Kelly Ripa I had the ultimate fan experience by participating MadonnaThe third and final show of the Madison Square Garden Celebration Tour took place Monday in New York.
During Tuesday’s episode of Live with Kelly and Markthe host, 53, recounted her evening to her husband and co-host, Mark Consuelos, reflecting on the moment that became a milestone in her adoration for the 65-year-old pop icon.
“I had a 40-year relationship with Madonna — in my mind, to be clear. But last night something happened that I can’t really put into words. Should we just show it “I just want to show you what happened last night,” the daytime talk show host said before playing footage of the moment on stage for his audience.
In the video, Madonna brings Ripa in front of the crowd to help judge the skills of her hot dancers during part of her show inspired by her 1990 hit single, “Vogue.” Ripa, beaming as she sits next to Madonna in a bar chair, helps the singer hand out dozens of dollars across the board for the dancers’ performances.
As Ripa looks back, she says, “I’m glad you got that footage because I don’t remember it. They handed me a football and I had to throw it!”
Ripa attended Monday’s show with Consuelos, Demi Moore, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen and others. “We’re kind of like Madonna’s group of groupies,” she says, with Consuelos joking that they’re “the oldest groupies in the world.”
“I kept turning around (to look at them) because I was like, ‘Can you believe this is happening to me?’ Anderson and Andy are dying. They’re literally dying, they’re screaming, they’re laughing, they can’t believe it, I can’t believe it, and I look at Mark who was there with his cell phone. phone camera,” Ripa recalled, adding that going on stage floored her.
Ripa even shared her reaction when she first found out she was taking the stage. “They say, ‘You’re going to go on stage with Madonna.’ And at that moment, I, Kelly Ripa, died,” she told the audience.
“And here comes Kelly’s ghost now. And I hear words and they don’t really make sense. ‘She’s going to give you a football. You’re going to have cards in your hand. Things are moving forward.’ happen.’ And I just say, ‘Why are you talking to me? I’m dead. Shouldn’t the paramedics come?'” Ripa adds, revealing that she tried to focus on one thing: “Kelly, don’t look too impatient and when they take your picture, shut your mouth.”
at the moment she couldn’t do it, showing a photo of the two of them with their mouths wide open. “In my mind, I’m like, ‘I’m doing it. My mouth is completely closed, so I look cool, just like Madonna,'” she explains.
Watch video of Ripa and Madonna’s onstage moment below.
Ripa is one of several guest stars who have performed with Madonna on stage in recent months. The singer has invited several famous faces to perform “Vogue” with her since the Celebration tour began in 2023, including RuPaul’s Drag Race star Saphira Cristál, her boyfriend, Josh Popper, and Julia Garner, who had originally been chosen to play the singer in an anticipated biopic written, produced and directed by the pop star.
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