Madonna revealed the one singer she saw as competition because she believed her then-partner, now an ex, had a crush on her.
The Queen of Pop – who married director Guy Ritchie in 2000 – made the admission when she sat directly beside the fellow star during an interview with Graham Norton at Koko, an iconic concert venue in London.
The Like A Virgin singer, 67, was sitting down with the British comedian earlier this week to discuss her upcoming album, Confessions II, when the topic came up.
Her 15th studio album will drop on July 3, and Madonna has been planning a grueling world tour in support of the release.
For their chat, Madonna talked about once dressing up in a T-shirt with her subject of envy across the front.
At the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, she was repping Kylie Minogue as she had sported a top with the pop star’s name emblazoned across the front in rhinestones, which Madonna explained she had gotten customized by herself.
Madonna admitted she was once ‘jealous’ of fellow singer and longtime pal Kylie Minogue because she believed her then-husband had a ‘crush’ on her; pictured in May 2025
‘I was in my Western mode, rhinestoning everything, and I was trying to think of singers that I’m slightly in love with,’ Madonna recalled during the segment for the television personality’s panel program, The Graham Norton Show.
‘And so naturally, I thought of Kylie and had a T-shirt made of her,’ she explained.
Minogue, who was present for a portion of the interview, also recalled how she responded to seeing Madonna wearing a shirt with her name across the front.
She said there was ‘[there was] no warning’ before Madonna made the noteworthy display at the award show in Stockholm, Sweden that year.
‘I don’t know what I did, probably just stopped shy of fainting,’ said Minogue, who performed with English singer Robbie Williams at the same award show that year.
‘It was amazing,’ she added.
It was then Madonna admitted to Minogue, her longtime friend, that she was once ‘jealous’ of her because she believed her ex-husband ‘had a crush on’ the Padam Padam singer, 58.
The Queen of Pop made the admission after confessing she is a fan and was ‘slightly in love with’ Minogue too; pictured in May 2024
Madonna has been amid a promo tour ahead of her upcoming album release and recalled how she once customized a T-shirt with Minogue’s name on it because she thought the Padam Padam singer was ‘so cute.’ And Madonna claimed her ex-husband believed so too
‘I was in my Western mode, rhinestoning everything, and I was trying to think of singers that I’m slightly in love with,’ Madonna recalled; pictured in November 2000
Minogue, who was present for a portion of the interview, also recalled how she responded to seeing Madonna wearing a shirt with her name across the front. She said she ‘almost fainted’; pictured in 2000
‘I was actually a little bit jealous of you,’ Madonna straight-up told her, at one point, on Norton’s show
When asked why, Madonna replied: ‘Because she was so cute.’ ‘I think my ex-husband at the time had a crush on her,’ she added. ‘I was like, “I’ll never be as beautiful as Kylie”‘
Madonna was previously married to Sean Penn (pictured) from 1985 to 1989 and later Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008; pictured in January 2016
Though she did not identify which of her ex-husbands she was talking about, Madonna had just married Ritchie that same year she wore a Kylie Minogue T-shirt at the award show; pictured in September 2008
‘I was actually a little bit jealous of you,’ Madonna straight-up told her, at one point.
When asked why, Madonna replied: ‘Because she was so cute.’
‘I think my ex-husband at the time had a crush on her,’ she added. ‘I was like, “I’ll never be as beautiful as Kylie.”‘
Madonna was previously married to Sean Penn from 1985 to 1989 and later Guy Ritchie from 2000 to 2008.
Though she did not identify which of her ex-husbands she was talking about, Madonna had just married Ritchie that same year she wore a Kylie Minogue T-shirt at the award show.
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