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Madonna bares most in a selfie

- BY STORM GIFFORD BY THERESA BRAINE

Justify my selfie.

Madonna has posted a topless photo of herself wearing nothing but black panties and matching hat.

On Monday, the 61-year-old entertaine­r extraordin­aire revealed the sultry Instagram shot, in which her arms strategica­lly obscure her bare breasts as she leans on a black crutch.

“Everyone has a crutch,” reads the tongue-in-cheek caption by the “Justify My Love” singer.

The crutch is the likely result of treatment after 2019 knee surgery and a Feb. 27 concert fall in Paris.

“Finally going to get my regenerati­ve treatment for my missing cartilage,” wrote Madonna (inset) on May 12 for her social media sites with an accompanyi­ng black-and-white photo of herself clad in near-see-through black panties. “I would be jumping up and down if I could after eight months of being in pain.”

Madonna took the French tumble one month after injuring herself in London as part of her worldwide Madame X tour.

While many praised Madonna for her sexy-after-60 snap — including drag queen Manila Luzon, who replied, “Still a hottie” — many social media users voiced their displeasur­e with the photo taken a month before her 62nd birthday.

“Show your lovely boobs all you want but why did you ruin your face with plastic surgery?!?!?!” griped Instagram user rydingthew­aves.

Another fan’s assessment was even more brutal.

“So your self-esteem is that low that you got to take your clothes off and put it in on Instagram, Madonna?” wrote the critic. “You’re rich [and] famous, you have everything but I guess your self-esteem is not there.”

Madonna’s tour was abruptly cut short in March amid global COVID-19 concerns.

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