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| David Letterman retires: Watch the interview with Madonna that became the most censored in US talk show history | David Letterman retires: Watch the interview with Madonna that became the most censored in US talk show history |
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| It’s the end of an era. | It’s the end of an era. |
| After being the quick-witted, razor-tongued host of Late Night With David Letterman since 1 February 1982, David Letterman is finally throwing in the towel. | After being the quick-witted, razor-tongued host of Late Night With David Letterman since 1 February 1982, David Letterman is finally throwing in the towel. |
| Aged 68, he retires with a career of legendary celebrity encounters behind him, millions of loyal fans and some of the best live music footage in TV history. | Aged 68, he retires with a career of legendary celebrity encounters behind him, millions of loyal fans and some of the best live music footage in TV history. |
| So prolific has his dominance of the American chat show market been over the last 30 years, a showreel of his best moments would be near impossible to compile. | So prolific has his dominance of the American chat show market been over the last 30 years, a showreel of his best moments would be near impossible to compile. |
| So instead we remember one of his most controversial: the 1994 interview with Madonnna that became record-breaking for all the wrong reasons. | So instead we remember one of his most controversial: the 1994 interview with Madonnna that became record-breaking for all the wrong reasons. |
| Dressed in heavy gothic attire with lace-up knee-high boots and a large cigar, the Queen of Pop played the racy, f-bomb-dropping femme fatale as Letterman rattled through his probing questions with increasing anxiety. | Dressed in heavy gothic attire with lace-up knee-high boots and a large cigar, the Queen of Pop played the racy, f-bomb-dropping femme fatale as Letterman rattled through his probing questions with increasing anxiety. |
| So expletive-filled was their conversation, it ended up becoming the most censored interview ever to be aired on a US chatshow. And you can view it in full in two parts below: | So expletive-filled was their conversation, it ended up becoming the most censored interview ever to be aired on a US chatshow. And you can view it in full in two parts below: |