Madonna Talks Divorce, Lady Gaga & Being A 'Geek' In High School

Access Hollywood - October 14, 2009 8:06 PM PDT
Story photo: Madonna Talks Divorce, Lady Gaga & Being A 'Geek' In High SchoolMadonna on the cover of Rolling Stone, October 2009 Rolling StoneAccess Hollywood

NEW YORK, New York -- Madonna has opened up about her divorce with Guy Ritchie last year.

In a new Rolling Stone cover story, the pop queen admitted splitting with the British film director brought her to a low point.

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"What can you say? It was a challenging year. I think work saved me, and I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building," she told the mag. "Life is an adjustment. It's different. My sons aren't with me right now, they're with their father, and I'm not very comfortable with the idea of my children not living together. There are pros and cons, but I feel good now."

Madonna admitted she has been recently listening to Lady Gaga, with whom she recently paired up with for a skit on "Saturday Night Live," and she feels a kinship with the young performer.

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"I can see myself in Lady Gaga. In the early part of my career, for sure," she told the mag. "When I saw her, she didn't have a lot of money for her production, she's got holes in her fishnets, and there's mistakes everywhere. It was kind of a mess, but I can see that she's got that It factor. It's nice to see that at a raw stage."

And she appreciated the "Just Dance" singer live, as did Madonna's oldest child, Lourdes.

"I think Lady Gaga is great. When [she and daughter Lourdes] saw her, I actually felt a kind of recognition. I thought, 'She's got something,'" the pop star said. "There's something quirky about her. She's fearless and funny, and when she spoke to the audience, she sounded intelligent and clever. She's unique."

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But while she's worked with stars Lady Gaga on TV and Justin Timberlake on music, there's at least one star that's turned her down over the years.

"I wanted to work with Eminem," she revealed. "I don't think he wanted to work with me. Maybe he's shy."

One thing Madonna herself isn't shy about is admitting to a past fashion mistake. Although she is a celebrated icon, she said the '80s weren't full of personal fashion hits.

"It was the purple lipstick, fluorescent-green sweater combo," she said of her most cringe-worthy look. "It's OK, it was the '80s. It was a bad-hairstyle era. Let's face it."

Another Madonna admission? She wasn't a cool teen.

"I was a geek in high school. I didn't really have a drink until I got divorced for the first time [from Sean Penn] when I was 30," she said. "'Geek' is not a word anyone uses to describe me, except perhaps ['Confessions on a Dance Floor' producer] Stuart Price, who once said, 'You know, you're a nerd at heart, nobody knows it.' I took it as a compliment."

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  • SoJo
    She is also TRUE talent. She was the female version of MJ in the 80's and 90's. Give credit where credit is due.
    report abuseposted October 23, 2009 2:21 PM PDT
  • soni, and priya
    for dead %@!*#
    report abuseposted October 23, 2009 1:29 PM PDT
  • Michelle
    Madonna has always reinvented herself. She has staying power as well as star power. It takes a lot to have been around as long as she has. She looks as good now if not better than she did in the 80's. She has helped change music and proven that a woman can be just as powerful as any man in the music industry. She is simply COOL.
    report abuseposted October 23, 2009 1:39 AM PDT
  • Michelle
    Madonna has always reinvented herself. She has staying power as well as star power. It takes a lot to have been around as long as she has. She looks as good now if not better than she did in the 80's. She has helped change music and proven that a woman can be just as powerful as any man in the music industry. She is simply COOL.
    report abuseposted October 23, 2009 1:39 AM PDT
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    report abuseposted October 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT
  • tony s
    MADONNA IS JUMPING ON EVERYONE'S COAT TAILS. SHOWED UP UNEXPECTEDLY & UNINVITED AT THE MTV AWARDS TO TALK ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON. LADY GAGA, BRITNEY SPEARS, THE LIST GOES ON. LEAVES HER HUSBAND & KIDS TO WHORE AROUND TO GAIN PUBLICITY. SHE IS REALLY PATHETIC!
    report abuseposted October 18, 2009 3:42 PM PDT
  • Kimberli
    Madonna is a has been. She has been for awhile.
    report abuseposted October 18, 2009 12:19 PM PDT
  • frank n
    %@!*# about madonna all u want.she's in this business 30yrs,longer than some of u are living.whether u like her or not she is an icon in the music industry.every year she has a hit,and at 50+she's the mick jagger of the divas.i don't like her person at all,but u have to admit,she has kept the world dancing longer than all the other bull%@!*# divas that are has beens now.
    report abuseposted October 18, 2009 11:23 AM PDT
  • Jeff
    Madonna's become pretty boring, especially her music and that celebrity religion thing. She needs to do something artistically significant.
    report abuseposted October 18, 2009 10:08 AM PDT
  • Debra R
    Poor Madonna. If only she knew what a self absorbed, narcissistic piece of crap that she really is. She should join forces with AngelinaJolie, another disturbed and dark individual. How can she care about people around the world when she didn't care about what she was doing to Jennifer Aniston. She bought a 70 million dollar chateaux in France. How many schools has she built in Africa? Get
    report abuseposted October 18, 2009 9:37 AM PDT
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