Madonna returns to talk about her hospitalization: “God invited me to be with him and I said no”

Opening a five-night stand at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Monday night, Madonna He was in good spirits and wanted to talk about the severity of his health emergency last year.

She thanked the doctor and the rest of the medical staff in the audience who helped her. during and after the days spent in a medically induced coma.

The singer revealed that it was a well-known doctor, Dr. David Agus, who helped her overcome the crisis. He and other members of her support team and immediate family were present at the concert and were mentioned during a funny, direct and seemingly impromptu nine-minute speech she gave at the end of the show, before a version of Express yourself with an acoustic guitar.

A detailed description

“It was a strange thing not to feel like I was in control,” she told the audience, about being sidelined by the drastic effects of a bacterial infection which landed her in intensive care last June.

God himself appeared in the account of what she called an NDE, even though she did not directly remember a divine presence, but only inferred it from what she said after waking up for the first time after being put into a deep sleep for alleviate the crisis.

At the beginning of the story, he said: “I have fallen from many horses and broken many bones. I have a titanium hip. I mean, the list goes on and on, but nothing can stop me. There she briefly interrupted her story to sing a cappella a fragment of one of her most famous songs: “Don’t tell me to stop…”

Madonna continued: “This summer I had a surprise. It’s called… um… a near-death experience. Yes, and I’m not kidding! It was quite scary. Of course I didn’t know for four days, because I was in a medically induced coma. But when I woke up, the first word I said was “No.” This is what my assistant tells me. And I’m pretty sure God was saying to me, ‘Do you want to come with us? Do you want to come with me? Do you want to go this way?’ And I said, ‘No. NO.'” He added another for emphasis: “No!”

Grateful to your doctor

Madonna went on to thank “a very special man in the audience tonight”, Dr. Agus. “You put up with so many phone calls from me. When I was sick this summer and I literally couldn’t walk from my bed to the bathroom., I called him every other day and asked him why he had no power. When would my energy return? When would I feel like myself again? When might you go on tour again? When, when, when, when, when, when, when? And all he said was, ‘I went out into the sun.'”

The singer, who was not a sun worshiper, said she responded: “Have you seen my skin?” About her Her response: “I went out in the sun. You need vitamin D to make your kidneys work”. He continued: “I hate the sun, but I did it anyway, and it was very difficult for me to walk from the house to the yard and sit in the sun. I know it sounds crazy, but it was hard and I didn’t know when I could get back up, when I could be myself again and when I would get my energy back. It was a strange thing to finally not feel like I was in control. And that was my lesson in letting go.

The star also thanked “everyone who is here and took care of me and listened to all my endless complaints and my need for predictions that I couldn’t have. You are patient and kind, and still are. You still help me take care of everyone I know who is sick. Thank you very much, wherever you are.”

He addressed how short the suspension of his current stadium tour was, just three months. Madonna referred to manager Guy Oseary, who she imagined “he would probably be right next to Dr. Agus right now. They’re planning… they’ve got a new plot to almost kill me again. When he said, “Well, when do you think you want to tour again?”… I took the oxygen out of my nose, looked at him and said, “In two fucking months!”… I swear to God .”

At that point in the story, Los Angeles was in his pocket. Madonna He also thanked his childrenincluding many who performed with her during Monday night’s show, including Mercy, who played piano in support of her mother in bad girland David, who played acoustic guitar Mother AND Father. Estere also appears every night during the mock dance competition Rowing.

“My kids are the ones who really helped me move forward, because they worked really hard and… I didn’t want to let them down. So I simply set a date and that date became a reality. And I didn’t want to disappoint my fans. Never.”

Offering a personal maxim, Madonna added: “I want to provoke. I want to masturbate. But I don’t want to disappoint my fans.”

The loyalty of his fans

He continued: “My life has obviously been a roller coaster… artistically, emotionally, mentally and physically. And this show every night is not that difficult for me physically; It’s harder for me emotionally because I’m really telling you my life story. “My heart is on my sleeve,” she said, as the crowd drowned out part of her speech with applause. “But how grateful I am that you all are here and have supported me… for four damn decades!”

Setting the tone for a production that explores his origins as well as his path to stardom, he said: “I’m about to tell you the story of my life. It’s like reading my personal diary through music, dance, art, videos. I hope they can handle it.

Madonna’s tour continues with more shows at the Forum until next Monday. She will then remain in the Southern California area, but will move to the Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs for a concert on March 13. The tour will continue through the Southwestern and Southern states before concluding the American leg in Austin on April 15. At the end of April she will travel to Mexico City for five nights, concluding the international excursion.

The “Celebration” tour, which was originally scheduled to begin in the United States in July, ended with four shows in London in October, with a North American leg starting in December in Brooklyn.