Madonna on the Arsenio Hall Show (1990, full original appearance)

[@sgm123]

Madonna at the absolute height of her career: Million $ budgeted music videos, the attention of the entire world, unprecedented record sales. Not only was this a very breathtaking moment in her life, but for the music business in general. With dwindling record sales and an increasingly fragmented public, a doubt there will ever be another monolithic figure in entertainment the way Madonna & Michael Jackson were. But who knows.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

Yeah, Madonna and MJ were the King and Queen in the '80s into the '90s. I remember when they attended the 1991 Academy Awards together., That caused a stir because here you have the two biggest stars in the world together on the red carpet. That would be like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley as each other's dates. It was surreal.

[@MrYnwa66]

and bowie=))

[@PDC1987]

Nope. A fraction of their impact and sales.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Bowie was never the star Madonna or Michael Jackson was... maybe in England, but England is not the world.

[@PDC1987]

Messylin Even in England David’s sales and chart stats are nowhere near theirs.

[@tiagolisboa88]

Notice how Arsenio told Madonna to teach him how to Vogue and she goes and answers "i have dancers that could teach you how to Vogue. They taught me and they will be in my show." This is how you use something you didn't create without appropriating it. Always giving credit to the ones who did it and bringing them to your own shows. Basically giving your platform to those people instead of learning it and doing it yourself like it was your creation. She was so ahead of her time and still is.

[@isabelleelkhoudri6495]

We know the biggest offender of them all: Beyoncé!

[@RaikenXion]

Have to say i dont think shes ahead of her time anymore, id say shes just old now. She goes on too extra now trying to stay relevant, its abit corny. Look shes been great back in the day and edgy etc

[@brklyn345]

@@janetcarlson31 Be a little more grateful. She used that trashy fame to fight for worldwide equality for women in the home and in the workplace. She also used that fame to fight the US government when they were being willfully ignorant about the AIDS crisis.

[@pascalwinkler6727]

Janet Carlson so true, but looking down onto her dark covertly narcissistic character just should trigger sympathy and not hate. When you got good ears, it is not hard to notice how desperately, loud and ugly she cries out for sympathy. And she made dollars with it, but at least she has not reached out for presidency yet.

[@markhousel2712]

@@janetcarlson31 please. She was ahead of trends for most of her life. She was a star from the beginning. That takes talent when you have an ok voice. What have you ever done that comes close?

[@swiftieforever9793]

The crowd got so much energy and life. Unlike today's show's fake ass crowds

[@LovePrettyNailsLady-Jay80]

Yeah like being told when to clap and such.

[@Jcrash71]

@titan dk The 80s was but the 90s was trash awful ass decade.

[@rondom3406]

Give them a break bro , there was no COVID back then

[@Jcrash71]

@@rondom3406 But there was the AIDS scare.

[@nikitamcclelland1154]

Like Wendy show!!! It's too fake

[@JimmBailey]

Unless you were either born or had some semblance of consciousness at the time in 1990, you haven't a clue how amazingly ahead of its time Madonna's appearance was on this show. This was Madonna at her world-domination peak. She was the only woman at that time who was able to sell out stadium shows. And no other woman at the time have ever appeared on a mainstream talkshow and be as bold as she was. And the Blonde Ambition Tour was huge! I went to that one-night show at the Sports Arena (still have the ticket stub), with Technotronic opening (she had Beastie Boys in '85---how cool and hip is that?!), and the place was on fire! And as far as her look, clearly she just finished her movie so she's still more or less looking like her character. And lastly, the continuing comparisons to that Gaga girl, it's "tired." Enough already.

[@endokuken1678]

Why do people go on repeating the same rhetoric about Madonna on these videos? I'm sure even Helen Keller in her grave knows Madonna was highly successful. Doesn't need to be repeated 1,000,000,000 times.

[@marishanameyer6132]

What about Janet Jackson? Wasn't she huge as well at that time too?

[@endokuken1678]

***** Yes, in fact Janet was more popular in the U.S. during the 90's than Madonna.

[@ginasousabranco5637]

+marishana meyer Never on Madonna's level. In 1989, Madonna won the MTV Artist of the Decade 1980's award By 1990, Vogue, Dick Tracey, the Blond Ambition Tour & the VMA's 1990 put Madonna as a global cultural icon. Madonna was the biggest music star

[@ginasousabranco5637]

+Portishead Biscuit Proofs please

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

The atmosphere here is ELECTRIC!!!!!! What a star!

[@preciousmousse]

Never seen Madonna feel so relaxed during an interview before! She must have felt very safe as a guest on Arsenio's show!

[@motelchanel]

Notice in the very beginning she waves him over. I don’t know to me it’s the subtleties with Madonna 🤍

[@tywilliamnash5078]

She's such a vixen. I love that she's brazen, and the fact that she doesn't care what people say or think. When she says "......If you've got it, flaunt it.....". I was screaming and squealing when she said that.

[@LK-du9hw]

People take shots at Madonna's age, people should put their hate towards her to one side and praise the fact she is 56 years of age and still going strong in an industry that mainly focuses on younger pop girls. 30+ years in the game, still selling albums, still selling out arenas & still adored by millions is something whether you love or hate her should admire about her.

[@noemistephanie93]

+Lewis i agree and she's much better than the new popstars of today in my opinion!

[@treystephens6166]

She’s 65 now in 2023.

[@Theofficialmystic]

Touring Oct.2023 Madonna The celebration Tour❤

[@Settlingintoalaskaliving]

@@treystephens6166 and she’s gone full lizard now

[@treystephens6166]

@@Settlingintoalaskaliving what happened to her? She was never hot but she wasn’t ugly.

[@crysjumar1]

man, i miss the 90's

[@AlexA-bn2wb]

it may be 90's but this looks sooo 80's (shoulder pads,arsenio's hairstyle,....)

[@gonzalogauna46]

crysjumar1 1990 was more like the 80's. 2000 is a year from the real 90's.

[@ysanchez7292]

I miss her in the 80s

[@christopherkleinbach5237]

Me too I was a teenager.😥.

[@Lukesky5917]

Me toooooooooooo

[@DEE_EXX]

WOW....listen to that crowd at the very beginning...they wont stop cheering...this was Madonna at the peak of popularity...the world went crazy for her

[@MastersGraduate2023]

Madonna is a real dominant Leo, never gives up & knows how to "fire" back with answers. She is a real star.

[@habbaticchio2468]

As a Scorpio I love Leos

[@OasisEnLaLunna]

That... but what really shaped her personality and she has said this a few time, is growing up in a big family. She had 9 siblings and she had to grab and take versus waiting for things or else it wouldn't happen.

[@matildafaltyn6253]

@The LG Hah, finally a reality check. I too thought Madge was WOW back in the 90s. I even envied her in ways. But now I see her very differently.

[@simongill4715]

The LG who is we, you and your pretend god?

[@simongill4715]

Matilda Faltyn you say it like your opinion is relevant

[@latinogeorgie1]

I really do think you had to be alive in the 80’s and 90’s phase of Madonna to really understand and appreciate her. She was so ahead of her time and so unapologetically brazen. It was a different time.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

When l was a child in the 80's and a teenager in the 90's and l was always in awe of her skin, her face ( especially the eyes) and how fit she always was, hard to let go of that as you age I'd imagine, her daughter has her eyes.

[@beautifulwoman7341]

Mae west did it all first. Wayyy back when.

[@bf1822]

🤢🤮

[@Karl671]

Yes

[@humanitiestheproblem]

And now it's in wanton excess, surpassing her in unsurprising ways. She mightve been cutting edge but now it's played out. Every girl with a FB and Twitters got an Onlyfans and a tiktok ironically covering Madonna and many of the Nikki Minaj clone songs whilst being so brazen. The legacy has become who can out brazen the other with as little talent as possible and max shock-factor and borderline x-rated material.

[@kylabotting]

Madonna looks AMAZING here! I loved this era of her music, videos and style.

[@helloskinny510]

She was at her very peak here

[@ericluriergo8251]

IT was the BEST!!!!!!

[@jorgeantonioreinoso7579]

No one overrated or without talent has a career for 30 years. She's awesome!

[@mattiheiskanen597]

It depends of if one likes music or the artist.

[@TheBarbraStreisand1]

Sex sells right

[@mattiheiskanen597]

Many singers without a beautiful voice can have a long career, we have plenty of them. It is not always the voice. Personality, good stage performance can do the trick.

[@ginasousabranco5637]

@@TheBarbraStreisand1 2 years later, EROTICA, 4 years later SECRET, 6 years later EVITA, 8 years later RAY OF LIGHT ❤️ Amazing

[@naurking5388]

@TheBarbraStreisand1, no sweetie, good music sells, i never went to buy Madonna's music cause i saw her tits. I went to buy her music cause its amazing

[@rach8786]

lol she took control of that interview, slay queen

[@noemistephanie93]

lol yeah no other popstar could do that and get away with it. she was truly one of a kind :D

[@humblebeans5511]

noemistephanie93 Rihanna could

[@monicadzisiak7291]

part of the hollywood cult, queen.

[@Angel-xd9lt]

Madonna was at her prime back in 1990 and she was huge in the music industry and this was right after she did Dick Tracy and then she was on Her Blonde Ambiton World Tour and I saw her in concert when I was 12 and she killed it **** Madonna will always be the queen of pop and she was popular in the 80s 90s 2000's and now she just finished her celebration world tour and she is 65 and still going on strong.. its unbelievable. She broke every record and pushed boundairies for other artists. Madonna was ahead of her time. I wonder if she will do another album. I have all of her music..

[@lashercollette88]

I swear I miss artist like Madonna and Michael Jackson. They were just so fascinating and trendsetting and had that extra special quality about them. Most of today's artist are so bland and uncreative and unexciting that it's​ a real shame.

[@softshallow7435]

ShonColle what you on about! Madonna has never changed she’s still the same!

[@transsexualmenaceradfem]

I miss Michael Jackson, but certainly not Madonna! She's still alive and kicking!!!!

[@ScorpioRising438]

Don't forget Prince!!!!

[@kimini_tea4758]

@divina6 let me just answered this.. As a journalist it's my job to dig and victims that said under oath that the abuse started when the whole family was in vacation in grand canyon (now proven with the leak testimony of W.R) that he went with them and the other one with the detail abuse in a train station that wasn't built.. I'll wait. Leaving neverland ommited a lot of contradictions and a lot of information (why robson shop for a book deal and when it didn't work, he went for the lawsuit. The other oneremember he was abuse when he was Robson on TV. They have the same lawyer, met before leaving neverland etc . Etc (all court document)..etc.. Plus they lied in their lawsuit and the judge acknowledged it (again all public).. Victims don't have to lie to prove their point..

[@lashercollette88]

chi tai she has great music but she’s no where near as trendsetting and influential as they are

[@randyh.7782]

*6:04** - **6:06* "Breastology is a science that I study." - Arsenio Hall (1990)

[@southlondonlad9144]

I was born in 1981 so I grew up with Madonna, I know how big and awesome she is. I get the feeling she would make a true friend.

[@ericluriergo8251]

You were born in ‘81 and claim u grew up with M? Really!! I was born in 1970 and I experienced the Madonna live, before and after she became a STAR ⭐️!! You don’t even know what you’re talking about, idiot!!

[@domingogemigniani6785]

Not from what I hear.

[@gocpng4699]

1981ers Are The Best!!

[@rjam1974]

Arsenio during his height had the biggest figures in culture whether sports, music, politics, movies,etc

[@Jcrash71]

Only for 2 years from 89-90 after that it was becoming stale as fuck and Oprah took over the talk show for 2 decades.

[@christianjohnsjohns8723]

Madonna has turned creating controversy into an art form its fantastic.

[@marih_2017]

seriously tho real singing Artists dont have to do all that to remain popular and relevant to be honest it was just something she capitalized on thats all because of who she was and what roles she was playing to at the time in Hollywood

[@johnsmi213]

@@marih_2017 She had tons of #1 singles. The music comes first but to become a star, you have to make people fascinated with you and she did that.

[@naurking5388]

Madonna used controversy to make society more open-minded, and it worked in some ways. Society ain't the same as it was in 1990 for women, gays etc, and she was one of the people that helped a lot for this to happen. Her religious controversies too. Now no one is that much shocked for someone's beliefs.

[@jeremyc9229]

More like a nightmare now, 😂

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

Y’all act like she’s legendary. I’m sorry, I don’t see it.

[@focus4ever00]

They were going at each other in a joking way with funny comebacks back and forth..that was so natural and cool compared to nowadays when people take things way to seriously..they entertained us just by being natural and not worried about any backlash for just jokes..the 90s miss ya

[@hsd287]

This was way before internet obviously there was no way to see this stuff online

[@nicolefrances.c]

@@hsd287that has nothing to do with anything, people still saw it on tv lol

[@BloodNAshez]

I watched this live when I was 15. My parents would have had a heart attack if they knew. She is so beautiful, salacious, and smart. And Arsenio is great here. I still love it just as much as then. :)

[@Fanblastt]

People take this too seriously. Arsenio and Madonna both loved riffing each other.

[@urbanflavorz]

Thats not true she never did the show again. Arsenio was mad as hell after the show. Jet magazine had reported he cussed her out and yelled out who the hell does she think she is to tell me my hair style is tired.

[@DelphineFrench]

what are you on about? she went on his show again 2 years later

[@Shortlady82]

urbanflavorz she went on his show two years later with Rosie O’Donnell.

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

urbanflavorz what?

[@graphiquejack]

@Blondie dag She got defensive because he was asking VERY personal questions about her relationship with Warren Beatty. If he doesn't like when guests fire back and play the same game, maybe he shouldn't have been so invasive with his questioning.

[@johnnyatab]

She was really fun and mischievous then.

[@keithdtt17]

Arsenio was one of the few who could give it right back to Madonna. This banter is classic! long live the queen :)

[@lashercollette88]

When Madonna said “they’re gonna send me hate mail” I chuckled because now they would just blast her on social media

[@sonerkamer2678]

Well she was so under fire by the media throughout het whole era. She turned the hate and controversy into her own art form. She really knows how to turn everything upside down. PS. She did got under a lot of fire when Bitch, I’m Madonna came out from social media. Madonna doesn’t care

[@camogrrl]

Trolls had to write it out on paper, get and envelope, buy a stamp, put letter in mailbox. That’s commitment. And they didn’t get a single like.

[@rv1377]

@@camogrrl way so funny!! but true!! hahah

[@teralmiles]

@@camogrrl at least you got 13 eh!!

[@dylanthuong5631]

Nah I think people are smarter than that

[@JimmBailey]

This is the TV interview every talk show at time fought for. It is really one of the finest TV moments of that time if not the whole decade. And by the way, her classic "Vogue' video was directed by none other than David Fincher. To this day,that video is simpy brill!!!

[@reggiemacon3493]

personally i like madonna she is a great artist

[@mattthompson6281]

I really miss the 80's, and the 90's. We were so beautiful back then. We had soul, we laughed like we meant it, because we meant it. the new generation is like zombies, no expressions. MTV was the best, and Artists valued their fans..they talked to fans..now everything has high security. I would so relive the 80's/90's

[@hsd287]

U should accept that everything changes with time

[@dlouise64]

no expressions, thats botox lol

[@jasminflowerz1710]

Personally, I think Arsenio Hall was an awesome talk show host despite criticism from some people.

[@adayinthelifeofadrian]

Madonna in the 90's. At the peak of her career. Enjoy the moment.

[@bahamutskingdom]

Blows my mind that this is 25 years ago

[@EricBrownBey]

28 now

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Almost 30! 3 decades ago. It seems once 2000s came it flew!

[@TheJ602]

Wine Crimes Food and Time 30 now

[@bahamutskingdom]

@@freddie626 42 in a week or so

[@bahamutskingdom]

@@freddie626 Me. 42 in 9 days. Still enjoying the hell out of myself.....just hard to imagine the time frame. Someone says 10 years ago, and I constantly think 90's lmfao

[@nitro_001newman2]

That was very entertaining, with them roasting each other, but all good fun. Madonna never really shy’s away from personal questions, and we got to love that about her.

[@ernestosuarez5077]

She was so funny, bold and witty. It’s very refreshing to see her like this. This was her best ever.

[@jvnande]

People forget how big the Arsenio Hall Show was. I remember this interview making the TV news in Portugal!

[@trinisun]

Madonna is always a show stopper :-)

[@perry5509]

She was seen as so charming and flirty and beautiful back then - now people look at her so differently just because she's older, specially with this thing about her kissing Drake, saying he was disgusted. Its a shame, shows the sexism in society.

[@barbee0715]

+Perry Cooke Sexism and Ageism.

[@publishedcontent]

+Perry Cooke well she does seem like a smoker and that ages a person twice as fast... also giving bad breathe so yeah... unfortunately not even fame and fortune can cover that

[@sperrotta91]

+Perry Cooke Why is it always sexism? There are plenty of things that artists like, say, Prince (who I love) did back in the day that would - and should - raise eyebrows if they were replicated today. Think there's something to be said for being age-appropriate.

[@ChaChinnngK]

+Misaiah Wilson She isn't old and she is the bestselling female artist ever, so " her music career was mediocre at best " isn't quite it. And she's 57 and the mother of children and teens. Funny someone your age is so old.

[@noemistephanie93]

+Perry Cooke i know it sad. if mj was still alive, people wouldn't say shit but cause madonna is female, they do! smh

[@KhalilCarterJr]

Madonna is Queen she's awesome

[@KhalilCarterJr]

Ummm ok ?

[@KhalilCarterJr]

Ummm okay . . . . .

[@deepelements]

Madonna was and still is awesome!

[@arashghasemi]

When people used to talk and behave like human beings

[@goddessglow6996]

Arash Ghasemi exactly my thoughts!!! Now celebrities behave in such a bizarre manner.

[@jjhofstra5956]

OR, at least talk without constantly censoring themselves...

[@Jcrash71]

This OP is dumb lol

[@AlexStudio0610]

that was the good hold days

[@morbidmanmusic]

No. Wtf? Guess you weren't alive them.

[@tatemitchell1479]

It's great to see someone playing along with Madonna's antics for once! Usually her interviews feel so one-sided, she's left hanging with her jokes. Nice that you can see Arsenio getting a little flustered, but still having a good time haha!

[@thehitman6963]

You can tell he did really enjoy her company and they got along really well. The conversation felt natural and not forced

[@luiztesta1009]

Madonna's elegance in this interview is amazing! Madonna change her looks many many times during her 32 years career and before Gaga appears in 2008.

[@Ujuani68]

Good old Madonna... This takes me back from where I was in my early 20s.. I LOVED The Arsenio Hall Show. I didn´t have my own TV back then, so I watched it with one of my very best friends, whom I still have a great contact with! :-) I came out a year later as a gay girl to my friend, we still had lots of fun talking about Madonna... And a lot of OTHER stuff!! I sure supported her during those 90s years, when she made those statements about gay folks and gave money to the aids cause. Which she still does. :-)

[@Thembi84]

Oh snap at 8:40, the band is playing Bobby Brown’s “Rock Withcha”!!!! I LOVE that song. Regardless of what many people may think of Bobby Brown today, he was a legitimate star in the 90’s!!! And, as far as Ms. Madonna is concerned...I think she’s beautiful here and I love her teeth! It’s important to embrace EVERYTHING that God gifts us with! Clearly, her teeth/smile NEVER hurt her career! This woman knows her show business!!!

[@clubkayserrecords]

The audience reaction makes this interview even better in the same way the audience on Married with Children heightened the show.

[@perry5509]

Love the banter they had on talk shows back then, I swear they never have that now!

[@noemistephanie93]

i know everything is so rehearsed and pc nowadays that its sickening. heck they even purposely try to do corny skits and stuff just to go viral on here like jimmy fallon's show SMH

[@HiGlowie]

noemistephanie93 sometimes I forget that Fallon used to be funny on SNL. I know he’s making more money now, but come on man.

[@mykeogando9088]

I never get tired of this interview! She was so much fun back then! I still luv her! I became a fan 4 years after this interview 💕

[@summerholliday44]

True star Power.....who's got that today?

[@noemistephanie93]

+summerholliday44 britney spears too

[@jeffersinhenderson2654]

Nobody

[@KH-sn2sj]

@@noemistephanie93 Beyoncé

[@numba2bvi]

Rubin Studdard

[@PDC1987]

Ron Miller Sorry, but no. Beyoncé is completely vapid and devoid of any personality whatsoever.

[@TheRupert75]

Before Internet there was a woman that not need it!!! Madonna as charming and beautiful as she can be!!! 👑😍😘👏👌👍🙌😉

[@cindybotones328]

Javier Aranda sex appeal too.

[@brklyn345]

I missed "controversial" Madonna for SO LONG. She toned it down a lot after she had Lourdes. Now that she put out God Control.....SHEEEE'S BAAACCK!

[@alixwd3432]

Haaaa all these haters! The rags to riches statement is true ~ she's made it; she's entitled to flaunt everything she's got. Madonna is a babe and a legend and redefines what being in one's prime means - because she just always is that.

[@nogoodtrader]

She's so great in this interview. She's honest 100% with herself first on every question.

[@natedoggg2002]

This interview could not exist today! 🤣

[@neilmoralez5846]

she's funny indeed, I'm sure Arsenio had a blast. I miss Madonna when she was young.

[@menashadude]

Madonna once said, "I don't care what they say about me just as long as they're talking about me." Wise words,

[@catscats143]

What does it mean ?

[@menashadude]

@catscats143 it means free publicity and influence at a time when there was no internet or social media. It was smart. Which is cheaper? studio time, album release, tour prep and planning, PR and advertising or shaving your head and weilding an umbrella at a car with a pack of cigarettes in your hand and getting worldwide coverage for free. (Brittney Spears child entertainment robot).What's cheaper and more advantageous? building an industry or saying you're going to run for president and receive free worldwide coverage on CNN? (D. TRUMP child robot trained to destroy and decimate enemies by father's lawyer Roy Cohen)

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

The words of a narcissist!

[@BozeDoesGodsWork]

The words of a SMART business woman in the industry. She’s a marketeur and a provocateur. One of the best women in the business and even Cher can back me up on that one. Despite not even caring for her at all.

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

@@BozeDoesGodsWork Awwww you're also a narcissist?

[@x.ryelandvincent3509]

"1990" -Wow, I'd never thought in a million years that it would just become just another memory. It seems just like yesterday that Miss Madonna was parading around in that ponytail, with Blond Ambition all the rage, And she was mostly on every magazine cover all over the world.

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

So true

[@matthewdunne8432]

Sad but true and now people don’t remember her basically ruling the music world till roughly 2001

[@ginasousabranco5637]

@@matthewdunne8432 Madonna's highest-grossing tours ere made after 2001

[@Jcrash71]

@@matthewdunne8432 That's how I know your talking shit lol because her highest grossing happened after 2001.

[@PDC1987]

@@matthewdunne8432 she has 38 million active listeners on Spotify lol.

[@reneenayfabnaynay5679]

Madonnas a living legend! I adore her! She's fabulous!

[@The_torero]

She may not be the best singer or dancer but I gotta give her props, her determination to get to the top was admirable...I read one her books and she almost threw the towel in, in her pursuit for fame/success.....but she kept on going. Shes a very driven and ambitious person.

[@sensitivespirit1118]

Eccentricka1 whats she got going for her shes doesnt need to be a siger or dancer

[@halesbride]

she was the best dancer, actually, until she was like 50, have you seen any of her tours up untill Confessions? I'll admit her dance moves started to look more.. careful after that, but still she rules the stage.

[@bdiaz6081]

She never wrote a book

[@atlasshrugged2u]

Her brother did...

[@kellyvanroy273]

T Davis hahaha you freak

[@saralenag.9258]

She is a damn good person, talented, driven, works hard, she does so much, a normal person could not even absorb all she does, in fitness alone, poparotzzi can't even keep up with her jogging in the morning

[@Maloveciri]

It's so sad. When she was younger and more "beautiful" to the world that the same sort of interview that she gave then and the same sort of interview she gives now gets a totally different reaction based on her age. Now that she's older what seemed to be cute and sexy then is now deemed "desperate".

[@noemistephanie93]

Mark I know right? ageism sucks

[@helloskinny510]

One thing is true about Madonna. She is super comfortable when she knows she is (be)loved. When she doesn't feel loved enough she gets very nervous and desperated. She doesn't know how to deal with unpopularity. And all that reflect in her music, interviews and even in the concerts.

[@raphies8319]

@@noemistephanie93 I remember this interview I was 13 now I'm 43

[@ganesh1332]

Its a sad truth for all stars...

[@PDC1987]

Hello Skinny She doesn’t know how to deal with not being popular, yet she is still here 37 years later.

[@massagebroad]

She's ICONIC in this interview! I'm obsessed with her in this!

[@AloanMoreira1]

22:50 - OMG! cutest teen like moment! she sounded just like Jennifer Beals back in her Flashdance movie, when she said "cause" (I love JB)

[@neilroberge2200]

I remember this interview.....I was a freshman in highschool.....I absolutely obsessed with this brilliant lady.....it's 2019 I'm still in love.......she's one amazing human being.

[@billbobby2646]

Performers and actors that were so alive with cheer. It was a great time in America. Playing is beautiful.

[@aggy1230]

It was a great time not only in America but everywhere back then

[@Charliebangel]

She always knows how to gain attention and she always makes the interviewer uncomfortable. She knows how to play, provoke and have fun. C'mon it was 1990 and she was at her best: "Like a Prayer" was a huge success, "Vogue" was the new smash hit, the tour was about to begin, she got the movie, the album and Beatty. She knew she became a superstar and yeah, she was full of herself.

[@Choices2aa]

She also did an album in 1992 Erotica and she came out with a book called Sex. It was huge back in 1992 and now its 2022 its been 30 yrs since that happened. Madonna is the Queen Of Pop and she wanted to rule the world and she did. She started back in 1979-2022. That's alot of years to hold yourself high. I want Madonna to do an album with Kenrick Lamar she mentioned she would like to work with him***

[@invisiblesun6595]

Repartee is what they shared. Worked out too. My favorite movies by her remain Desperately Seeking Susan and A League of Their Own. (I know she didn't have many scenes in it but when she was onscreen she outshined even Gina Davis IMO, something not easily done given Gina's own presence and beauty)

[@TYler-dn2pm]

​​@@Choices2aaMichael Jackson ruled the world not Madonna she was Always jealous of Michael

[@zerrikabarnes2303]

Everybody loved Madonna back in the day and she's so beautiful.😍😍👏👏

[@PDC1987]

Zerrika Barnes No, she was never loved by everyone. No legitimate artist is. Conservatives hated her from day one.

[@helloskinny510]

Madonna was at her very peak in 1990-1991. At that point Madonna and Michael Jackson were the biggest stars in the World. No other celebrity was even close to them.

[@deedebdoo]

PDC1987 Nope. Maybe some old preachers somewhere. But, her music was universally enjoyed by most young people in the 80s and 90s.

[@jackienoone5890]

madonna is the queen of pop

[@midnightmover2329]

Jackie Noone Back then I would have killed someone,my best friend even,just to Bang the tits off Madonna.That is no Joke believe me.

[@justbeingme003]

Queen of the music industry

[@cre8ed]

i dont know anything about her music..but she is the most desirable woman Ive ever known

[@politicaloutsider413]

lol, what bull...

[@RichardTheBigBunny]

Madonna is relaxed, clever and hilarious here!

[@lesleyesau]

Wow....she looks so beautiful here.

[@ginasousabranco5637]

Lesley Esau Agree!! Even with the heavy make-up.

[@vickylynntisdale8705]

All the Madonna haters :if you don't like Madonna then why are you watching this

[@ericawelsh6253]

Because they LOVE to hate her. Get it now?

[@Luvie1980]

Vickylynn Tisdale Good question. Erica Welsh Get a life!!!!

[@x.ryelandvincent3509]

I LOVE MADONNA 4 EVER!!!

[@leafyutube]

@Vickylynn Tisdale - If you like her, why are you reading the comments and not watching the video?

[@patrickoriley8382]

It sure isn't for that traitorous cunt!

[@awwj1]

They're basically "flirting" with one another.

[@helloskinny510]

Madonna flirts with anything that is alive

[@camogrrl]

Arsenic flirts with sinead oconner too. And I’ve only seen 2 clips

[@Thegazelle1000]

@@camogrrl He used to flirt with all the women who come to his show 😄😄

[@ClaudiaSilva-uj4vf]

OMG... BADDASS WOMAN EVER

[@RAISEONER]

life will never be like the 80s and 90s again..special times

[@gfanarakos]

Miley or Gaga sorry Madonna is pop music and queen of pop for ever

[@taintedlife2618]

Miley really hasn’t had that many hits. I don’t even think Gaga had as many hits at this point in her career.

[@sandrajovic7735]

I know I was really young at the time but I remember Madonna opening the show/curtain goes up...it's... Madonna! Anybody else remember that part that is not here (in full)...

[@marka.5135]

Okay. 99% of those who've seen this miss the last 10-15 seconds of this clip. It features a then unknown and shirtless Brad Pitt in a Pringles commercial. Priceless!

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Lmao

[@Olanie-c4n]

Anybody notice after the interview was over at ( 29:49 ) - BRAD PITT in Pringles commercial ( in grey shorts ) One year before he appeared in, " Thelma & Louise !"😊😮😃🤗🤪🤪😂

[@tye81]

18:28 audience reaction hilarious! I miss this Madonna she was so much fun

[@goodintentions1154]

far from circus clown...here we have one of the most if not the most iconic female artists of our time. this was the early 1990s .madonna looks great in that chanel suit. ..ever reinventing herself ...this was and always will be one of the most humerous interviews that M has done.....

[@stacywoodlief1825]

With all her outward unexpected , sometimes brazen sexuality at that Time, not these timeslol, She at the same time had a sweet adorableness and an undertone of class , and was still charming and ladylike which to me made her genius, fascinating as well as addictive! I had seen artists come close to this energy but never matched! It was and is only one Maddona, her personality was magnetically phenomenal! Love Her for that!!!!

[@annanirathsi1111]

Her being called edgy for dressing sexy and singing about sex is something female entertainers today are completely unaware of. Madonna paved the way for all females in the music industry and beyond. She empowered a generation of young women and it is her shoulders they are all standing on. Every female entertainer today has her to thank for empowering women in the music industry. And OMG his responses about her breast and Latoyas were so sexist and done in a away to try and knock her down!! Wow, I grew up in the 70 and 80's and had forgotten how rampant sexism was. It was acceptable for men to demean women, in just the way Arsenio does in this interview. I am glad times have changed but we have much work to do still.

[@hsd287]

I feel it's always present u can't get rid of sexism and stuff it's just human and part of a culture across the world

[@hsd287]

Talking about Madonna she did amazing but we had many before her too

[@benefit1984]

Am I the only one that has notice that she is wearing a long golden chain with a Dollar bill to it, the same she wears back for her 1992 appearance on the Arsenio Hall show with Rosie.

[@markusmulder_]

It’s so refreshing to see her when she still acknowledged the public.

[@essinodub1835]

You could never hear an interview like this on a night show these days.

[@maxloveitt8104]

Damn! she look beautiful! take my breath away

[@carlofantiga5058]

LOOKS LIKE PURE TRASH!

[@FoxRivers778]

She had so many good looks througout the years. She was always reinventing herself.

[@helloskinny510]

She looks extremely white here. Her face look almost as The Joker

[@GJ-nl6yy]

You could even say she leaves you Breathless...

[@jlouis4407]

Vogue in 1990 was the peak of her superstardom, and she was a superstar from 1983. Nothing comes close except Elvis, Beatlemania, Thriller, and Purple Rain.

[@FoxRivers778]

This is the first time I have seen a clip from Arsenio's 90's show and I definitely remember seeing this clip. I used to have so many VHS of Arsenio guests including Madonna. I wish I saved them but now all the great interviews are on KZbin. I remember when Madonna first hit the scene in 1984. That first album was always my favorite.

[@irina1296]

but she has done better albums since then. True Blue, Like a prayer, Erotica, Ray of Light, Confessions are masterpieces

[@dislavaq]

she almost outed arsenio out of the closet with her question about eddy murphy and her "Queen" remark, when talking about paula's bed..

[@ladystalker3953]

Her Run DMC necklace, what a cool chick

[@Sinoidotschka]

Madonna is under influence of Marylin Monroe in this period of time

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Exactly

[@BLTKellys]

Sinoidotschka No. Marlene Dietrich.

[@marka.5135]

One thing posters fail to realize--unless you saw the actual on-air telecast---was that she was still in her Breathless Mahoney look here as she hasn't yet completed the Dick Tracy film. She was also in promotional mode as 1) she's about to launch her soon to be ultra-successful Blonde Ambition Tour and 2) about to release a tie-in with her movie. And of course everything else that came after that was monumental: the high grossing tour, the b.o. success of Dick Tracy, the amazing video for "Vogue" the Truth or Dare documentary, and so on.

[@buckwheat1332]

Actually, she was in the midst of her Blond Ambition Tour when she appeared on Arsenio. She had already completed the Asian portion of the tour and was embarking now on the U.S. leg. What people don't realize; is a lot of movies are in post production right up to the moment they are to be released. This is why the footage looked a bit rough. Though, she had finished her part in the movie the year before in 1989. In fact, much of the principle filming was completed in May of 1989 with the exception of some call backs in the summer of '89. That all said, she spent much of early '90 finishing up her I'm Breathless album, filming Vogue and tour rehearsals. You are right. She was in promotional mode. She was contracted to promote Dick Tracy, so she appeared where the demographics suited her most (the young hip Arsenio Show). But yes, she was at the height of her career by this point. The roller coaster ride of her career was soon to come, even though she still made huge impacts for years to come.

[@marka.5135]

You're absolutely correct! What I meant was, yes, she was about to launch the U.S. leg for which I attended the L.A. Sports Arena stop with Technotronic as her opening act. 1990s was a huge year and looking back now she was barely scratching was was to be another decade of greatness.

[@DRUMTOY2002]

"FULL" version...???? Where's the AWESOME intro where she walks thru the crowd and "The Posse, is tearing it UP!!! Probably one of the greatest intros he's EVER had for his show!

[@ginasousabranco5637]

She was too much for him. Not easy to handle with Madonna

[@ginasousabranco5637]

@Prudence Gigs Nope! Many still don't get her sense of humor and double meaning of her words. Plus her bitchy attitude

[@SDoesNotKnow]

@peter Jacobs Italy doesn't like strong women like Madonna but they sure do like their fascists though.

[@christosandreou3986]

@peter Jacobs So who fucking cares what the director said? Like it has any validity!

[@flaix100]

Absolutely brilliant tv spot .. I laughed so much ...

[@siempremoo]

I remember watching this and thinking that in a few days I will be seeing her at the Sports Arena! She will be the most renounce female artist the world has seen.

[@datura1983]

shes awesome and fucking hilarious. she does her job and does it well. haters are people who never achieved any goals or dreams for themselves. losers.

[@calinvaquero9827]

datura1983 The only moron, vile, sad person here is Anthony Smith!!

[@AlexanderNovak0]

datura1983 u poor thing all u see is hate get real and see things as they are

[@AlexanderNovak0]

Calin Vaquero why sad..... we are all people here but some dont know they are

[@tywilliamnash5078]

Madonna's I.Q. is approximately 160, or more. Technically, she is a genius. All the negative comments, and opinions about her are the result of green envy, and insane jealousy...... period. You wish you had her body, her looks, her innate talent, And, last but not least, her money and business acumen. Haters go away. Men in the entertainment business do what she's being accused of all the time (promiscuity). These men act like pigs..... The very biggest of dogs. Because she's a woman and acts like the sexual being she is, all the stiffs are having a problem with it? Piffle.

[@joshin436]

Amen, she's totally genius otherwise she wouldn't last 30 years in the music business

[@ginasousabranco5637]

Madonna is the OG of this game. No other compares, no other does what she does, no other is as intelligent as this woman. No one.

[@redeagle5813]

Full of wit, she controlled this interview.