Madonna Interview 2 - ROD Show, Season 2 Episode 119, 1998

Our second interview with the legendary Madonna on the 119th episode of the second season of The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

[@omgnetwork5231]

this was the best Madonna Era!!!!

[@Yikkkes23]

The 90s and early 00s were Madonna’s best years

[@blahblah4129]

Agree!

[@doloreswitkowski5578]

I agree with one caveat; the 80s must be included, as she was one of only a few who set the tone for that era starting in late 82...

[@loveeveryone2768]

I like her eighties and nineties era best, but I will take the early 00's over what's going on now.

[@soundseeker63]

80s and 90s. 2000s she was hit and miss, but still had some great moments.

[@norabanega9676]

siii , muy buena onda

[@ffrraa348]

She was so beautiful and inspirational in this era.

[@shelll9254]

I totally agree!!!✌️💗

[@samj5183]

The ray of life era seems like such a magical time, motherhood gave her so much happiness and peace.

[@DiscoLiz]

My favorite Madonna era, but also... my god, this took me back to my teenage years. I used to watch the Rosie O 'Donnell show with my grandma every day after school. Loved Rosie as one of my early role models, and still love her to this day!!! Take me back to this time!

[@omgnetwork5231]

Anyone else miss the 90s and early 00s? also, Rosie and her show!

[@yankeeladee02]

I love that she’s ever-changing and evolving, but I miss THIS era and earlier era’s of hers. I’m a forever fan, but lately I’m having a little trouble connecting to her current projects/image…💔❤️

[@NKdidit.24]

She's a horrible human being

[@martinlopezdelharo2261]

Both of you stay put, it will always be an uphill battle for her fighting ageism. Madonna will always be Madonna.

[@nicholastodriff9754]

I agree with each of you and will add I feel it's just in the last year or so that Madge at least on the surface seems a bit conflicted. Madonna is still Madonna past and present. I only wish for her to slightly snap out of societies forced pop culture image. If that makes sense?

[@imalwaysright]

Because she’s gone full narcissist, which I think would be contrary to the message and themes of the Ray of Light era

[@Kaia6485]

@@imalwaysright Totally agree. Madonna peaked in the Ray of Light era, especially after giving birth to Lourdes. I feel it healed her in a way. Sadly, it didn’t last and she’s now just a shell of her former self.

[@MayLily]

Loved this era of Madonna! One of her best ever. She kept reinventing herself every time back then- the Ray of Light album was one of her masterpieces.

[@raggaman3361]

she was healthy

[@seesthruit]

@UC5geV6RifrHXTDgV48mQZqgyes health has fortunately been hers except for her collapse last summer at age 64.

[@Mirage238]

The power of goodbye was also a very beautiful song

[@laura-janeluff8990]

These two were in A League of their Own. Great film. Miss the 90's so much.

[@soundseeker63]

"Mo" and Ro's" attempt at yoga was one of the most hilarious things I've seen! 😆 Madonna was in a great place at this time with Motherhood, sprituality (Cabalism) and her yoga.....and you could just hear it in her music! There was an ethereal beauty in her work of this era that has stood the test of time beautifully. I want old Madonna back!

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

I WISH I WISH I WISH I CAN GO BACK THESE TIMES

[@mjf5142]

Me too. It was as fun as it looks haha.

[@erikm8372]

That is the epitome of Madonna quotes, “I don’t work out anymore; I do yoga!” After doing yoga since 2013, anywhere from 3-7 days a week-and getting a six pack and toned body, and overall chilled mentality-I can safely say that she’s right.

[@bf9230]

Loved this! Gonna have to play this album again.

[@jessicasstewart]

This makes me so happy. I remember watching this as a kid and it was so refreshing to see Madonna be relaxed and having fun with her friend. Thank you for posting, Rosie. :)

[@nicholastodriff9754]

Mo and Ro have such dynamic chemistry. It would have been gold if Madonna was co-hosting with Rosie 😱😁

[@lizstallard9902]

This tour was remarkable ❤️

[@erikm8372]

You mean the Drowned World tour? That was three years after this, but yes, it was Madonna’s best in my mind.

[@maraeowens8071]

Mo and Ro, yall have such a great connection. Lifetime friendships are gold. So fun to watch, thanks for sharing. One of the best segments on your show.

[@ShartySpice]

LOL @ Madonna having lifelong friends. Rosie is real enough to see through her bullshit, I'm sure of it.

[@maraeowens8071]

@@ShartySpice Rosie has said repeatedly they are still friends.

[@robertfraser9873]

Yeah, I saw that she was back stage at one of the Madame X shows. ❌ They are a great pair because Ro is like your next door neighbour and she brings out the fun down to earth M. Mo and Ro forever! ❤️❤️

[@sandrabryant5228]

I remember either Madge or Rosie once said they both belonged to the club of 'losing your mother' at a young age.

[@mildredhighcock7333]

There was something really lovely about her performance of Frozen here, it's like she suits a slightly darker character

[@UnschoolingtheSpitz]

I love seeing these clips! Thanks, Rosie❤

[@westley5735]

THANK YOU FOR THE PERFORMANCE!!! This is sooooo soooo sooo valuable!

[@katzumihanzo5471]

With Madonna I learned to separate the artist from the art-she’s queen in the craft!!

[@juliannacandela7728]

God I miss this time. This is the Madonna I loved.

[@kevinholcomb292]

Andrew Lloyd Webber required she take voice lessons for Evita, and you can certainly hear the positive effects of that training in her phrasing in the songs on this album. Although she has never claimed to be a musician, she is without doubt a musician on this album. It's her most perfect album.

[@erikm8372]

Yeah Evita definitely changed her voice for the better. Even in her speaking voice. Not to mention yoga, and the core engagement and the breathing, can have a bunch of positive effects on the voice.

[@labbecedario1579]

Ray Of Light deserved Album of the year at Grammy's

[@evilqueen90s00s]

When Madonna was a Madonna.

[@Madonnism]

it doesn’t matter how she looks like, she is still Madonna who changed the world and turned it into a better place to live in! As she said: Love is Understanding!!

[@rico-wood]

Wow this is a really cool song! Very different and different is refreshing!😊👌

[@adamjones8241]

I love their friendship

[@bananaboydc5431]

Icon.

[@teddybears4life240]

ITS GOOD TO SEE A NORMAL MADONNA...if that makes any sense.

[@imalwaysright]

I'd get tired of saying MO or RO 😂😂😂😂😂 They have good chemistry. Ro looked good with that hair and you could the results of her working out. She was glowing.

[@mlvc82]

QUEEN MADONNA FOREVER!

[@sittingonthemoon2083]

Great song

[@Tisme65]

I just love ya both🥰

[@trippyerinsd]

Madonna 4-ever 💘

[@loristromski1334]

Reading the new book on her . She is a power house of a human!

[@heidipoyser3697]

what book?

[@jtali6122]

This was fun to watch

[@carlosalenduran4630]

My diva forever m

[@Tisme65]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulawilson5926]

♥♥♥

[@ryderhoustonx]

It's so sad this is just the studio backing track! I wanted to hear the live strings and vocals!!

[@norabanega9676]

que buena onda madona , siempre lo fue

[@AmentaEnterprises]

The diva has been beautiful and inspirational in every era of her life, including the current crone phase. In her own words: “The most controversial thing I’ve ever done is to stick around.” #madge

[@andygh6969]

Amada ❤

[@emmcee476]

11:00 "that's the narrowing of the passage way..." 😅

[@YeahNah100]

1998!?!?! Omgoodness. Feels like yesterday 100s of years ago. ❤U Madonna

[@infinitelightcouncil]

She was a good live singer during this period. She had a voice coach. This performance however was a stunningly well done lip sync, complete with an orchestra and synth player who looked like they were playing. She did a really good live of Ray of Light on Oprah around then- same idea but she sang live on a hot Mic with herself on the album. Easier for Tv I guess.

[@erikm8372]

I think Oprah demands her guests to sing live, and when they haven’t, she shades them subtly. Example: Mariah Carey in 1997, singing the VERY difficult (and emotional) song ‘Butterfly’. She was admittedly sick, and sounded hoarse from traveling, so not in the best vocal condition. The only live parts were the first verse and the final line of the song. And they were audibly cracky and hoarse. Somehow the rest of the performance was A+ perfection. And very uncannily similar to the album… Oprah looked suspicious the entire performance. Then as they went to commercial after the song, Oprah says, “…and that’s the new CD. And we’ll be right back.”

[@samaireoctober5584]

She was so naturally pretty. It's a shame what she's done to her face. I think she would have aged well otherwise.

[@firenze5555]

I agree. I hate what Madonna has done to her face and hate the filters she uses on social media.

[@erikm8372]

As a Madonna fan, I don’t care for it either. My sister said she looks like a living Bratz doll. Lol.

[@Sebastian-rv1yk]

Your comments is so boring

[@katyap.8404]

Agree 👍

[@RobertMichaelTodd]

who cares. live your life.

[@youtubepapi]

And the world started to do Yoga again! 🧘‍♀️

[@djtenzen]

You’re not wrong. Now, every 17 year-old is drinking a soy latté w a double shot-té. And literally 15% of all cars in West Hollywood are mini coopers. Ahead of the curve, for sure. The message lost in our blind indulgences. She doesn’t seem to care either way, which I get - it’s an ever turning world.

[@tonyrobles2696]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@teleprompt]

Where did this Madonna go?

[@teddybears4life240]

Right???? all she does in go on ig and lick the camera lens.

[@ZackFair89]

She's dead. Shitty music killed this Madonna

[@blahblah4129]

Wow, she was sooo gorgeous back then! She looks unrecognisable in 2023.

[@timsimms412]

Madonna at her most beautiful

[@imalwaysright]

All the pomp and circumstance but not live vocals. Iconic song though.

[@aydingultekin1]

Madonna didn’t sing for real but in play back and it seems that musicians don’t play music for real

[@iadesigns]

Rosie deserves her flowers, she came way before Ellen in terms of coming out as a lesbian and normalizing it in the 90s, but Ellen gets the credit

[@jonathangill6584]

I don’t remember this appearance… but… WTF is up with lip syncing from the actual album track??? And was the string section faking it too?

[@japhy8191]

In musica industry its very normal, singer perform real sound from the newest album to release in talk show. It's promotion time dude

[@brandonbless9593]

You guys missed S2 E70: Show #312 Air Date: December 24, 1997

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@jtrover Yes, but the CD was released in early 1998!

[@brandonbless9593]

@@jtrover there some videos that are missing that rosie nephew skipped by accident he missed some from the first season as well the one i posted was with Luther Vandross after a interview they posted of him

[@katie.e.g.]

Whenever i think of rosie, I think of Harriet the Spy

[@essel369]

Madonna a l'air si joueuse. En France, elle paraîssait toujours sérieuse voire hautaine quand elle daignait apparaître dans un show.

[@MrTiggerr84]

That's because when she was there in 78 to 80 they treated her snobby in France

[@erikm8372]

Je pense qu'elle se sent peut-être glamour et hautaine quand elle est en France, comme beaucoup d'étrangers semblent le faire. Ils ont l'image de Paris et de la France comme un endroit moderne et magnifique, ce qui est... mais il est possible qu'elle ait vraiment joué avec ça pour "montrer".

[@GOPMichael1]

Whats up with the sound on the song? It's the exact studio version. Did she lip sync? Or did the audio not work and it's just dubbed over with the sudio version?

[@mildredhighcock7333]

13:55 I just realised Rosie is a larger version of Debi Mazar - she sounds and looks like her, so basically Madonna has a type

[@hevannysilveira574]

Madonna Amor América Madonna Madonna Amor NEW York #América

[@estudardireito411]

Essas duas são malucas

[@polynesia8733]

is that a crown of thorns on head?

[@johndoe-jr7gc]

To everyone complaining about the British accent… you’ve clearly never heard an authentic British accent 😂😂

[@erikm8372]

I don’t even hear it at all. I think when she’s with Rosie she’s just herself. But a few years after this, she started doing it a lot. It’s almost more Irish-Canadian in a sense.

[@gezzaf6912]

Madonna so nice and not intimidating like today i wish we could go back to these days

[@willowmylove]

Lip syncing?

[@KVC-ft3hn]

Obviously

[@AGoodHairDay]

The fake British accent cracks me up.

[@Che-tm4of]

Americans think this sounds British, us British hear a well spoken American

[@franciscojuniorgomes6728]

Apresentação de Mdna dublando eu nem assisto....

[@JenniferArcherAscential]

Lip syncing. 🙄

[@OMG_BeCkY]

She's so Bri-ish! And she makes everything about herself when they play that audience game 🙄

[@johndoe-jr7gc]

She hadn’t gone to England yet. She moved in 2000. She’s just speaking with a soft accent here

[@erikm8372]

She makes everything about herself… well, she is a classic Leo. With Aquarius rising, it’s a known thing!

[@erikm8372]

Ok, so she hadn’t actually married Guy or gone to LIVE in England full-time until 2000, but she’d absolutely been there-multiple times-by this point… 1998 is nearly 20 years into her career… by that time, she’d done several multi-show sellout runs at Wembley Arena & Wembley Stadium, as well as concerts in Leeds, countless promotional appearances, talk shows, etc.

[@LTilli313]

This was madonna's best era, and I think she looked so great here. Was she like 40 here? I think it's sad how she looks now. She like completely changed her face w botox and fillers and just keeps trying to be "cool" and "relevant" at 65. What's the point when u were famous and the "it girl" for so long? I think some celebs literally get addicted to it and can't not be relevant somehow, even though they all complain about fame and how hard it is ...

[@blahblah4129]

Hopefully, she will learn to age gracefully soon. 🤞

[@josephmillervideos]

it’s sad she chose to lip sync

[@goldmasters5393]

Lucifer’s friend, little boy Madonna

[@lonetardigrade]

😂😂😂😂

[@savage_skirt5386]

lip singing

[@edgarburkel9836]

Great episode........but another reminder Ro hardly EVER had any male contestants. Hmmmm.......

[@terrencemalbrough1173]

M looks old here.

[@Mirage238]

She looked great before she turned into a clown

[@kimdavison8083]

looks old l don’t think so she is older than me but it really gets on my nerves people slagging of other people because they are getting older it happens to all of us time goes very fast

[@hsd287]

She was around 40 at this time she wasn't young then

[@donfelipeofficial5055]

No she looked good here

[@donfelipeofficial5055]

@@hsd287 she was 39. Still young

[@dsssssdefef8926]

This was the real Madonna. Now we see her clone wwith fake aß

[@maraeowens8071]

Clone madonna, fake Britney, are all the celebrities being replaced?

[@escapingboredom6958]

This was 25 years ago. Come on. She can't do yoga anymore to stay skinny. People change over the time especially when you are a celebrity. Move on

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@Chiico Madonna was actually at a healthy weight here but by 2002 she was way too thin. She was in that movie Swept Away which was directed by her then husband Guy Richie. 🤔😮🧐🏝

[@imalwaysright]

The real Madonna is the one now

[@dsssssdefef8926]

@@mix.chiico clone is trying to be in trend

[@user-qp6cy4jk1c]

Why did Rosie mention him so much?

[@LannieLord]

She acted like she had a crush on him.

[@ShartySpice]

RIP Madonna!

[@monicathompson708]

Madonna is not dead stop it