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| David Letterman retires: Watch the interview with Madonna that became the most censored in US talk show history | David Letterman retires: Watch the interview with Madonna that became the most censored in US talk show history |
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| It’s the end of an era. | It’s the end of an era. |
| After being the quick-witted, razor-tongued host of Late Night With David Letterman since 1 February 1982, David Letterman is finally throwing in the towel. | After being the quick-witted, razor-tongued host of Late Night With David Letterman since 1 February 1982, David Letterman is finally throwing in the towel. |
| Aged 68, he retires with a career of legendary celebrity encounters behind him, millions of loyal fans and some of the best live music footage in TV history. | Aged 68, he retires with a career of legendary celebrity encounters behind him, millions of loyal fans and some of the best live music footage in TV history. |
| So prolific has his dominance of the American chat show market been over the last 30 years, a showreel of his best moments would be near impossible to compile. | So prolific has his dominance of the American chat show market been over the last 30 years, a showreel of his best moments would be near impossible to compile. |
| So instead we remember one of his most controversial: the 1994 interview with Madonnna that became record-breaking for all the wrong reasons. | So instead we remember one of his most controversial: the 1994 interview with Madonnna that became record-breaking for all the wrong reasons. |
| Singer Madonna performs on stage in London in 1983 | |
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| 'Madonna', Soho 1983 by Peter Anderson. | |
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| Madonna performs on 'The Virgin Tour' at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in 1985. | |
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| A picture of Madonna taken in 1986. | |
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| Madonna performs her song "Open Your Heart" before about 45,000 Japanese fans at the KoraKuen Ball Park in Tokyo in 1987. | |
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| An exact replica of Miley's face taken from a 1987 movie still of Madonna. | |
| Madonna onstage performing at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. | |
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| Madonnna performing on the Blond Ambition Tour in Tokyo, Japan in 1990. | |
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| Madonna performs her single 'Vogue' on the '1990 MTV Video Music Awards' show. | |
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| Madonna in a Jean-Paul Gaultier designed outfit on the Blond Ambition Tour in 1990. | |
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| Madonnna performing on the Blond Ambition Tour in Tokyo, Japan in 1990. | |
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| Madonna arrives for the premiere of her film 'In Bed with Madonna' in 1991 at the Cannes Film Festival, France. | |
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| Madonna performs the Best Original Song nominee "Sooner or Later" from "Dick Tracy" at the 63rd Academy Awards in 1991. | |
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| Madonna performs in Rio's Maracana Stadium before 115,000 spectators in 1993. | |
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| Madonna in a Dolce & Gabbana designed outfit on the 1993 Girlie Show Tour. | |
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| Madonna during the video shoot for her single 'Take a Bow,' in 1994. | |
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| Madonna in a John Galliano designed dress at the LA Premiere of Evita in 1996 with Carlos Leon. | |
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| Madonna performing on the 41st Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 1999. | |
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| Madonna performs at the Bridgestone Super Bowl in 2012. | |
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| Madonna attending the 2014 Grammy awards with her son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie. | |
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| Madonna at the 2015 Grammy Awards in a skimpy black and white outfit by Givenchy. | |
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| Dressed in heavy gothic attire with lace-up knee-high boots and a large cigar, the Queen of Pop played the racy, f-bomb-dropping femme fatale as Letterman rattled through his probing questions with increasing anxiety. | Dressed in heavy gothic attire with lace-up knee-high boots and a large cigar, the Queen of Pop played the racy, f-bomb-dropping femme fatale as Letterman rattled through his probing questions with increasing anxiety. |
| So expletive-filled was their conversation, it ended up becoming the most censored interview ever to be aired on a US chatshow. And you can view it in full in two parts below: | So expletive-filled was their conversation, it ended up becoming the most censored interview ever to be aired on a US chatshow. And you can view it in full in two parts below: |