Madonna ‘channels' late mother by recreating her hairstyle with brunette wig

Perth Now

19-05-2025

Madonna has 'channelled' the memory of her late mother by wearing a wavy brunette wig to recreate her style.
The 66-year-old singer born in Bay City, Michigan – shared a post on Instagram of her sporting the new hairdo after celebrating Mother's Day with five of her six children, and years after Madonna's mother died in 1963 from breast cancer at the age of 30, shortly after giving birth to her sixth child.
Madonna captioned an image of her wearing the wig: 'I missed my mother so I channelled her… .'
At the time of her mum's death, Madonna was five years old.
Speaking about the impact of that loss in the Sky documentary 'Becoming Madonna', the seven-time Grammy winner said: 'It was just the greatest event of my life. It was like a part of my heart was ripped out.'
She continued: 'I was forced to grow up fast and understand my mother's death, to understand the psychological, all things that were going on. It was too much for a child I think.'
Madonna, who has 54.6 million followers on social media, wore the wig – reportedly done for her longtime hairstylist Orlando Pita – to resemble her mother's typical daily look.
The performer is known for often referencing her late mother in her work, including throughout her recent 'Celebration Tour', which grossed $225.3 million across 81 dates.
During her performance of the 2003 track 'Mother and Father', Madonna projected an image of her mother onto the stage.
'When I stepped out on the stage and looked up at my mother's face every night, I said, 'Hello,'' she told fans.
She added: 'I said, 'Goodbye.' I said, 'Thank you. I hope you're proud of me.' I said, 'Please protect me and keep me sane.''
In an earlier Instagram post, the singer revealed her family had kept the severity of her mother's illness from her.
'Nobody told me my mother was dying,' she wrote.
Madonna added: 'I just watched her disintegrate mysteriously, and then she disappeared, and there was no explanation except that she had gone to sleep, which explains my tumultuous relationship with sleep.'
Madonna – nicknamed 'Little Nonnie' by her family – famously visited her mother's grave at Calvary Cemetery in Kawkawlin, Michigan, during the filming of Alek Keshishian's 1991 documentary 'Truth or Dare'.
Her father, Silvio Ciccone, is now 93 and was married to Joan Gustafson – formerly the family's housekeeper – from 1966 until Joan's death in 2023 at age 81 from cancer.
On Mother's Day, Madonna shared a photo with her children: 12-year-old twins Estere and Stella, 19-year-old Mercy, 28-year-old Lourdes Leon, and 19-year-old David Banda.
Missing from the photo was her 24-year-old son Rocco Ritchie, who she had with her second ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, to whom she was married for seven years before divorcing in 2008.
'Sunshine laughter, horseback riding, soccer, and the sound of music!' Madonna wrote.
She added: 'The best gift they gave me was the gift of not arguing and being loving to one another. 'When you raise children to be unique and opinionated, you also create your own debate team! 'Motherhood could never be described with a few words. Nothing can prepare you. Happy Mother's Day to all the women out there doing the heavy Lifting!'