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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Madonna shares statement on health scare recovery: ‘I realised how lucky I am to be alive’

Madonna pictured at the Glaad awards in May 2019.
‘I hate to disappoint anyone’ … Madonna pictured at the Glaad awards in May 2019. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Madonna has thanked her friends, peers and family for their support a month after she was hospitalised for a serious bacterial infection that saw her postpone her Celebration global tour.

In an Instagram post, she described their love as “the best medicine” and said “when the chips were down my children really showed up for me. I saw a side to them I had never seen before. It made all the difference.” She shared photos of herself with two of her six children, Lourdes Leon and David Banda.

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