Madonna is recalling a dark time in her life while navigating a custody battle with Guy Ritchie.
“There were moments in my life where I wanted to cut my arms off. I actually contemplated suicide,” Madonna, 67, shared on the Monday, September 29, episode of the “On Purpose With Jay Shetty” podcast. “That probably sounds really weird coming from me because I’m not that emo, you know what I mean? But I was like, ‘I can’t take this pain anymore.’”
She continued, “But as soon as you understand that what is happening to you is a challenge that you are karmically meant to experience and learn from and evolve to a higher level of consciousness, then you can look at that event, that experience, as a lesson and not punishment.”
When asked what might have stirred her suicidal thoughts, Madonna sha