Summary Despite her dignified recovery, Madonna refused to watch a re-run of the incident.
LONDON (AFP) - Pop icon Madonna claimed she was left with whiplash following her on-stage tumble at the Brit Awards and said that she will not be wearing the offending Armani cape at future shows.
Appearing on British channel ITV s Jonathan Ross show, the 56-year-old explained: "I didn t hurt my butt, I hurt my head. I know how to fall, I ve fallen off my horse many times. I tucked and I have good core strength.
"But the thing is, I had a little bit of a whiplash and I smacked the back of my head. So there was a man standing over me with a flashlight until about 3am making sure I was still compos mentis," she added, according to extracts released on Friday, using the phrase indicating someone is of sound mind.
"Madge" blamed the embarrassing spill at Wednesday s award ceremony in London on having to change her performance between rehearsal and showtime, which meant her extravagant cape had to be tied more tightly around her neck.
"So here I am marching in like the Queen and I got to the top of the stairs and I pulled my silky string and it did not come undone," she said.
"My two lovely Japanese dancers basically strangled me off the stage. I had a choice - I could either be strangled or fall with the cape, and I fell."
Surrounded by muscular dancers wearing bondage-style costumes and horns on their heads, she quickly picked herself up and continued singing "Living For Love", ironically peppered with lines like "I m not giving up, I m gonna carry on" and "Lifted me up, and watched me stumble".
"I m never writing lyrics like that again!," she joked.
Despite her dignified recovery, Madonna refused to watch a re-run of the incident.
When discussing her future performances, the "Material Girl" singer said that "cape fear is over", and that she was dumping the floor-sweeping garment.
"I rehearse and I rehearse and I rehearse so that when I do the show, it s effortless and I create magic and I did the opposite. I actually created a horror show for everyone," she said.
The Madonna Special will air on March 14.
