Huge fan of Forrest Sawyer. I think he got this interview because he was filling in for Ted Koppel on Nightline the night Madonna was booked and they seemed to have an electric chemistry.
What i like is that she never lied, every thing, every wish, every whim coincides with her current mind, she had biological children, adopted children, another marriage, she keeps doing music even tough she is not so commercial as she was before, she had her sisters, she still is vulnerable on her singing, etc...
Lost my mom when I was a small child, grew up without a mother basically... No other family around... This interview makes me cry every time. The way she's describing how she feels is exactly how I feel when I am in a crisis. Developed PTSD as a child as well (from several other circumstances) and now suffer from extreme anxiety and panic attacks. Every time I have anxiety all I want is for my mom to hold me... For anyone out there that lost their mom there is an incredible book called "Motherless Daughters" by Hope Edelman. I just burst out in tears when I first saw it in the book store... Great book! I strongly recommend it.
It so sad how time flies. She had here 36, 37 years. Now in 2024 she is almost 66. Aprecciate you're life. Because life is too short we can't go back in past.
She was so beautiful here and I think this is the prettiest she ever was. I like her hair and the simple make-up that she was wearing. She was also very open, honest and down to earth during this interview.
Her vulnerability in this interview is apparent and I've never seen her so emotional and honest. I think she shed a tear or two. For an icon and a tough woman, Madonna is all human.
She's confident, grounded, professional, intelligent, strong, and nobody can even get close to her, she's above the masses of idiots that try and find her flaws.... she's a beautiful person♡
She’s done everything she predicted she would do...wanted to do. This is what I love about her. She knows what her path is in life and goes for it with conviction and makes it happen for her and for us.
@Marvin Morawski it’s really unfair because when people think of pop stars it’s usually how dumb, fake, and how their art isn’t deep. When it comes to Madonna she paved the way for these pop stars and she doesn’t have any of those problems.
Forrest Sawyer is my favorite interviewer of all time. After he interviewed Madonna on Nightline in 1990, she said to the press that it felt like she'd been called into the principal's office. Sawyer said he always thought of himself more as the gym teacher.
I can totally relate to Madonna’s expression of emptiness, and unfathomable pain and devastation at losing her mother, because I never knew my mother growing up, and there has always been a sense of loss and abandonment that has followed me into adulthood! It is completely devastating to not have the love of a mother in ones formative years.
I lost my mother aged 10, I can completely relate to madonna, and how lonely it is not to have that one person you can turn to, who loves you unconditionally. She isn't being calculating in this interview as someone commented earlier....it's real. I know because I feel it too. I've always recognised this in Madonna, and I love her for it
i lost mine at ...6 months. i wish i got to see her, wish I could remember how her voice sounded like but losing her at yall age would be so much hurtful. But still i think id rather be hurting from missing her than not having had the opportunity to meet her at all.
You are not alone. I identify completely!! I am just seeing this now in March of 2020, but you can always.message me. Write something back on here so I know you saw this and I will give you.my Facebook info.
Watching in 2025... I was in high school when "Lucky Star" came out and I've loved and followed Madonna ever since then... I love seeing her in all of her iterations (and she's really been trashed by folks since day one) - this is a great interview!
I lost my mom last September and I know how devastating that feels. One of her best interviews along with her VH1 interview the same year. When she says she would trade everything she owns for a mother, God, that was like a punch right in the heart.
This is one of her most shockingly truthful interviews to date (and somehow even Forrest Sawyer didn't remind her of that infamous Nightline interview they did in 1990). And here's the thing: Anytime Madonna talks about her Mom, she changes expression and tone almost instantaneously. You can practically see her "veneer" of the strong, powerful woman/artist slowly come down like one of those theater curtains. For years, decades, in numerous interviews, the subject of her Mom's death, her feeling of abandonment, and the steps she had to take growing up and compensating for her absence in the only way she knows how, has always been a difficult, bittersweet and often sad subject for her to talk about. This Nightline interview is probably the best example of that, and it's quite a stunning thing to watch. It's rare to see Madonna be this "real."
@@mikestevenson576 Oh it was terrific for sure. But I noted infamous as it was a period of major censorship for Madonna and she spent a lot of time and energy defending her artistry and choices relating to the "Justify My Love" fracas. People freaked out over that video left and right.
This version of her was much better than her recent one. She is polite here and actually looks him in the eye. Look at her recent interviews. She never looks people in the eye.
Great interview. I've never seen her open up so much. Two months after this, she was pregnant. She probably was trying to conceive around this time and that is why her emotions were running high.
@Marvin Morawski she’s not being manly, she just doesn’t take shit from people, something that most women aren’t taught to do because we’ll be seen as a bitch and people won’t want to talk to us.
this was so beautiful, i love Madonna so much. her song mother + father is a beautiful reflection on this sentiment of not having a mother to be there for you .
i love madonna, i lost my mother 6 months ago and even though im older , the experience has devastated me and so the loss of a mother period at any age is devastating, and it just changes you in every way you can think of ,
She really is beautiful here and the fact that she exposed her emotions here. She allowed herself to be vulnerable which is a rarity for her. She is wonderful and amazing. ☺️👌🏻🤲🏻
I have lost my father when my mother was pregnant to me and I can relate to her at 70%...Losing your father can be somehow a gap that can close, while losing your mother is a huge hole in sbs life...Significant people make history always through their tragedies. Brava Madonna!
It seems she was at her most open, honest and vulnerable here. That says something about Forrest as well. He put her at ease so she could open up instead of attacking her like some interviewers do, male and female. BTW 9:25 - so touching. As much as we can empathize that not having a parent with you is difficult (I lost my father, not exact same, but similar), that simple expression says more than words ever could. And this was clearly a point in her life where one truly relays on a mother, if present; when you are going through difficult times and when you want to start having children. Which was both for her at this point.
Madonna has always been about change and has never settled in one look or another for long periods of time becasue yes she gets bored easily and wants to do something new and fresh.
Madonna truly knew how to play the media and took the full controle which shock and upset people she disnt allow anyone to destroy her unlike whitney or mariah o MJ or prince
I wish for her to find a good man to meet some of her needs, be comforting & wise. I fear that will not come with the young guys she has been with since Guy. No one can fill the emptiness of losing your mother yet having a partner certainly has its benefits.
Keep in mind that many people have mothers who are alive who they also can not call because their mothers are not nurturing nor emotionally supportive.
This was a time where she wanted to be taken seriously because of Evita. I’m not saying it was calculated, but she surely knew what she was doing with this interview where she willingly shows her vulnerability.
I think that deep in her heart she knows Sean is the only man she's always gonna really love. Some people can love each other forever and not gonna end up together.
This was filmed in her living room at Harperley Hall, NYC. She's done a lot of interviews there, including a few with Cynthia McFadden. And she's talking about her sister Melanie (Henry) whom she's probably still most close to. Oh and Melanie looks like what Madonna would likely look like now, had she not had as much work done.
It is wild to me how this Madonna is light years wiser than todays Madonna. At times I do not relate to her current endeavors and I find all these footage more “her” if that makes sense.
And I remember this interview being so talked about because she made the joke about putting an ad in the Village Voice, and Diane Sawyer playfully mentions it at the end. After this, people were literally saying “Madonna is going to put an ad out for the father of her child!” I don’t know how she dealt with such scrutiny. Money helps I’m sure, but people really gave her grief about that comment.
All the usual questions put to a woman at that time. Whilst it was enlightening to discover Madonna's vulnerability front and centre (rather than alluded to through her wonderful music), I think what business is it of mine? Am I groomed to know about men's business? No. The same should apply to women. I am happy with just the music. I don't need to know every detail about Madonna's life, none of it, really (though I'm happy about her children). It would have been great if people could have asked her about her art in the context of art, rather than the never-ending "controversies". I would like to know more about her philosophies, concepts and design choices.
Touching...I admire her ability to stay vulnerable and open...thing is I realised I have a mother, but she was never the person to call for advice. She was traumatised from 2nd ww. As so many..
This journalist is sooo good. You can tell that Madonna respects him, respects his questions and his way of conducting the interview.
Huge fan of Forrest Sawyer. I think he got this interview because he was filling in for Ted Koppel on Nightline the night Madonna was booked and they seemed to have an electric chemistry.
@@mikestevenson576 It's full circle considering he was the one who was part of her infamous 1990 interview. 😅
He Is the one who interviewed her about the justify my love controversy
Who is watching in 2019? Still so touched by that interview. Love her vulnerability, love her.
i love baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What i like is that she never lied, every thing, every wish, every whim coincides with her current mind, she had biological children, adopted children, another marriage, she keeps doing music even tough she is not so commercial as she was before, she had her sisters, she still is vulnerable on her singing, etc...
She's so hurt by death of her mother. I've watched this interview a lot of times, and it still hurts me, I feel so sorry for her and wanna hug her 😢
Lost my mom when I was a small child, grew up without a mother basically... No other family around... This interview makes me cry every time. The way she's describing how she feels is exactly how I feel when I am in a crisis. Developed PTSD as a child as well (from several other circumstances) and now suffer from extreme anxiety and panic attacks. Every time I have anxiety all I want is for my mom to hold me... For anyone out there that lost their mom there is an incredible book called "Motherless Daughters" by Hope Edelman. I just burst out in tears when I first saw it in the book store... Great book! I strongly recommend it.
Alan Balvin That’s so true, good comment, 100% spot on with how she is
Wow they broke her walls in this interview. She's one of the toughest women in music I know, and after watching this I can see why.
treg1980 you know you proved your point because of this comment itself. She’s that good that it made Carlos Martinez believe her softer image
and this was the same guy from that intense 1990 interview
@treg1980 ERRRRMAHHHGAWDDD
Probably THE thoughest
I love how vulnerable and open she is here. DEFINITELY one of her best!
It so sad how time flies. She had here 36, 37 years. Now in 2024 she is almost 66. Aprecciate you're life. Because life is too short we can't go back in past.
She was so beautiful here and I think this is the prettiest she ever was. I like her hair and the simple make-up that she was wearing. She was also very open, honest and down to earth during this interview.
Exactly what I was rhinking in my head as it ended. Snap!
I agree I loved her simple makeup, she did look so beautiful here. Her skin looked amazing also.
She had many different looks that I like.
My favorite was how she looked in her Like A Prayer video.
I think she lookef her best in 2005
I couldn’t believe she was 37 here.
Her vulnerability in this interview is apparent and I've never seen her so emotional and honest. I think she shed a tear or two. For an icon and a tough woman, Madonna is all human.
One of her best interviews ever. I love her so much.
"I should just cancel my shrink appointment." Candid, raw, beautiful. Such a great interview! 🖤
Ohh gosh..she misses her mother in every frustrating situation of her life and the sadness on her face was so visible...made me cry really.
Since I've lost both of my parents, I COMPLETELY understand where she's coming from.
Sadly me too!
My condolences to both of you!
I’ve lost my father at a young age so I understand 😭💯
She's confident, grounded, professional, intelligent, strong, and nobody can even get close to her, she's above the masses of idiots that try and find her flaws.... she's a beautiful person♡
Yes!
''Its not a problem meeting them, its a problem meeting one of them who's not an asshole'' relatable queen!
If only she was 30 years younger she could’ve had me. Such a shame for her.
@I Think The Fuck Not You Trick Ass Bitch she would’ve gotten married and still be married if I were in the picture. But unfortunately, I’m not.
I thought you liked assholes 😂
Madonna is so iconic. So composed and factual with these responses. A class act
She’s done everything she predicted she would do...wanted to do. This is what I love about her. She knows what her path is in life and goes for it with conviction and makes it happen for her and for us.
@Marvin Morawski it’s really unfair because when people think of pop stars it’s usually how dumb, fake, and how their art isn’t deep. When it comes to Madonna she paved the way for these pop stars and she doesn’t have any of those problems.
Love how sophisticated and gentle she was
This is madonnas best interview I’ve come across, she’s humble, sensitive and vulnerable in this interview, quite moving, I find
I'm fascinating by Madonna ability, she's done so much in her life. When she talks about her mother I cry
My absolute favorite interview. She looks so beautiful. The interviewer isn't judgmental or condescending and asked great questions.
Forrest Sawyer is my favorite interviewer of all time. After he interviewed Madonna on Nightline in 1990, she said to the press that it felt like she'd been called into the principal's office. Sawyer said he always thought of himself more as the gym teacher.
My all time favorite M interview. As a kid I stayed up past my bedtime to tape this onto a VHS tape which I still have ♥ ♥ ♥
This was actually a really good intervew with her.
yes, it's powerful. I love her.
I've never seen anyone break her down like this in an interview, wow.
I can totally relate to Madonna’s expression of emptiness, and unfathomable pain and devastation at losing her mother, because I never knew my mother growing up, and there has always been a sense of loss and abandonment that has followed me into adulthood! It is completely devastating to not have the love of a mother in ones formative years.
I lost my mother aged 10, I can completely relate to madonna, and how lonely it is not to have that one person you can turn to, who loves you unconditionally.
She isn't being calculating in this interview as someone commented earlier....it's real. I know because I feel it too. I've always recognised this in Madonna, and I love her for it
i'm 38; my mom died when i was 19. sometimes i wish i could call someone for help, but i have no one.
We are the same age, I just lost my mom. I couldn't imagine losing her at 19 . My heart goes to you. 💔
@@s.e.landeros280 thank you
i lost mine at ...6 months.
i wish i got to see her, wish I could remember how her voice sounded like but losing her at yall age would be so much hurtful. But still i think id rather be hurting from missing her than not having had the opportunity to meet her at all.
You are not alone. I identify completely!! I am just seeing this now in March of 2020, but you can always.message me. Write something back on here so I know you saw this and I will give you.my Facebook info.
My mum and dad died when I was in my 20s, then the rest if the family. I understand you very much dear.
Watching in 2025... I was in high school when "Lucky Star" came out and I've loved and followed Madonna ever since then... I love seeing her in all of her iterations (and she's really been trashed by folks since day one) - this is a great interview!
I still watch this interview...she is so vulnerable .. , simple make up and absolutely beautiful.....love this interview
I lost my mom last September and I know how devastating that feels.
One of her best interviews along with her VH1 interview the same year. When she says she would trade everything she owns for a mother, God, that was like a punch right in the heart.
This is one of her most shockingly truthful interviews to date (and somehow even Forrest Sawyer didn't remind her of that infamous Nightline interview they did in 1990). And here's the thing: Anytime Madonna talks about her Mom, she changes expression and tone almost instantaneously. You can practically see her "veneer" of the strong, powerful woman/artist slowly come down like one of those theater curtains. For years, decades, in numerous interviews, the subject of her Mom's death, her feeling of abandonment, and the steps she had to take growing up and compensating for her absence in the only way she knows how, has always been a difficult, bittersweet and often sad subject for her to talk about. This Nightline interview is probably the best example of that, and it's quite a stunning thing to watch. It's rare to see Madonna be this "real."
Was it infamous? I thought it was terrific. And their chemistry led to the granting of this interview, imo.
@@mikestevenson576 Oh it was terrific for sure. But I noted infamous as it was a period of major censorship for Madonna and she spent a lot of time and energy defending her artistry and choices relating to the "Justify My Love" fracas. People freaked out over that video left and right.
This version of her was much better than her recent one. She is polite here and actually looks him in the eye. Look at her recent interviews. She never looks people in the eye.
+Lion Heart. Yeah, because he finally gave her reason to be that different side of herself.
@German Morawski she has always done that ..alot of us do lol :)
Great interview. I've never seen her open up so much. Two months after this, she was pregnant. She probably was trying to conceive around this time and that is why her emotions were running high.
@Marvin Morawski she’s not being manly, she just doesn’t take shit from people, something that most women aren’t taught to do because we’ll be seen as a bitch and people won’t want to talk to us.
She was very open in a 1991 interview.
She even admitted that she's easily hurt.
She’s guarded to a point, must be but we have always felt her truth in her music, those lyrics, her art. I love that she’s vulnerable here.
this was so beautiful, i love Madonna so much. her song mother + father is a beautiful reflection on this sentiment of not having a mother to be there for you .
i love madonna, i lost my mother 6 months ago and even though im older , the experience has devastated me and so the loss of a mother period at any age is devastating, and it just changes you in every way you can think of ,
Bro 09:18 had me crying 💔 I've seen a lot of interviews of her, and I've never seen her so emotionally open in one. I was surprised. Great interview.
My favorite Madonna interview
She really is beautiful here and the fact that she exposed her emotions here. She allowed herself to be vulnerable which is a rarity for her. She is wonderful and amazing. ☺️👌🏻🤲🏻
I have lost my father when my mother was pregnant to me and I can relate to her at 70%...Losing your father can be somehow a gap that can close, while losing your mother is a huge hole in sbs life...Significant people make history always through their tragedies. Brava Madonna!
She was the most beautiful at the time I love that look!
Paolo Coniglio paolo.....you dont look that bad.
totally agree! I wish she kept her look like this
It seems she was at her most open, honest and vulnerable here. That says something about Forrest as well. He put her at ease so she could open up instead of attacking her like some interviewers do, male and female.
BTW 9:25 - so touching. As much as we can empathize that not having a parent with you is difficult (I lost my father, not exact same, but similar), that simple expression says more than words ever could. And this was clearly a point in her life where one truly relays on a mother, if present; when you are going through difficult times and when you want to start having children. Which was both for her at this point.
She was very open in a 1991 interview.
She even admitted that she's easily hurt.
I love this interview so such !
I'm in tears watching this. I'm 50 and have been listening to Madonna since 82. She helped me come out. I wish I could help her, the way she helped me
This interview showed you the oracle of time. This women made mainstream pop and media what it is today.
Still watching this interview in 2021 and tearing up with her.
Madonna at her very best, most beautiful and charming. Never has she eclipsed this interview
amazing. you can tell she loves the interesting questions and isn't afraid to be vulnerable. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN x
I love this interviewer. He's understandable, caring, loving
Thank you! I was always crushed by how abruptly Forrest Sawyer quit the TV business.
Who watches as much of her videos on here during this pandemic. ME. 🙋🏻♀️
She keeps me inspired. I love you Madonna💯💯💯💯💯💯
Amen🙏🏿
Her most vulnerable interview imo. Heartbreaking to watch. I totally understand her
Madonna was 37 here. I lost my mother when I was 26 and my dad at 28. There's constant need to call them.
I love her forever and ever. She is so sincere in this interview. She got teary eyed in some moments but kept herself together 🤘
I feel for her,my dad is alive but because of a situation i dont have a relationship with him.
She is so beautiful here!
I love this interview. She’s so vulnerable here
december 5, 2019. this is the same man that interviewed her about justify my love. amazing!
@Marvin Morawski 😍😍😍
Yes.. and where is he? He was always a very good interviewer.
@@seesthruit He quit TV twenty years ago to go into teaching and consulting. As a viewer, I was kind of crushed!
Queen of pop
I'm older now than she was in this interview and to see how successful she becomes.... ❤
Wooow such a good interview....one of the best interviews I’ve seen !!!
Madonna has always been about change and has never settled in one look or another for long periods of time becasue yes she gets bored easily and wants to do something new and fresh.
I cry when I watch this... ❤️❤️❤️❤️ we love you Madonna
Here in 2020! Queen Madonna!
Madonna truly knew how to play the media and took the full controle which shock and upset people she disnt allow anyone to destroy her unlike whitney or mariah o MJ or prince
So sweet and vulnerable and really an amazing human being as much as an artist.
❤I am watching this 2024 after her historic concert at Copacabana beach. 1,6 milloin fans! ❤She IS the one and only! ❤love from Finland
So heart breaking to here her talk about not having a mother to talk to.
I wish for her to find a good man to meet some of her needs, be comforting & wise. I fear that will not come with the young guys she has been with since Guy. No one can fill the emptiness of losing your mother yet having a partner certainly has its benefits.
So charismatic and full of personality! You've been hurt but I think you will do a lot of good in your future life !! You have so much potential
8:00-11:00 is wonderful. Beautiful. Raw.
You can see her vulnerability and ultimately her beauty.
Watching in 2020 , Loves Madonna 💕
Really like Madonna here. Very intelligent woman.
Madonna is the most the beautiful female artist. Her names says it all.
4:13 that moment when you relies that princesses Diana couldn't handle it
She’s gorgeous . One of the most beautiful celebrity women .
Keep in mind that many people have mothers who are alive who they also can not call because their mothers are not nurturing nor emotionally supportive.
Very true.
Yes and we can feel her pain.
2021 baby!!!
She was very open in this interview. She was warm, but, still had an opinion and some edge. Love it and her x
She looks beautiful
She was actually pregnant with Lourdes during the filming of Evita.
This was a time where she wanted to be taken seriously because of Evita. I’m not saying it was calculated, but she surely knew what she was doing with this interview where she willingly shows her vulnerability.
So beautiful interview xxx🙌🙌😭😭😭😭😘😘👸👑❤️❤️
My favorite interview
Love listening to her voice
So sad that she never found the right guy. She kinda predicted she was going to adopt babies in Africa : D
I think that deep in her heart she knows Sean is the only man she's always gonna really love. Some people can love each other forever and not gonna end up together.
This was filmed in her living room at Harperley Hall, NYC. She's done a lot of interviews there, including a few with Cynthia McFadden. And she's talking about her sister Melanie (Henry) whom she's probably still most close to. Oh and Melanie looks like what Madonna would likely look like now, had she not had as much work done.
this was an amazing era
I love her so sad I will not get to see her live in concert...😢 maybe some day..😍
Love you Madonna! You're beautiful!
Man, I love her.
It is wild to me how this Madonna is light years wiser than todays Madonna. At times I do not relate to her current endeavors and I find all these footage more “her” if that makes sense.
And I remember this interview being so talked about because she made the joke about putting an ad in the Village Voice, and Diane Sawyer playfully mentions it at the end. After this, people were literally saying “Madonna is going to put an ad out for the father of her child!” I don’t know how she dealt with such scrutiny. Money helps I’m sure, but people really gave her grief about that comment.
What an interview
Madonna amazing interview.
I Love how she looked so sophisticated and classy
All the usual questions put to a woman at that time. Whilst it was enlightening to discover Madonna's vulnerability front and centre (rather than alluded to through her wonderful music), I think what business is it of mine? Am I groomed to know about men's business? No. The same should apply to women. I am happy with just the music. I don't need to know every detail about Madonna's life, none of it, really (though I'm happy about her children). It would have been great if people could have asked her about her art in the context of art, rather than the never-ending "controversies". I would like to know more about her philosophies, concepts and design choices.
9:54 What a powerful moment
She inspires me endlessly
Confessions Tour cover led back to this look. Beautiful.
I wanna hug her, she's so beautiful human being...
Touching...I admire her ability to stay vulnerable and open...thing is I realised I have a mother, but she was never the person to call for advice. She was traumatised from 2nd ww. As so many..
Ahhhh the Evita era - I'd like it back please!
Notice how she says she "hates" the term "Re-Invention", but then it turns out to be the title of her 2004 world tour ! I LOVE IT ! LOL !
I thought the same!
beautiful Madonna ❤❤❤