Even after a horrific tumble down the stairs at the Brit Awards this week, Madonna [1] still knows how to keep the show going. She took to Instagram to tell everyone she was fine after the fall [2], but the singer recently revealed she was actually really hurt. During a taping of The Jonathan Ross Show [3] in Britain, Madonna [4] shared, "I didn't hurt my butt; I hurt my head. . . . I smacked the back of my head. So, there was a man standing over me with a flashlight until about 3 a.m. making sure that I was still compos mentis."

She also mentioned that the incident not only physically bruised her but mentally threw off her performance as well. "It was a horrible nightmare," she said. "Seriously, I rehearse and I rehearse and I rehearse so that when I do the show it's effortless and I create magic, and I did the opposite. I actually created a horror show for everyone." As to why she fell, Madonna explained that her cape was tied too tightly, adding, "I had a choice: I could either be strangled or fall with the cape, and I fell."