The pop star made a pause during her concert Wednesday night in order to speak out for the Roma saying the Roma were discriminated against in Eastern Europe, which made her sad because no one deserved to be discriminated.
"It's been brought to my attention that there's a lot of discrimination against Romani and Gypsies in general in eastern Europe, and that makes me very sad," she told the crowd of 60,000 in Bucharest. As she spoke, a vocal minority began booing her words. She did not acknowledge the jeers.
Madonna's outrage touched a nerve in Romania, but it seems doubtful it will change anything, said the Soros Foundation's Motoc.
"Madonna is a pop star. She is not an expert on inter ethnic relations," he said.