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CELEBRITY<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-post-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#dd1881″ header_font_size=”44px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”intro-wrap” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Abel||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Her recent hospital visit was a long time coming\u2026<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/MAIN-IMAGE-Madonna.jpg” title_text=”65th GRAMMY Awards – Show” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Madonna has bene feeling the strain for years<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n She will always be the Queen of Pop, but there\u2019s no denying it\u2019s been a difficult reign for Madonna in recent months. Last week the megastar admitted she felt \u201clucky\u201d to be back on her feet after her terrifying hospital stay and delays to her Celebration tour. Now, as she focuses on her health and recovery, friends admit there was more to her illness than just a bacterial infection, after the singer spent years pushing herself to the brink \u2013 physically and mentally.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the weeks leading up to Madonna landing in hospital, everyone was begging her to slow down,\u201d says an insider close to the legendary Vogue performer, who is a mum-of-six to Lourdes, 26, Rocco, 22, David, 17, Mercy, 17, plus 10-year-old twins, Stella and Estere. \u201cBetween her obsessive habits and the pressure she was putting on herself to live up to insane standards with this tour, she was living a superhuman life. She\u2019s always struggled with insomnia, but it was the worst it\u2019s ever been. She was going days without sleep and getting frustrated and volatile if people weren\u2019t up at 4am to answer her emails. She\u2019s demanding at the best of times, but with all this pressure and no sleep, her fuse was non-existent. The way she was treating people \u2013 and her own body \u2013 was beyond unhealthy and not sustainable. Her illness was like a warning from her body to stop all of this and take a step back.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/IMAGE-2-Madonna.jpg” title_text=”2021 MTV Video Music Awards – Show” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The Queen of Pop can\u2019t wait to get back on stage<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Madonna, who turns 65 this month, shared a short video with her 19million followers last week. Dancing for the camera, she revealed, \u201cTo be able to move my body and dance just a little bit makes me feel like the Luckiest Star in the world! Thank you to all of my fans and friends! You must be my lucky stars too!\u201d Honouring her 1983 album Lucky Stars, she added, \u201cAnd Happy 40th Birthday to my very First Album\u201d. Her celeb fans and friends all rushed to celebrate her recovery, with designer Donatella Versace commenting, \u201cLoookinnnnggg great!!\u201d RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race judge \u2013 and Madonna superfan \u2013 Michelle Visage added, \u201cYES YES YES!!!! Move that body queeeeeennnnn!! We are here rooting, praying and rejoicing!!!\u201d Goodfellas actress, Debi Mazar added a dancing emoji while supermodel and former French First Lady Carla Bruni wrote, \u201cThe Queen is back! So happy to see you well again!\u201d Fans were also overjoyed to see Madonna back on form, with one writing, \u201cYou look so great! It\u2019s so good to see you looking so fit & healthy!\u201d A second said, \u201cEverything happens for a reason and from the darkest time can grow the brightest light ever. All of this happening when your career turns exactly 40 is no coincidence. The universe just wanna give your an amazing present. It will be a rebirth for you, mark my words\u201d, while one more added, \u201cThank you for the last 40 years. For giving us everything. You are such a huge part of our lives and you don\u2019t even know it, You will always be my Lucky Star. Keep up your strength and keep disturbing the peace.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/IMAGE-3-Madonna.jpg” title_text=”Madonna and Steven Klein secretprojectrevolution” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Madonna with her eldest son Rocco<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Sources say the superstar\u2019s ill health and workaholic habits began during the pandemic \u2013 and it\u2019s only gotten worse. We\u2019re told, \u201cMadonna admits privately that Covid and lockdown turned her world upside down. She felt like it made her a prisoner in her own home, and cut her off from her support system. She wasn\u2019t built for that kind of lifestyle and started developing unhealthy habits, like sitting on her computer for ten, twelve hours at a time, doing Zoom calls, endlessly obsessing over details around her show, and loading up her team with complex tasks. It had to come crashing down eventually and her body just shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n Madonna\u2019s tour manager, Guy Oseary, broke the bad news in June, revealing how the superstar had ended up in intensive care for a \u201cseveral-day stay\u201d after developing a deadly infection. He confirmed her much-anticipated tour \u2013 due to start on 15 July in Canada \u2013 was on pause. The postponement was a massive blow to the Like A Virgin icon, who announced her 79-date tour in January inviting everyone to, \u201cCome join the party\u201d, as she celebrated 40 years in the biz.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/IMAGE-4-Madonna.jpg” title_text=”Tom Ford – Spring 2023 RTW – Front Row” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Madonna and daughter Lourdes are very close<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Originally only intended as 35 dates, Madonna was forced to add more concerts, after selling more than 600,000 tickets on the first day of general sale alone. Last month the singer promised to re-launch the tour in October, admitting she was sad to \u201clet down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the last few months to create my show\u201d. She told her devoted fanbase that she was \u201con the road to recovery\u201d, revealing that her \u201cfocus now is my health and getting stronger\u201d, and adding, \u201cI have felt your love. I\u2019m incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life.\u201d And sources tell [heat] this has been the wake-up call Madonna needed. \u201cShe was very sick and there\u2019s no doubt it has been a huge shock to her,\u201d says the insider. \u201cIt\u2019s been very sobering for her and she\u2019s been humbled. She finally admitted that she needs to make changes and is taking some much needed time out to work on her health. And it’s actually doing her some good! She\u2019s getting physically better and looking after herself properly. She\u2019s sleeping a ton to help her body get healthy and is doing restorative yoga and meditating, while eating proper, nourishing foods.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/IMAGE-5-Madonna.jpg” title_text=”COLOMBIA-MUSIC-MALUMA-MADONNA” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n She doesn\u2019t care what people think of her, especially when she\u2019s performing<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n And thankfully, we\u2019re told Madonna\u2019s children are stepping up to ensure she sticks to this new regime of self-care. \u201cShe is very fortunate that her kids are all such level-headed people,\u201d says our source. They\u2019ve really stepped up in this health crisis and are making sure their mum sticks to her promise to take care of herself. They were terrified when she ended up in hospital. They\u2019re not used to seeing her sick and have all begged her not to let it happen again. She\u2019s a very devoted mum, and doesn\u2019t want her kids to worry. But of course she is itching to get her tour going again. She still has a lot to prove \u2013 the hunger is still there. 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