--- title: Pepsi Kendall Jenner Ad Trolled by Madonna description: The star took a dig at the controversy surrounding Kendall Jenner 's Pepsi ad by posting a picture of herself with a Coke can. canonical: https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-06T11:53:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:49.334Z og:title: Madonna Is Totally Trolling Pepsi Over Its Kendall Jenner Ad og:description: Madonna is no stranger to a good soda controversy og:url: https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20e9906c9f6eb84c/6988c1a92dce01eb819eceb6/gettyimages-605909806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3429 og:image:height: 1929 og:image:alt: "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years" - World Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Madonna Is Totally Trolling Pepsi Over Its Kendall Jenner Ad twitter:description: Madonna is no stranger to a good soda controversy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20e9906c9f6eb84c/6988c1a92dce01eb819eceb6/gettyimages-605909806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Madonna Is Totally Trolling Pepsi Over Its Kendall Jenner Ad > Sponsored content. 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Madonna is no stranger to a good soda controversy_ by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Apr 6, 2017 11:53 AM UTC by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Apr 6, 2017 11:53 AM UTC It turns out [Madonna](http://time.com/4651502/donald-trump-madonna-womens-march/) is an expert Twitter troll. The star took a dig at the controversy surrounding [Kendall Jenner ‘s Pepsi ad](http://time.com/4726500/pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/) — which was [quickly pulled](http://time.com/4727282/pepsi-pulls-kendall-jenner-protest-ad/) after being criticized for trivializing protest movements — by [posting a picture of herself with a Coke can](http://www.thewrap.com/madonna-mocks-pepsi-by-posting-pics-carrying-soda-rival-coke-photo/). The image is a throwback picture of the singer dressed in red at the 1999 Grammys, with a can in hand. Madonna is no stranger to soda controversies herself. Pepsi pulled funding for her 1989 tour and an ad campaign featuring the singer, after her “Like a Prayer” video was criticized by numerous religious groups and the Vatican. > [](https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/849783086673997825) It’s been almost 20 years, but the “Material Girl” clearly has a long memory. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/"},"headline":"Madonna Is Totally Trolling Pepsi Over Its Kendall Jenner Ad","datePublished":"2017-04-06T11:53:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:49.334Z","description":"Madonna is no stranger to a good soda controversy","url":"https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Madonna","celebrity","Pepsi","Kendall Jenner","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20e9906c9f6eb84c/6988c1a92dce01eb819eceb6/gettyimages-605909806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20e9906c9f6eb84c/6988c1a92dce01eb819eceb6/gettyimages-605909806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years\" - World Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals.","caption":"\"The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years\" - World Premiere - Red Carpet Arrivals.","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/","name":"Madonna Is Totally Trolling Pepsi Over Its Kendall Jenner Ad"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Madonna is no stranger to a good soda controversy","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4728373/madonna-pepsi-ad-kendall-jenner/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```