Madonna biography children

What's more iconic in art than Madonna and child?

And when the earthly artist became a mom in 1996 at the age of 38, it was a major pop culture event.

The "Like a Virgin" singer wasn't exactly a single parent, sharing daughter Lourdes Leonwith Carlos Leon, her trainer-actor partner at the time.

But Madonna made it clear she would be doing motherhood her way.

"He knew what he was getting into when he rang my doorbell," Madonna quipped to Oprah Winfrey of Carlos in December 1996 when she sat down for what was not only her first interview since giving birth, but her first-ever on-camera interview that lasted longer than 12 minutes (as the host of Oprah excitedly announced to her audience).

That eff-your-judgment vibe has been the story ever since for the now 66-year-old Material Girl, who&#x Who Are Madonna's 6 Kids: Meet the Singer's Big Family XUXOB