Madonna’s wedding singer speaks out for the very first time, sharing a secret she’s held for nearly 20 years
Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones last summer, Madonna famously said that getting married was “maybe not the best idea.”The 65-year-old singer has been wed twice.
The first time was to actor Sean Penn, from 1985 to 1989, and the second time was to filmmaker Guy Ritchie, from 2000 to 2008.
Both marriages ended in divorce and Madonna hasn’t been in a serious public relationship since. (Though she’s cycled through her fair share of 20-something boy toys.)Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Lucy Winkett is a professional soprano and the rector at St.
James’s Piccadilly in London. In December 2000, she received a call from someone asking if she would be available to perform at an anonymous celebrity’s wedding.She turned down the offer.“The man I was speaking to wouldn’t tell me who was getting married, just that it was very high profile,” Winkett recalls in a new interview with The Guardian. “I was intrigued, but it was the run-up to Christmas and I knew I’d be busy, so I said no.”The man wouldn’t give away the celebrity’s name, but Winkett held firm in wanting more details.“I insisted on knowing who it was before I committed.”When he finally gave in and told her it was the reigning Queen of Pop, Winkett says she was “gobsmacked.”“I’m not very into pop culture, so I hadn’t expected to have heard of the celebrity.
