Multi-millionaire pop singer Madonna was forced to borrow money in a London restaurant after finding herself short of cash to buy a slice of cake for her son.
The superstar approached two sisters and told them both she and husband Guy Ritchie had forgotten their wallets and then asked them to help cover her £5.25 bill.
The girls have said they didn't recognise the singer but gave her the money anyway.
A spokesman for Madonna has said the girls will be sent CDs and a cheque to cover the loan.
Madonna, now a UK resident, was the highest earning musician in Britain in this year's Sunday Times Pay List, with estimated annual earnings of stg£36 million.