12/10/2016 7:15 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Madonna dropped some brutally honest words at Billboard’s Women in Music event, reminding the crowd how much she’s overcome … and how many huge celebs she’s outlived.
She was accepting the Woman of the Year trophy when she literally listed off almost every music great of her era who’s died — from Michael Jackson to Prince — and buttoned with, “But I’m still standing.”
After a few awkwardly uncomfortable seconds the crowd applauded, and Madge added a few more words to soften the blow.
In context, it’s less brutal. The 58-year-old had run down the biggest controversies of her career, and added the most controversial thing she’d done was “to stick around.”
Congrats?
