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Madonna says she banged her head, suffered whiplash in fall at Brit Awards

By Karen Butler
Madonna arrives for the 57th Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Madonna arrives for the 57th Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LONDON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Madonna admits she suffered "a little bit of a whiplash" when a backup dancer yanked her cape and accidentally knocked her off a platform at the Brit Awards show this week.

The 56-year-old recording artist initially insisted she was fine after Wednesday's tumble, a video of which went viral.

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However, she elaborated on her condition during a taping for Britain's Jonathan Ross Show Thursday, denying the mishap was a publicity stunt as some have speculated.

"I had a little bit of a whiplash and 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 copacetic," Madonna said in the interview, which will air on ITV March 14.

"I didn't hurt my butt, I hurt my head," she added. "Honestly, the universe was, I don't know, trying to teach me a lesson I guess."

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