Overview

• Speaking on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast on Sept. 29, Madonna said she developed sepsis during her June 2023 hospitalization, was placed on a ventilator, and awoke after four days unconscious.
• She described a prolonged recovery marked by having no strength or energy and being unable to get out of bed without knowing when it would end.
• Madonna said a near-death experience in which she saw her late mother prompted her to forgive people she held grudges against.
• She shared that she reconciled with her brother Christopher Ciccone before he died, calling the forgiveness a significant relief.
• Alongside Kabbalah teacher Eitan Yardeni, she announced a course called The Mystical Studies of the Zohar, and noted she later resumed her Celebration Tour in October 2023, which wrapped in May 2024.