Most celebrities do not want their overly stretched and Botoxed and Creme de la Mer smeared faces to be tainted by the low-class (meaning they drive Hondas and own Frigidaires) yet adoring eyes of mere plebians. They demand that anyone with a net worth of less than $10 million look to the ground as they pass and only let sounds escape their quaintly Chapsticked lips when directly addressed. But not Madonna. If you ever break her gaze, she'll cut you. Or at least walk out of the interview in a huff and have you fired from your newspaper/magazine/TV fluff show and make sure that the only job you can secure for the rest of your days is mop boy/girl at your local peep show. MSNBC reports:
Madonna had an unusual backstage demand at the Live Earth concert: make eye contact.While some stars issue edicts demanding that minions not look them in the eye, the Material Girl startled organizers of the global warming awareness concert by reportedly insisting that anyone who interviewed her backstage at Wembley Stadium was not allowed to look away.
ìEye contact must be maintained at all times,î interviewers were told, according to the London Mirror. ìNever look down to check notes ó all questions must be memorized or the interview will be terminated.î
ìWe thought her people were just joking,î a source told the paper. ìBut it soon became apparent that they were deadly serious.î
Interviewers were also given a list of questions they were not allowed to ask: no inquiries about the state of her marriage to director Guy Ritchie, about their adoption of a Malawian child, or about her religion, Kabbalah.
ìShe did not want to do any interviews, which I told the Live Earth folks from the start,î Madonnaís rep told The Scoop, adding that she didnít know about any backstage demands.
We suspect that Madonna has spent the last ten years, or however long it's been since she became a Catholic Jew, diligently studying mind control and that every reporter to get locked in Madge's stare left the interview and immediately purchased the entire Madonna catalog on CD and a lifetime supply of Kabbalah water.
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