Madonna Details Sepsis Coma and Past Suicidal Thoughts in Rare Podcast Interview

Overview

• In a new two-hour episode of Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast released Monday, Madonna says a 2023 bacterial infection progressed to sepsis, putting her on a ventilator and leaving her unconscious in the ICU for four days.
• She recounts a near-death experience during the coma in which her late mother appeared and, according to Madonna, an assistant heard her say “no” aloud from the hospital room.
• After leaving the hospital she felt too weak to get out of bed and worried she might never fully regain her health.
• She reveals she considered suicide during a fraught 2016 custody dispute when her son Rocco left her home during the Rebel Heart tour to live with his father, Guy Ritchie, in London.
• Madonna credits Cabala with helping her cope, says spirituality underpins her success, notes a reconciliation with her brother Christopher before his death, and promotes a new course titled The mystical studies of the Zohar with teacher Eitan Yardeni.