Madonna by J. Randy Taraborrelli

Author:J. Randy Taraborrelli [Taraborrelli, J. Randy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2001-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

The Tony Ward Epiphany

On August 16, 1990, Madonna’s thirty-second birthday, she received a package at her home, a gift from Warren Beatty. When she opened the box, she found a brooch that probably cost about $300. It seemed like a cheap present; unimpressed, she dismissed it with a quick flick of the hand. “I need to take a drive,” she said, looking somber. She then got into her car with a friend who happened to be with her when the package was delivered. “If Warren and I weren’t finished before, we sure are now,” Madonna said. She kicked off her high heels and began driving barefoot. As she steered her black Mercedes 560SL around a sharp curve of Mullholland Drive, she tossed the brooch out of the window.

Annoyed by the way her romance with Warren Beatty had turned out, Madonna began to take stock of her life. At thirty-two, she looked back on the years — as she would later recall — and began to realize that she could only remember her life by what she was doing in her career at the time. She enjoyed her fame, still, and her career was thriving. She couldn’t stop now. She wouldn’t think of it. However, she was beginning to feel pangs of regret. “What had she given up to get where she was now? That was the question,” recalled one of her brothers. Though not ready to address such concerns fully at this time, Madonna did what many unhappy people do when they feel desperate and lonely . . . especially at the end of a relationship — even a mediocre one, such as the one she had with Warren Beatty: they transfer their emotions to another person in what is then known as a rebound relationship.

Young, handsome Tony Ward was Madonna’s rebound from Warren Beatty. While smoking a Marlboro cigarette and, perhaps, looking for love, Madonna spotted the twenty-six-year-old Tony on Malibu Beach. His body was slender and coltish. His eyelashes were long and dark. His skin translucent. Though he had appeared as an extra in her “Like a Prayer” and “Cherish” videos, Madonna paid him little attention then. Now, it was her thirty-second birthday, and she knew immediately that Tony should be her special gift. She went over to him and — who knows why — proceeded to grind out her cigarette on his back. She then reached around him and pinched one of his nipples so hard, he cried out, “Fuck!” Rather than be angry, Ward was fascinated. His good-looking face broke into a grin. “I think I can balance my glass on your ass,” she told him. “You know, I just love a man with an ass like yours.” She patted his butt softly; he closed his eyes, like a puppy. Then she traced his lips with her fingertip. The attraction between them was immediate.

After they got to know each other, Madonna found Tony to be kind, gentle and understanding. Though she didn’t speak much about what

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