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Madonna wants 'a drink' with Le Pen, who she once demonised on stage

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PARIS Mar 03, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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Madonna wants to "sit down and have a drink" with France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen to hear out the woman she once demonised on stage by showing a picture of her with a swastika on her forehead.

The American singer - who only last week called Le Pen's National Front party "fascist" and said France and Europe now "feels like Nazi Germany" - made the offer in an interview late Monday on French television network Canal+.

"I would like to sit down and have a drink with her. I want to understand where she's coming from," Madonna said.

"I would like to meet her and really hear it from her mouth to my ears what she believes in in terms of human rights, yes in terms of human rights - not only in France but in all of the world."

The US diva's tone towards Le Pen was markedly different than in the past. In 2012, Madonna superimposed a swastika on a picture of Le Pen during a Paris concert, provoking a threat of a lawsuit from the French politician.

Last week, on French radio station Europe 1, Madonna claimed "it feels like Nazi Germany" in Europe because "anti-Semitism is at an all-time high" in France and elsewhere on the continent.

The diva also told the radio that she had received "a lot of criticism and threats from Marie (sic) Le Pen" and the National Front.

But in the Canal+ interview, Madonna conceded: "Maybe I misunderstood Marine Le Pen. I'm not sure. I don't want to start a war. I want peace in the world."

During the TV show, Madonna met and hugged one of the cartoonists who survived the January 7 massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebo, the French satirical newspaper.

The 56-year-old also sang a couple of songs from her new album, "Rebel Heart", that she is promoting ahead of a global tour.

Madonna's on-stage tumble at the Brit Awards, when a cape she was wearing failed to detach on cue and brought her crashing down steps, was raised early in the interview.

The interviewer quoted a Chinese proverb that says "the biggest difficulty is not how you fall, but to get up each time that you fall".

That earned a surly response from Madonna. "Is it going to be a whole night of these jokes?" she asked.

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