Madonna has opened up about a near-fatal infection she battled two years ago and said she struggled to accept what was happening to her.
The 67-year-old singer recalled how her recovery took longer than expected and admits her Kabbalah teacher supported her during the difficult time.
In her first podcast appearance, she told host Jay Shetty that she had sepsis and was put on a ventilator for four days just as her sold-out Celebration Tour started.
"I was rehearsing for a tour, and I got a bacterial infection," she said.
"One minute I was alive and dancing around, and the next minute I was in the ICU, unconscious for four days. I got out of hospital, they took me off the ventilator, I started to breathe on my own, and I had something called sepsis, and it can kill you."
The queen of pop added: "Everybody recovers at a different rate, and I've always seen myself as Superwoman.
"So I was like 'Oh I'm going to kick this. I'm going to be good, I'm getting back into rehearsal' but I had no strength, no energy, couldn't get out of bed, and I didn’t know when it was gonna end."
In the same interview, Madonna opened up about her 2016 custody battle with ex-husband Guy Ritchie over their son, Rocco.
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