We’re all allowed to choose our favorite flowers and to have flowers we’re just not very fond of. But Madonna’s hatred of hydrangeas put her in an embarrassing situation when a fan/reporter handed her the flowers at the start of the 2011 Venice Film Festival press conference for her new film, W.E..
Turning away from the mic, Madonna rolled her eyes and said, “I absolutely loathe hydrangeas. He obviously doesn’t know that.”
The comments were, of course, caught on video (this was a press conference, after all) and made their way to Youtube:
In response to the uproar over her comments, Madonna created her own sepia-toned, silent video in which she cradles the flowers before letting her true feelings be known.
