Madonna capricious? Anthony Kavanagh remembers the superstar’s very demanding demands during the NRJ Music Awards

Madonna capricious? Anthony Kavanagh remembers the superstar’s very demanding demands during the NRJ Music Awards
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She is nicknamed the Queen of Pop. For forty years, Madonna has made her fans dance and move the four corners of the globe. Since her first solo title, Everybody, released in 1982, she has continued to attract crowds to her concerts. In , the singer, who had a major health problem a few months ago, was present in 2004 at the NRJ Music Awards, hosted at that time by Anthony Kavanagh. And apparently, the comedian kept a nuanced memory of the star’s visit to France. Invited on the set of Buzz TV, Monday April 22, 2024, the actor returned to the great demands of the teams of the mother of Lourdes. “We had to calculate the steps between the limousine and the stage, the limousine and her suite at the hotel. We weren’t allowed to meet her. She didn’t want me to give her her prize. She wanted it to be Britney Spears,” he lists.

Anthony Kavanagh, like everyone else present backstage, was also “not allowed to look in her eyes or speak to her.” And despite scrupulous compliance with Madonna’s demands, the latter did not have a kind word for the teams. “We had reserved a whole floor for her at the Carlton and finally, she left right after her show on a private jet to go to Los Angeles. Her staff had stayed to party,” said Anthony Kavanagh. “The production was super happy,” he jokes. But Madonna is not the only star to have had requests quite (…)

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