Madonna thought about taking her own life while she and her ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, fought over custody of their son, Rocco, back in 2016.

The “Like a Prayer” singer, 67, opened up about how she “contemplated suicide” nine years ago during Monday’s episode of Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast. 11

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“There were moments in my life [where] I wanted to cut my arms off,” Madonna began. “I actually contemplated suicide. That probably sounds really weird coming from me because I’m not emo, but I was like, I can’t take this pain anymore.”

Although the seven-time Grammy winner added that she was “not in the blame game,” she admitted that she “used to be that way” and would regularly “seek revenge” on people who had wronged her.

As for her custody battle with Ritchie , Madonna called

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