United Kingdom, Sept. 30 -- Madonna's late mother reached out to her from "the other side" when she was in a coma.

The Material Girl hitmaker - who was just five years old when her mom, whose name was also Madonna, died of cancer - was unconscious for four days after contracting a serious bacterial infection in 2023 and she claimed her late relative appeared to her and urged her to "come with" her but Madonna wasn't ready to die.

Speaking to Jay Shetty on his On Purpose podcast, she said: "I was almost there on the other side, and I had a conscious moment. My mother appeared to me, and she said, 'Do you want to come with me?' And I said, 'No.'

"My assistant was in the room with me, but I was still unconscious, but she heard me say, 'No...