Judy Gold recently reminisced about Madonna’s strange demand about her kid years ago.
The 63-year-old American comedian and actor showed up on the recent episode of SiriusXM’s The Julia Cunningham Show, where she reflected on Madonna’s appearance on The Rosie O’Donnell Show after she gave birth to her first child, daughter Lourdes “Lola” Leon, whom she shares with actor and her personal trainer Carlos Leon.
Gold, who served as a writer and producer on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, said, “Madonna, when Lourdes was born [in 1996], all the papers thought Madonna was bringing Lourdes, so this was her first TV show after giving birth.”
“My son Henry was born. They had the same due date… he was born right around the same time as Lourdes. And so Madonna is coming on the show and they say to me, ‘Listen everyone thinks Madonna is bringing Lourdes on the show. Can we use Henry?’ My Henry, as a prop baby. And I talked to my partner and we’re like, ‘Sure.’”
“And I’ll never forget, we’re backstage and Madonna is holding Henry and she’s like, ‘What does he like?’ I said, ‘He loves when I sing to him.’ And she starts singing and he starts crying. I’m like, ‘Great. Thanks, Henry,’” she revealed.
Gold told Cunningham that Henry was just six weeks old at that time and Madonna took him on stage and the audience went “crazy” as they mistook him for Lourdes.
Rosie remarked, “What a cutie, but ‘Yeah, but that’s not your baby,’” prompting the Queen of Pop to reply, “I know, but isn’t she really cute?”
