Madonna

MADONNA banned professional photographers from taking her picture during the Video Music Awards on Sunday night.

Multiple sources told The U.S. Sun that the snappers were issued very strict orders not to take a single pic of the Queen of Pop, 68, despite her making multiple appearances on stage throughout the night.

Madonna also skipped the VMAs red carpet entirely, when even superstar Taylor Swift willingly posed for photos.

“Photographers in the room were told they weren’t allowed to shoot Madonna,” a source explained.

“Only a couple of CBS photographers were given permission.

“She wanted to control the photos and approve what did and didn’t go out.”

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The star was obviously visible in the main feed from the show, but very few high-resolution pictures were distributed to the media and fans throughout the night.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Madonna for comment.

Madonna had a tumultuous night with her various antics throughout the annual awards ceremony.

She first sparked concern during her kick-off performance by appearing to grimace as fellow dancers threw her body onto a platform.

While many viewers thought her reaction was part of the dance, others thought she could be in pain.

Later on in the show, she appeared to wear a knee brace.

And during her speech for Best Dance performance, Madonna told a joke about holding a laser inside her butt.

Though she was referring to a scene from her Confessions II music video, the bit didn’t land with the audience.

Despite the mixed reviews to her performance and speeches, Madonna took home seven awards total at the show.

She later seemed to be feeling no pain while partying in her hotel suite with pals Charli xcx and Julia Garner.

The trio rolled around dancing in bed to her new song Danceteria in a TikTok posted in the wee hours of the morning.

MADONNA is an expensive Material Girl – flogging a square of pink fabric for £40. 

The Queen of Pop, 68, posed in a pink veil on the cover of her No1 album Confessions II and is now selling replica versions on her online store. 

The item is described as a 58-inch sheer pink veil, with a “custom Madonna graphic tag” in the corner. 

However, fans are also being charged £5.54 in shipping fees on top of the £40 cost. 

One fan joked: “Madonna really said, ‘Why buy sheer pink voile for $3.99 a yard when you can buy it from me for $45 with a tiny tag sewn on it?’” 

Another fan account for the star wrote: “That’s a lot for a piece of fabric #Madonna.” 

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The item is among a raft of new merchandise, including a £40 rhinestone drinks tumbler, £40 tote bag, £35 water bottle and £7 pencil set. 

Madonna will tomorrow release a remix of her track Danceteria featuring Charli xcx, 34, months after an online spat. 

They fell out in April when Charli gave an interview to Vogue and quoted a line from her track Rock Music, in which she sings: “The dance floor is dead, so now we’re making rock music”. 

But Madonna, who had just launched the campaign for her dance-inspired album Confessions II, clapped back in an Instagram post in which she wrote: “If your dance floor feels dead, maybe you’re playing the wrong music.” 

They made amends when they were photographed at Paris Fashion Week in June and then hosted a club night together. 

It is now hoped they will perform their track together for the first time at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night. 

With 11 nominations, Madonna is the frontrunner to win big at the event  

She will open the show – her first performance at the ceremony since 2003 when she famously kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on stage during a mash-up of her songs Like A Virgin and Hollywood. 

Sources in the US said she is likely to be joined by multiple guests although exact details of her set are being kept under wraps. 

Charli, who is nominated for four awards including Best Pop and Best Long Form Video, will be in the US at the same time as she is currently on a tour across North America. 

However, she played in Boston on the east coast last night (THURS) and is due to perform in Washington on Monday. 

Snoop Dogg, 54, will host the ceremony, which will be available to watch on streaming service Paramount+ and from 9pm on MTV on Monday.