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"Madonna has admitted that she doesn&amp;#039;t know who One Direction are. In an ITV interview due to be aired tomorrow (April 20), the singer hesitated when asked who the band were and admitted her ignorance.   &amp;gt; Madonna on fragrance ad controversy: &amp;#039;It was perfectly innocent&amp;#039; Madonna said: &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s a pop group, right? Sorry. I haven&amp;#039;t seen them yet, no, sorry. Slap my hand.&amp;quot; The &amp;#039;Girl Gone Wild&amp;#039; musician then went on to discuss her admiration for Adele, enthusing: &amp;quot;I would love to [work with her]. I would love to meet her, I think she&amp;#039;s brilliant, I love her.&amp;quot; Madonna also mentioned that she had hoped Adele would join her for her Super Bowl performance in February, but explained that Adele was unable to take part. &amp;quot;I think she was having her throat problem, or throat operation, or something,&amp;quot; she said.   &amp;gt; Madonna on &amp;#039;MDNA&amp;#039; tour: &amp;#039;Expect amazing music and incredible dancing&amp;#039; Madonna recently defended Adele against comments about her weight, describing the jibes as &amp;quot;ridiculous&amp;quot;.  The singer&amp;#039;s full interview with Dan Wootton will be played on Daybreak and Lorraine tomorrow (April 20) as part of a morning dedicated to her.  &amp;gt; Madonna on motherhood: &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m not as tough as I should be&amp;#039; Watch the video for Madonna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Girl Gone Wild&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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