Madonna breaks silence on terrifying health crisis that halted her World Tour

The 'Frozen' singer was rushed to intensive care in 2023 after a bacterial infection

Madonna breaks silence on terrifying health crisis that halted her World Tour
Madonna breaks silence on terrifying health crisis that halted her World Tour

Madonna has revealed she faced a terrifying health scare, confirming she was hospitalized in intensive care for four days while battling a life-threatening infection.

While conversing on Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast, the Frozen singer said, “I was rehearsing for a tour, and I got a bacterial infection.”

She went on to say, “One minute I was alive and dancing around, and the next minute I was in the ICU, unconscious for four days.”

Reflecting on her disease, Madonna added, “I got out of hospital, they took me off the ventilator, I started to breathe on my own, and I had something called sepsis, and it can kill you.”

The Material Girl hitmaker shared, “Everybody recovers at a different rate, and I've always seen myself as Superwoman.”

Madonna revealed, “So I was like "Oh I'm going to kick this. I'm going to be good, I'm getting back into rehearsal" but I had no strength, no energy, couldn’t get out of bed, and I didn’t know when it was gonna end.”

The Grammys winner artist has revealed she was rushed to intensive care in 2023 after a bacterial infection turned into sepsis, leaving her on a ventilator for four days and forcing her to pause her world tour.