Singer Rita Ora had to kneel down to chat to Madonna when the two stars met.
The British songstress, who describes Madonna as her "idol", told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper that the superstar showed herself in a less than flattering light when they first met at a charity event in 2013.
Rita, 25, who has since had a cameo in the B**ch I'm Madonna music video, told the paper how she felt "sick" with nerves when she first met Madonna at the Chime for Change event in London, and was left shocked when the star demanded she move to avoid blocking her lighting.
"I was waiting for her and I was shivering. And my sister said to me, 'Are you ok? You look really crazy'," she recalled. "Madonna walks in with lighting all around her. I said 'Hi, it is so nice to meet you' and she was like 'This is the lighting here. Can you just kneel down here on the floor? I was like OK.
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