Madonna Suffers Broken Bones in Accident
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Madonna's 47th birthday celebration was marred when she suffered several broken bones in a horse riding accident at her country home outside London, her publicist told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The superstar was hospitalized with three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand, according to Liz Rosenberg, her spokeswoman based in New York.

The accident occurred Tuesday at Ashcombe house, her estate outside of London.

Madonna and an assistant were riding horses, when Madonna, on a new horse she wasn't accustomed to riding, took a tumble. Her children, Rocco and Lourdes, were at the home but were not with their mother at the time, Rosenberg said.

"The whole family was out in the country, celebrating her birthday," Rosenberg said.

Her husband, director Guy Ritchie, took Madonna to an undisclosed hospital, where she was treated. Rosenberg said the entertainer was expected to be released later in the evening.

I guess she hasnt been drinking her Kabalah water, huh? Get well soon, Madonna.

you know this is just a publicity stunt for her forthcoming album...

you know this is just a publicity stunt for her forthcoming album...

i bet this is some sort of publicity stunt for her new album

Cloudbuster said:

Oh, okay.

Tom said:

In my best Martin 'Simpsons' voice: Ha Ha.

Tom said:

In my best Martin 'Simpsons' voice: Ha Ha.

a passerby took this picture just as it happened:

meltwithu said:

Yeah, but in the pic, Madonna was UNDER the horse.

Damn. She broke her hand. Now how will she play guitar?

onenitealone said:

EVIL MINDS THINK ALIKE!!! !

meltwithu said:

Yeah, but in the pic, Madonna was UNDER the horse.

Damn. She broke her hand. Now how will she play guitar?

Alasseon said:

perhaps she will take this an omen and stop her strum by number act


Madonna to self: "okay, girl...you can do this....finger, finger, finger..strum.....finger finger, finger strum...finger, strum..DAMMIT!!"

meltwithu said:

I love how a thread about a serious accident turns into a joke.

Happy Birthday Madonna- here's hoping your middle finger didn't break so you can pop it at these insensitive fucks.
[Edited 8/16/05 13:11pm]

eleven said:

ooh please...important is the horrid state of race relations swept under rug in the US...important is the horrible mess in iraq and isreal right now (heavenly..i feel for ya bud)...

this, this is a personal issue between madge and her immediate family..the fact that *this* makes national headlines is grounds for folks making fun of it..consider it displaced humor...cause we should be making fun of the media for considering this newsworthy..

thats what a horse gets for trying to ride another horse...

sosgemini said:

I don't recall ever saying it was important news.
Your statement makes me laugh though, cuz obviously Prince.org ain't CNN.

Just trying to say that if someone posts an injury of someone's (Gee what if it was Prince ) whether it's a Pop star or my Aunt Ruth ya should at least wish her well instead of making of her.

Jeesh!