Madonna has admitted it's a 'f***ing miracle' she's still alive after a health scare earlier this year left her in intensive care.
It was reported in June that the 65-year-old songstress had been rushed to hospital with a serious bacterial infection, and ended up in intensive care as a result.
A statement from her talent manager, Guy Oseary, at the time said: "On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several day stay in the ICU."
It went on: "Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.
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"At this time we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour. We will share more details with you soon as we have them, including a new start date for the tour and for rescheduled shows."
In the days that followed, a person close to Madonna and her family admitted that 'her family was preparing for the worst'.
"Everyone believed that we may lose her and that has been the reality of the situation," the insider told Mail Online.
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Thankfully, Madonna did make a full recovery, and she has now opened up on her health scare during her 40th anniversary tour.
Telling concert-goers at her gig in Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday (21 October), the singer said: "Less than four months ago, I was in the hospital and I was unconscious and people were thinking, predicting that I might not make it.
"It’s a f***ing miracle that I’m here right now. My mother, God bless her, she must be watching over me, she said, 'Girl, it’s not your time to go.'"
She continued: "I had this strange thought. I suddenly had sympathy for my mother, not about the dying part but how lonely she must have felt being in hospital, knowing that she wasn’t going to live.
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"And I was given another chance, so I’m very grateful for that. I must tell you that I don’t feel very well right now, but I can’t complain, because I’m alive. Thank God for my children and all of your love and support."
It comes just days after the 'Vogue' hit-maker spoke to crowds at The O2 Arena in London about her health scare.
Speaking on 14 October, she said: "I want to say it was a crazy year for me as well. And I didn’t think I was gonna make it. Neither did my doctors. That’s why I woke up with all of my children sitting around me.
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"I forgot five days of my life… or my death, I don’t really know where I was. But the angels were protecting me and my children were there. And my children always save me, every time."
Callum Jones