Madonna In Vanity Fair: Disses New York In Profanity-Laced Interview

Madonna graces the cover of the May issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands in New York and LA on Wednesday. She is busy promoting her new album "Hard Candy," which comes out April 29. Here are highlights, including her thoughts on New York, fame, and your soul's ability to choose the sex of your child:

Madonna spoke of New York, how it's changed: "It's not the exciting place it used to be. It still has great energy; I still put my finger in the socket. But it doesn't feel alive, cracking with that synergy between the art world and music world and fashion world that was happening in the 80s. A lot of people died."

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madonna: Do you have a daughter?
me: No, three sons.
[Madonna looks at me accusingly.]
me: I didn't choose it--it just happened.
madonna: Do you believe that? You think things just happen?
me: I think that just happened.
madonna: Mm-hmm.
me: So who's making the decision?
madonna: You are, you and your missus.
me: About what kind of kids we want?
madonna: You chose it. Your soul chose it.
me: No. Do you believe that? That my insides wanted boys?
madonna: Unconsciously. Yes.
me: I kind of like the idea, three sons--it's like having a little army out in the woods.
madonna: And all the work they can do, and you can teach them carpentry and then build houses for you in Old Greenwich, or wherever you live.

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"You have to get to a point where you care as little about getting smoke blown up your ass as you do when you become a whipping boy in the press," Madonna said, "because ultimately they both add up to shit. You just have to keep doing your work, and hope and pray somebody's dialing into your frequency."

She then said, "If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed."

Whole article here.

Comments

[dVd]

I completely agree with her. NYC used to be home to starving artists and different cultures. Now you can't afford to live here unless you work on Wall street.

[Advocate123]

Is this why the woman needed to kiss Spears to get attention. What a worthless human being.

[cyguy]

You are pretty worthless for logging in to post that she is worthless. Needed attention? Bro, she gets attention just for stepping out of her house. Where do you people come up with this drivel? Oh yeah, bitter Mariah fans( they just posted a bulletin on her website to come trash her here at HuffPo). Sigh.

[luckyoldson]

What would possibly prompt you to call her a "worthless human being?"

Some here are very, very strange indeed.

[BardEric]

Worthless Human Being? Very NICE! As someone who has met Madonna personally I can tell you that she is a very GREAT human being..Int­ense and opinionated, yes; but thats the nature of many superstars­..It seems to be part of the genetic make-up or something.­.But I digress..C­alling someone "worthless" only points out how much you value yourself..­.Very sad.

[billyjoe]

When Madonna shuts up and sings her greatest hits, she's fine.

When she tries to do anything more than that, like promoting Kabbalah, making movies, or releasing new and vastly inferior recordings, she sucks.

'Nuff said.

[cyguy]

That's just it. She does it all. I like the people who make music also make me think, even piss me off. She has something to say, sometimes I like it sometimes not. But she made this country think and that is not a bad thing. She is pretty fearless when it comes to taking on topics that make people cringe. I admire that.

[expanse]

Dissing? That is hardly dissing NYC. Everything she said is true about NYC. The arts scene is not what it used to be. Then again, she came of age during the most vibrant era in the arts in NYC's history. Meanwhile, pre-orders for her new CD are already setting records around the world including the US.

[Darwinita]

not the most relevant woman on the planet.

[nycw49]

oh really? How relevant are you? How much have you accomplished in your time?
Talk about projecting.