Madge Has A Mel Of A Night
Pop queen joins Melinda Messenger for candle-lit Kabbalah meeting of prayer, clapping, hugging, bible reading..and group chanting of ‘Chernobyl‘
Queen of Pop Madonna has struck up a bizarre friendship with ex-topless model Melinda Messenger thanks to their love of wacky faith kabbalah. The superstar and her husband Guy Ritchie became best buddies with Melinda, 33, and spouse Wayne during weird prayer sessions at the mystical Jewish sect’s London centre. And the eccentric couple are so taken with their new pals they recently invited them to a private dinner with a handful of honoured kabbalah devotees at the HQ.
The oddball evening began with a bizarre prayer session with Madonna, 46, and Melinda – dressed like her idol in boots, long black coat and hair scraped back into pony tail – sitting on one side of the room. Guy, 36, builder Wayne, 29, and other male followers sat on the other side on plastic seats while the kabbalah bible was read backwards amid lots of chanting and clapping.
Suddenly Madonna (who now wants to be known as Esther) Guy, Melinda and Wayne jumped up and faced east towards a painting of an idyllic scene of roaming hills and started to chant: “Chernobyl, Chernobyl, Chernobyl.” As they chanted they were asked to send positive thoughts towards the town that was the scene of the world’s worst-ever nuclear disaster in 1986.
An insider said: “Guy, who was dressed in white, got so carried away that he left his seat, hugged the rabbis and then went and kissed his missus on the cheek before returning to his seat. He then continued chanting ‘Chernobyl, Chernobyl’.”
Half an hour later the happy foursome and a select few kabbalah followers were ushered upstairs for supper. Madonna’s eight-year-old daughter Lourdes – now being called Lola – joined them in the candle-lit dining room.
They tucked into a four-course meal of green salad and bread, white fish and vegetable stew, kosher beef, ratatouille and chocolate cup cakes. The food was “blessed” by everyone standing up, hugging each other and swaying side-to-side for 20 minutes while clapping and singing. While Madonna drank glass after glass of Kabbalah water, other guests sipped Coca-Cola or wine. After their “feast” Melinda and Wayne joined a circle holding hands with the others around a seated Madonna, Guy and a rabbi.
They chanted and jumped up and down as Guy closed his eyes then furiously banged his hands on the table as if he was playing the drums.
Lola quietly watched from the corner with a rabbi as mum and dad chanted for an incredible 30 minutes.
When it was time to call it a night at the centre, in North West London, Melinda hugged Madonna and said: ‘Goodnight, my good friend, Esther‘. Lola was dropped off by a rabbi in a black Range Rover as Guy and Madonna walked home hand-in-hand reminiscing about their night out with Melinda and Wayne.
Article by Suzanne Kerins, Sunday Mirror