Madonna called in to Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show this morning and, of course, he asked about M.I.A's middle finger gesture at the Super Bowl halftime show.
"I didn't know about it until I left. I was really surprised. I didn't know anything about it," she said. She found out in the elevator on the way out of the venue.
"I wasn't happy about it. I understand it's punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity it seemed negative. It's one of the those things, it's such a teenager, irrelevant thing to do…there was such a feeling of love and unity there what was the point? It was just out of place."
She said again that she was "more nervous" than any show ever. And while performing her hit Like A Prayer with Cee Lo Green she "was overwhelmed. I almost started crying. I felt an incredible sense ... of warmth, love and support. To see an entire stadium light up like candles - it was like a religious experience."
But she said she "had a pulled hamstring" and immediately went off stage and put ice of her leg. The whole experience, she said, "was like winning a war."
She left at some point during the fourth quarter to take her kids home. They weren't happy about it. "My daughter's in love with Tom Brady."
