Material Girl regrets raunchy past

Pop superstar Madonna regrets letting her ego get the better of her during the 1980s and early 1990s - because she now wishes she hadn't been so raunchy.

The Material Girl became famous for pushing the boundaries of what was sexually acceptable behaviour.

But the 46-year-old, who now has two children and is married to film-maker Guy Richie, admits she was courting publicity for all the wrong reasons.

She says: "Sometimes I was being overtly sexual for the sake of showing off when I didn't need to be. I think I hurt myself.

"One minute I was saying believe in yourself and the next minute I was saying just be sexually provocative for the sake of being sexually provocative.

"I was letting it pump my ego, thinking aren't I great, they're writing about me, my picture's on the cover of every magazine, I'm so fabulous."