Niki & Donna Recall The Early Days of Working w/ Madonna!!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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Niki Haris and Donna De Lory step Behind The Rope. Niki and Donna, that is. As Madonna’s world wide Celebration Tour kicks off, we could think of no one better than Niki and Donna too sit down with to chat about the full anthology of their careers on the road and recording with Madonna in many countries, for many tours, on many songs, throughout many decades. Who’s That Girl, Blond Ambition Tour, The Girlie Show Tour, The Downed World Tour and everything and anything in between, we cover it all. Niki and Donna open up about meeting Madonna, the audition process, early life on the road with Madge, highs, lows, misconceptions, getting banned in Italy, “Truth or Dare” and more. They talk famous friends like Sandra Bernhard, Madonna’s men like Warren Beatty, Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie, family and children, how Madonna has changed over the years, recent years Madonna such as Madame X, Rebel Heart, MDNA and so much more. Finally, Niki and Donna discuss Madonna’s recent health scare, what really happened, the media’s obsession with Mama M’s looks and age and younger suitors and how no one should ever count out the Queen. Of course, we also chat Niki and Donna’s solo careers and current projects as well!
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God they were so good. They both complimented Madonna perfectly during her earlier tours.
I agree
More videos posted of Niki and Donna
These two icons MUST make an appearance on the current tour. THEY MUST!!!!!!!
I went to the show last month in Brooklyn and these two were the only thing that was missing!!
Yes and they are all in NYC this week- going to my 3rd Celebration this Monday
I was at the shows too
She doesn’t want to share her stage. Only one near her age she lets on his Jean Paul Gaultier.
yes@@Lillipod1
Donna speaks so eloquently of her initial experience auditioning for THE Queen of Pop and seems very humbled when speaking about how it all began 🎙️👍🏼 - she’s a lovely person both inside and out❣️👑🎵🙏🏼
Love Donna!! More videos posted too
They deserve their own documentary!💖💥
OMG yes
Yes! I'm sure they have incredible stories to tell of their entire careers, not just working w/ Madonna
@@scottgarbo1288 I'm sure they don't.
@@Triple_Crown25 LOL. You sound like a miserable person.
Thank you for this interview. I'm a lifelong fan of Madonna's and always wondered how Donna and Niki came to work with her. They are both super-talented in their own right. Niki and I used to go to the same church here in LA. She sang a few times and, let me tell you, I'm surprised the roof didn't blow off. She was just amazing. Powerful and soulful, which we rarely got to see when she toured w/ Madonna. She was also very sweet and kind. And Donna is such a great dancer and singer who makes it all look so easy.
You are welcome
More videos w them coming today
Loved these Niki and Donna conversations. Thank you for doing this. :). I'm glad you asked Niki about clarifying a bit deeper that she hadn't heard of this Madonna in 1987 that she was asked to audition for. And nor was she aware she was this major superstar. I just find that hard to believe especially if she was in the Music business. Bill Medley her former boss knew Madonna.
Even if you didn't listen to that kind of music, there's almost no way you could not have heard or seen her. She was everywhere on every magazine all over the news. You go to record stores in those days her image was everywhere. MTV was massive for the music industry her videos were being played 24/7.
I know who Britney Spears is even during the height of her pop stardom. And I've never listened to a Britney Spears song and never been a fan, I could careless. It's not my kind of music, but I'm aware of how popular she is. Yet, Madonna was a hundred times that by the time 1987 rolled around so it's hard to believe she had no knowledge of her. I primarily listen to rock music, but I know Madonna.
You are welcome and tons more vids w Niki and Donna posted
True… it’s not that plausible. Madonna was a phenomenon
May we ask - what is YOUR opinion, sir. True journalism is opining honestly.
Omg! I remember watching them perform alongside Madonna on The Drowned World Tour. They were both so impressive and complimented Madonna so well. The tour ending when Niki introduced Madonna and they all performed the big Holiday/Music finale was so iconic to me!
Same
Tons more videos w Niki and Donna posted
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They both aged so gracefully and tastefully. That’s so rare today
Yup
Donna & Nikki were forces to be reckoned with. Madonna’s first 3 world tours wouldn’t be anything without them.
Yes
Omg, this is a really interesting discussion about when they initially started rehearsing and touring with madonna. There is so much history there.
Sooo much
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Amazing women!!!! Awesome that they were featured so well on videos and in concert.
Tons more vids coming w them
They were both fab-you-luss on tour with Madonna and in the classic masterpiece that is the Vogue video! However, years ago, Niki spoke at my church here in metro Detroit and she sho' was a mess! Flustered, ill-prepared and couldn't for the life of me figure out why she was there! And did I actually hear her just say "I didn't know who this Madonna person WAS"⁉⁉⁉🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
LOLL yes u did
Holy sh&t! I love these ladies!!!!! Such a huge part of my teenage years!!!
Yess
More vids w them posted
Okay Niki, you never heard Like a Virgin or Material Girl and didn’t even know who Madonna was despite her already being the biggest female star in the world by then 😂
LOL
This is like the 3rd interview I see where she says this. I just don't believe it.
She wasn’t into pop. Different genre she was in. Madonna couldn’t sell 10000 tickets in Leeds. I lost interest after Huday. Just a lowlife with that SEX book. Talks about young boys in it. They are well away from her.
@@Lillipod1 you’re such a fan it’s hilarious😂😂😂😂
Niki, I like, but even my grandma in Nicaragua knew who Madonna was.
I'll always be a fan of Open Your Heart (with the boy and the men at the peep show video) and Candy Shop "Sticky and Sweet" tour in Buenos Aries/Argentina in 2008.
right? I have seen The Celebration Tour twice in Brooklyn already - am going next week in NYC and then I am doing a bunch of dates in LA in March. Am I obsessed?
and Open Your Heart on this tour is so so good
@@behindthevelvetrope Open Your Heart is a CLASSIC! And I'll always love the interview Ruby Wax did with Madonna years ago, so good! 😁
@@behindthevelvetrope Yes, you're obsessed 😀
oh yes it was great - I am glad to have had Niki and Donna on - I have not seen any good interviews with them recently and was like why are they being overlooked during this EPIC tour so here we are - I have some vids coming later for you with them also - mixed in all day @@benbelzer8303
Love them !
Tons more vids just posted
Check ‘em out
Donna is the background Star ⭐️ End Of
Yes
Good get!! I remember them!!
Thank u
@@behindthevelvetrope no thank YOU!!
@@SlyRedfoxx85 🙇♀️🙇♀️🙇♀️
QUEENS!!!
Yea
What tour are they taking about? Who’s that girl? Cause they were doing backup on TrueBlue a year before that tour.
Cool
I would love to know who Nikki and Donna replaced on the Who’s That Girl Tour. The third lady from that tour didn’t make it to Blond Ambition.
Corrrvt
Correct
I'm not sure if it's OK to ask but what happened to Debra Parsons after the Who's That Girl Tour?
Debra Parsons? For years I thought it was Ndea Davenport who was on the WTG tour.
@@aliceitty Debra Parsons sang backup for Belinda Carlisle on her 1990 Tour. That’s the only other thing she’s credited for. I wonder if she did other things later on.
Madonna not inviting them on her Celebration tour was truly a big mistake. What a way to celebrate the legacy of what they created.
And I was close to them in the audience one night so she easily could have
how can even somebody say "I had no idea who that Madonna person was"? In 1985 she was on anyone's lips for months, she was on heavy rotation on every radio, not to mention MTV. I don't believe her.
I know… that tall dancer from blonde ambition also says the same in interviews… that he’d never listened to her… but she was a global star even by then… sigh
Such a liar. That's why I don't dig into her. She doesn't even have respect.
@@shutupandfkoff dont forget niki's comments regarding the re-invention tour. "im not interested in the regurgitation tour'.
bish was salty AF cuz she wasnt asked to join Donna on that (& following) tours
since that comment i have ZERO respect for her. shes part of M's PAST..
now shes using M's resurgence to get HERSELF more press (while acting aloof & 'annoyed' about it).
again... girl please.
@@FranklySpeaking. remember in Christopher Ciccones book too when he said that Madonna was going to sack Niki quite early on… on Who’s That Girl tour… imagine seeing nikis face when she read that line ouch
@FranklySpeaking. yup. All madonna fans need to drop her. Why do they even keep bringing her?? She has no respect. Just let her go and do her 'jazzer' thing. If she was that much great, let her have her own audience not associated with madonnas fans. And stop talking about Madonna to get more clicks.
I don’t understand… the apple and Spotify version are audio only yet you have video? Why can’t I watch whole video? Where do I watch it?
💙💙💙
Apologies. Late to convo. Truly - is there one decent reason Madonna didn’t crouch-down, while performing at MSG/NYC, a few months ago - have 2 mikes ready…and have N & D reunite with a brief but oh-so- beloved few bars of “Rain” ??????? OPPORTUNITY MISSED. Chose “Kelly” to hop on stage instead. 99.99% would have adored the former. W H Y 😫
Correct
Part 2?
Yesss
When I first heard Holiday, I thought Madonna was a Black woman.
Same with Everybody
Yup
#agreed
She has said Black radio was first to play her music on the radio because black radio programmers thought she was black because Everybody was very R&B.
Nikki not knowing Madonna back then is surprising, even if one is into a different genre of music. Madonna is already in the league of Whitney Houston and Cyndi Lauper even before the Blond Ambition tour.
Love Cyndi
@@behindthevelvetrope Please interview Joan Collins. She’s dynamic and witty.
who cut those files?
Hello
Full chat here
Click below
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-velvet-rope/id1496557812?i=1000642619173
''THIS IS DAVID AND I'M SO CAMP'....
THANK YOUUUUUUUU!! More vids w Niki and Donna posted. Check ‘em out
Such a great podcast. Thank you for that. I wish Niki wasn't so passive aggressive though. She has so much negative energy towards Madonna.
You are soooooooo welcome!!! More videos were posted also
She may have good reason. I'm the age of Madonna and though I love her she has a record for taking credit for others' work and using people than throwing them away. Still love her❤
LOVE LOVE ALL OF THEM! That being said - I CAN’T…anymore. Let’s be real - Madonna is a NPD’r. (Primary victim: Brother Christopher Ciccone.) As talented and amazing she is for us to adore and be entertained by …..Nikki and Donna got-a-taste of Madonna’s Narcissism. If either of them were ‘overdue’ M made sure she manipulated. (Shed have Nikki’s Mike shut off; purposely have her costumes made too small etc…) When Donna did those last few tours alone without Nikki - the replacement was fawned over by Madonna, on stage - just to keep Donna down.
Everyone thought Baby Love by Regina was Madonna
Ooohh
7:43 I Can't Help Myself in Like a Virgin 👀 Little me acting out the show in my bedroom could never remember which hand it was either... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
F yeas
They BOTH need to be on RuPaul's drag race 😊
Omg yes
Sorry - can’t… I’ll leave …. But before I go ( or get deleted/blocked by OP:
LOVE LOVE ALL OF THEM! That being said - I CAN’T…anymore. Let’s be real - Madonna is a NPD’r. (Primary victim: Brother Christopher Ciccone.) As talented and amazing she is for us to adore and be entertained by …..Nikki and Donna got-a-taste of Madonna’s Narcissism. If either of them were ‘overdue’ M made sure she manipulated. (Shed have Nikki’s Mike shut off; purposely have her costumes made too small etc…) When Donna did those last few tours alone without Nikki - the replacement was fawned over
I ain’t blocking u. I like all opinions
Nikki i love you but i don't believe you didn't know who Madonna was. This was around the "true blue" era (the tour that followed and for wich y'all were casting was Who's That Girl World Tour), Madonna was already established as the biggest superstar, she was on her third album "true blue" that was a HUGE sucess. Even if it was before, she was globaly massive with her "like a virgin" album as well, America was crazy for her and she was everywhere, with ppl dressed like her and all the news abt her, notably her performance at the mtv music awards rolling in the floor dressed as a bride. You just couldn't NOT know who she was. She was a global superstar already. How could you be in the entertainment business (jazz or whatever) and not know who "this Madonna person" was? Sorry, but i don't really believe this.
I know
There’s no way in hell Niki didn’t know Madonna at the time
Correct
37 years strong...i. w.a.s. t.h.e.r.e.
YESSS
More . :)
First of all, these two not working with Madonna shows what M has lost. Her tours without these two have never been the same and never will. Look at what M has now... no live band and countless dancers on the Celebration tour. What a mess.
I don't buy that NH didn't know who Madonna was at the time.. but i do think she wasn't very familiar with her . Her background was Anita and many soul singers. She was a jazzer but COME ON.... She didnt know Like A Virgin.. that's "sus" lmao.
Madonna losing D and N is still a huge loss to her career. And she did lose them. Yes they've moved on and it was a job... and the only reason they ride on her coattails is because that's what they are most famous for.
That will be their biggest legacy: they worked and sang with M. They talk about her because everyone interviewing is going to ask. I could see M and NH ending a friendship but if you lose Donna, you need to look inside yourself lol. Because Donna is a very kind and gentle soul.
I wonder what both of them really think about M now.. considering she's so insufferable.
Let me digest all of this lol
@@behindthevelvetrope wash it down with Evian
@@jartober Yeass hunni
Loved them with Madonna but aren't they tired of talking about her?
Nah
I don't ever remember Madonna sounding black.
Everybody
That’s what everyone says is the song
Oh yeah. When She first came out people thought she was black until her videos on MTV. When I arrived in NYC the Summer of '84 all the girls had The Madonna look. Good memories.
The home of the “you guys” drinking game.
HOT
This guy doesn't remember the first album. Funny really. Unless he's nearly 50.
Hey
@@behindthevelvetrope you got clocked LOL
Niki really? Didn't know who Madonna was?
She didn’t
she's obvs lying@@behindthevelvetrope
@@behindthevelvetrope she lied, She knew Nikki has amazing voice but Nikki is full of sh!t
She knew who she was. Maybe she didn't listen to her music or it wasn't her taste but in 1987 everyone in USA knew.
@@veloztony YUNNO DATS RIGHT
Very awkward beginning.
Tons more videos posted w Niki and Donna
Nikki didnt know who Madonna was... BS, sorry.
Lol
And WHY is it, gay guys these days act and speak like this one on here❓ Can they just talk and act like regular folks. It’s always being - EXTRA.
No
Huge huge no
They sound so dismissive.
More vids on the way w Niki and Donna alao
Also
I don't like the table, they need to be sitting on a couch or something, I don't enjoy that I never see these women face on
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Pure lies that she'd never heard of Madonna by 1987.. very hard to believe. she's quite disrespectful about Madonna now yet all she does is ride on her coat tales and if it wasn't for Madonna no one would know who she is... only Madonna fans know who she is really anyway.. always seemed a bit pushy to me and trying to overpower Donna all the time. hardly ever let's her talk..
Love Madge so much
Yeah, I find it hard to believe she never heard of Madonna. You would have to be living in the woods as a hermit. I'm not really sure why they initially had a falling out. Maybe she's still sour over that?
that's not really the same thing is it. You're obviously of a certain age. back than Niki was young and so was Madonna and her face was all over the TV, newspapers and magazines.. @bubblemiix
Here we go again, Niki saying again that she didn't know "who this Madonna person was". LOL It was 1987 gurl, you knew.
Now I can believe she maybe wasn't into her style of music. That's fine. But even my grandmother who lived in a small town in TX knew of Madonna in 1985
Lol
Hmm
Anita Baker is also incredible. I sure wish that Kate Bush toured on the scale that Madonna did. It seems that Madonnas lack of talent caught up with her finally, without her shocking people she cant get played on radio anymore. Whereas Kate Bush's talent lives on without her even giving interviews.
So lack of talent your favorite can sell out worldwide tours? Someone who stays for 40 years with that much success?? Rubbish. That's her talent that people still see her. Yet her backups singers still talk about her to get more attention. So shut your rubbish
Rubbish. Lack of talent is your favorite with very few hits.
So lack of talent your favorite can sell out worldwide tours? Someone who stays for 40 years with that much success?? Rubbish. That's her talent that people still see her. Yet her backups singers still talk about her to get more attention. So shut your rubbish
@@shutupandfkoffI loved madonna back in her hey day but it's like wtf she's a boring 65 year old slapper trotting out the same old crap trying to shock! It's seriously laughable now! In the digital age we are forced to live in, madonna is so second rate! It's like yawn to me. I find her granny antics incredibly boring, as do alot of people, we all get a good laugh outta her, so that's something! Whereas the legendary Kate bush doesn't need to tour at 80 years old...gyrating around like some washed up has been!
And I'm amazed to see these same old people still saying the same bullst about her. She's had the most top 10 hits ever for a female and 50 no.1 1s dance hit songs. Almost All of those songs were co written and produced by madonna. Her collaborators have praised her sense and talent with hard working. And she has one of the most massive catalogues in pop history and stayed in the business for 40 years with all the successful and huge tours, which have been acclaimed, set the bar for others to follow and changed pop culture. Is that easy for you?? Is that even possible with 'lack of talent' you dared to speak of? Then why cant others do it? Sure go ahead, tell your favorite to sing and dance and perform and put a dazzling production for over 2 hours every night around the world with 79 dates waiting. And get acclaimed.
Show us how she's doing. Sell out with expensive tickets in those arenas. And tell me the talent.
I wish your favorite could sing live move and dance just half of what madonna does at 65 now. That's a real talent with staying power.
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LOVE, LOVE LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yes yes yes tons more videos on the way