Madonna shares her experience being on ventilator and unconscious for days due to near-fatal infe...

The Queen of Pop says she struggled when her recovery was slower than expected. Madonna shares her experience being on ventilator and unconscious for days due t

The Queen of Pop says she struggled when her recovery was slower than expected.

Madonna shares her experience being on ventilator and unconscious for days due to near-fatal infection in 2023

The Queen of Pop says she struggled when her recovery was slower than expected.

By Daysia Tolentino

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Madonna is opening up about the near-fatal infection that landed her in the hospital for several days in 2023.

The Queen of Pop was in the intensive care unit for a serious bacterial infection in June 2023, weeks before she was supposed to embark on her Celebration tour.

On a recent episode of the *On Purpose* podcast, she told host Jay Shetty that she had sepsis and was put on a ventilator. She previously shared that she had been in an induced coma for 48 hours during her stay.

"One minute, I was alive and dancing around," the "Vogue" singer said. "And the next minute, I was in the ICU unit of a hospital and I woke up from being unconscious for four days."

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While she was recovering, Madonna said that she thought she would rebound quickly and resume tour rehearsals. However, the music icon became frustrated when she realized she had no energy or strength. Fortunately, she had her Kabbalah teacher there to support her through this difficult time.

"I couldn't get out of bed and I didn't know when it was going to end," she recalled. "And I used to talk to my teacher all the time and he's like, 'The sooner you accept what's happening to you and that you don't know when it's going to end, the sooner it's going to end.' That made so much sense to me."

Madonna resumed the Celebration tour in October 2023. During an early show, she said it was a "f---ing miracle" that she was able to perform after her health scare. The tour wrapped last May.

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The "Like a Prayer" singer said that she saw her late mother when she was "almost there on the other side." When she awoke in the hospital, she realized she needed to "forgive and make good with people that I still held grudges against."

During the podcast, she also shared how she forgave her "biggest enemy" — brother Christopher Ciccone — before he died. Ciccone was previously the pop star's art and tour director. The siblings had a falling out following the publication of Ciccone's tell-all memoir *Life With My Sister Madonna*.

Listen to the full episode of *On Purpose* with Madonna below.

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