Madonna Tells Crowd She Doesn’t ‘Feel Very Well’ at Belgium Tour Stop

The Queen of Pop was hospitalized for a 'serious bacterial infection' in June

After taking the stage an hour late, Madonna revealed that she "doesn’t feel very well" in a tearful speech about her near-fatal health scare this summer during the Celebration Tour stop in Belgium on Saturday.

"Less than four months ago, I was in a hospital and I was unconscious and people were thinking, predicting that I might not make it," she said. "It's a f---ing miracle that I'm here right now. My mother, God bless her, she must be watching over me. She said, 'Girl, it’s not your time to go.'"

Madonna recalled her mother's death from breast cancer in 1963, when the singer was only five years old.

"I had this strange thought. I suddenly had sympathy for my mother. Not about the dying part … how lonely she must have felt being in a hospital, knowing that she wasn't going to live. And I was given another chance, so I'm very grateful for that."

"I must tell you, I don't feel very well right now. But I can't complain, because I'm alive," she continued. "Thank God for my children and all of you and all of your love and support."

The Queen of Pop was hospitalized with a " serious bacterial infection " in June and was forced to postpone her 78-show Celebration Tour, which will run until April 2024. She celebrated her 65th birthday in good health in August and kicked off the tour at the O2 Arena in London last weekend.