Overview
- Lopez posted a short video to her social accounts on Sunday, Aug. 2, standing and lip-syncing on a Venice gondola with the caption “I had to do it…🛶.”
- The clip deliberately references Madonna’s 1984 'Like a Virgin' music video but skips distinctive props from the original, such as the wedding dress and the lion, making the post an homage rather than an exact reenactment.
- The Venice moment was captured while Lopez was vacationing in Italy with her teenage twins as part of what she described as a pre-college family trip.
- The post recalls a long public link between Lopez and Madonna, including Lopez presenting Madonna a VMA in 1999 and a near-collaboration for Madonna’s 2003 VMA performance that Lopez later missed due to a scheduling conflict.
- Observers note the clip underlines Madonna’s lasting influence on pop visuals—the original album reached No. 1, sold millions, and was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2023—while some outlets showed minor factual inconsistencies in incidental details like the twins’ names.