On tonight's episode of Rock Center, Madonna addresses her daughter's drag for the first time. "I don't approve of anyone smoking cigarettes, most of all, my daughter," she said in an excerpt of the interview that ran on the Today show this morning. When Harry Smith countered with the fact that Madonna suckles on a cig in her Girl Gone Wild video, she said, "I don't smoke, that's just an accessory. She smoked that cigarette before I did that video, so she didn't get that from me."
And she'll keep on surviving and singing. This interview was conducted around midnight since Madonna had spent all day rehearsing for her upcoming world tour. And she'd like fans to know that at 53-years-old, she has no plans to stop any time soon. "I certainly have stuff left to say, I still feel like expressing myself -- I'll keep doing this as long as I do."
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Since we were on The Beast Within, this is beyond fab, as well. It's labeled X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS Video Installation #6. The real X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS installation initially ran from March 28 - May 3, 2003 at Deitch Projects in New York but then travelled to a few other places around the world. This footage was shot in 2004 for The ReInvention Tour book.