Madonna performs surprise stand-up set at New York comedy club

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Madonna was most recently seen performing a surprise stand-up set at a New York comedy club.The pop icon was reportedly seen at the Comedy Cellar last Saturday (January 25) following up a set by friend and comedian Amy Schumer with a half-hour attempt in front of the mic, per The Sun, whose source added that the audience “was so stunned” by her presence that “it took them the entire set to warm up to her”.“She didn’t do as well as you’d think she would, she got laughs every time she dropped F-bomb, because just hearing Madonna curse is funny,” the source told The Sun, also claiming that the set included a Donald Trump joke.After that night, Schumer shared a selfie with Madonna at a club table that reads “This table is reserved for Comedy Cellar comedians only.”A post shared by @amyschumerSchumer later appeared on The Howard Stern Show talking about the experience bringing Madonna to the club and watching her perform. “She has something in her that’s like interested in stand-up and she knows that, like anything else, you have to work really hard on it,” she told Stern.The comedian revealed that the duo have attended the Comedy Cellar “a couple of times” – including in 2017 when Madonna attempted the same thing following Schumer.

This time “she’s like, ‘I want to get up. I’ve got things I want to express'”.“She goes up with a notebook and she is like, kind of working on her set and it’s not cringey,” she continued. “She’s funny!