Overview

• In a Sept. 29 episode of Jay Shetty’s On Purpose, the singer gives a candid account of the 2015–2016 dispute over son Rocco.
• She recalls breaking down after shows on her Rebel Heart tour, crying on the dressing-room floor.
• She says the attempt to take her child felt life-destroying and that she had suicidal thoughts at the time.
• A New York judge ruled in March 2016 that the then 15-year-old would remain in the United Kingdom with his father, and the case concluded in June 2016.
• Madonna says the relationship has healed, calling herself very good friends with Rocco, now a London-based artist known as Rhed who runs a gallery.