Madonna surfaced in Beverly Hills on Monday with her toyboy Akeem Morris, in her first sighting since her shambolic appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The 68-year-old, who was the most feted artist at the ceremony with seven prizes, opened the broadcast with a medley of songs from her new album Confessions II.
Joined by Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX, she raised fan concerns with her labored moves, and as the evening wore on it emerged her left knee was strapped up.
Even her wins proved embarrassing because of her speeches, one of which saw her cling to presenters Charli and Troye
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