Madonna Falls From Horse, Blames Paparazzi

Madonna's publicist is saying that the pop singer was tossed from a horse because paparazzi jumped out of the bushes and startled the 50-year-old Material Girl and her horse. The Post reports that she "was leaping over hurdles on a brown steed" at friend Steven Klein's Bridgehampton horse farm" (the Post also has photos). She suffered minor injuries and bruises but will need other tests and observation; according to the Daily News, she is "recovering at friend Gwyneth Paltrow's Amagansett estate." In 2005, Madonna broke her collarbone after falling from a horse on her British estate, an experience she called the "most painful" of her life (it may have also led to the demise of her marriage with Guy Ritchie). But in 2006, Madonna was featured in W magazine in a photo spread by Klein called "Madonna Rides Again."

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Jen Chung in News on April 19, 2009 10:45 AM

Comments [rss]

Guest

That one picture of her back is just GROSS! I guess that's what happens when one stops eating food and instead devours has-been Yankees.

pinball29

Let me guess....it was the NY Post who staked the paps in the bushes. Or did they just happen to be in Bridgehampton near the farm to take the pics.

Then again, how did the paps know she was there unless she alerted them.

ANGRYGOD11

Doubtful any experienced horse rider, especially one who already had an accident, is going to set something like this up.

By the way, how much street cred does one get for riding horses on an exclusive estate?

REALITY CHECK

By the way, how much street cred does one get for riding horses on an exclusive estate?
Hmm? Uh, has horseback riding given one "street cred" anywhere in the past century?