Madonna Says Daughter Asked if She Was Gay
NEW YORK (AP) - Madonna says she had some explaining
to do when her daughter, Lourdes, asked about that
kiss with Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video
Music Awards.
"(Lourdes) is really obsessed with who is gay," says
Madonna in an interview in Out magazine's April issue.
"And she even asked, 'Mom, you know they say that you
are gay?' And I'm, 'Oh, do they? Why?' And she says,
'Because you kissed Britney Spears.'"
"And I said, 'No, it just means I kissed Britney
Spears.
I am the mommy pop star and she is the baby
pop star. And I am kissing her to pass my energy on to
her."
Madonna, 47, famously locked lips with Spears, 24,
while performing her songs "Like a Virgin" and
"Hollywood" at the awards ceremony.
The pop diva, considered by some to be an icon in the
gay community, tells the magazine her 9-year-old
daughter likes to guess who is gay: "Oh, and the other
thing she likes to do when we go out, she says, 'Mom,
do you want me to point out who the gay men are?' And
I say, 'Okay, but I think I already know.'"
Madonna also addresses her feud with Elton John,
who in 2004 accused her of lip-synching.
"He seems to be angry," she says. "I seem to have
become a target. It's not very gentlemanly or
gracious. But he did send me a letter apologizing for
his last outburst, right before his wedding." (John
and filmmaker David Furnish took civil-union vows in
December.)
Lourdes is Madonna's daughter with actor/fitness
instructor Carlos Leon. She has a 5-year-old son,
Rocco, with husband of five years, filmmaker Guy
Ritchie.
http://www.out.com
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