Madonna is opening up about a painful time.
During her first-ever podcast appearance on Jay Shetty‘s On Purpose, she confirmed that she’d contemplated suicide at one time, and was asked by the host about the time she potentially wanted to take her own life.
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“There were moments in my life I wanted to cut my arms off…I actually contemplated suicide,” Madonna said.
“I would say probably one of the most painful moments in my life where I honestly couldn’t see the forest for the trees was when I went through a custody battle with my son, she explained.
“Even though my marriage didn’t work out…I mean a lot of people’s marriages don’t work out. They marry the wrong people. They’re not aligned. They’re not meant for each other. Someone taking trying to take my child away from me was like, they might as well just kill me,” she went on.
“That’s really how I was thinking. And I was on tour at the time, so I had to go on stage every night. I would just be lying on the floor of my dressing room sobbing. I really thought it was like it was the end of the world. I couldn’t take it. I just couldn’t take it,” Madonna said.
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“But thank God I don’t feel that way anymore…I’m happy to say that I’m really good friends with my son but I couldn’t see it then. I really thought it was the end of the world. So, you know, thank God I had a spiritual life,” she added.
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Madonna and Guy Ritchie settled their custody case over their then 16-year-old son Rocco in 2016.
Months before, Rocco quit traveling with his mom on her Rebel Heart Tour to live with his dad in England. She openly expressed missing her son amid the court battle.
He has since been seen hanging out with his mom on many occasions, including her birthday over the summer.
Madonna has also announced some exciting news.
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