Don’t Look Away From Madonna

Madonna performed at Live Earth, but not without a curious demand.

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.

â€œEye contact must be maintained at all times,â€ interviewers were told, according to the London Mirror. â€œNever look down to check notes â€” all questions must be memorized or the interview will be terminated.â€

â€œWe thought her people were just joking,â€ a source told the paper. â€œBut it soon became apparent that they were deadly serious.â€

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.

â€œShe did not want to do any interviews, which I told the Live Earth folks from the start,â€ Madonnaâ€™s rep told The Scoop, adding that she didnâ€™t know about any backstage demands.