Madonna claims she felt like a prisoner while married to her second husband, British director Guy Ritchie.
The Living For Love hitmaker married Ritchie in 2000, but has confessed to feeling trapped by the Sherlock Holmes filmmaker during their seven-and-a-half-year marriage and believes the 46-year-old held her back artistically.
Speaking about their time together, she told The Sun: "I did find myself sometimes in a state of conflict. There were many times when I wanted to express myself as an artist in ways that I don't think my ex-husband felt comfortable with.
"There were times when I felt incarcerated. I wasn't really allowed to be myself."
The 56-year-old star - whose 13th studio album Rebel Heart is out this week - divorced Guy in 2008. She acknowledges compromise is a key part of any relationship, and says she needs to find a man who can fully accept what she does.