On Wednesday, global anxiety soared with reports overseas of 64-year-old pop queen Madonna's hospitalization in intensive care as a product of what the media chose to frame as a "severe bacterial infection."
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Despite an official announcement on Instagram from Guy Ozeri, Madonna's personal manager, who confirmed the hospitalization but also reassured her that she was expected to make a full recovery, the network was filled with speculation and theories about her true condition and the factors that led to her collapse and the cancellation of her grandiose tour that was supposed to begin next week.
One person who rushed online to update on Madonna's condition was actress, TV host and entertainer Rosie O'Donnell, her best friend from their days together in the 1992 film A League of Their Own. "She's feeling good," O'Donnell updated her 492,<> followers in an Instagram post she shared over the weekend, attaching a photo of the two fooling around on her talk show. Earlier this week, O'Donnell, who was exposed like millions online to the thousands of posts and articles about Madonna's condition, decided to update her many fans again on her best friend's condition and posted another.
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This time, O'Donnell chose to share a post with a photo from the movie A League of Their Own, and answered anyone who wondered in the thread that developed about questions related to the singer's condition. "God bless her. Hope she's well. I don't care about the tour," wrote a fan, and O'Donnell was quick to reassure: "She's doing well." To another fan who asked Odonnell for a topical update on her condition, she replied: "She's recovering at home. It's very strong overall."
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