Madonna Diva Demands on Ellen DeGeneres - What the 'Rebel Heart' Singer Required

It might have been Madonna week on The Ellen Show, but the Rebel Heart singer reportedly took that to mean that she had creative control over the whole series. The staff members are speaking out today saying what a horrendous experience they had while entertaining the Queen of Pop. While there have always been reports about what a perfectionist Madonna is, it seems like none of the staffers were quite ready for the behavior that she pulled.

According to Radar Online, the singer was very demanding during the episodes, even bringing her full entourage for the week, which was reportedly the biggest crew that the show had ever accommodated.

"It was incredibly hard to deal with one full week of Madonna," a source from the production team explained to the news site. "Not only did she bring her own entourage of people with her, but they were so obnoxious that it just made for a really awkward time on set. Madonna's posse... was larger than any entourage that has ever come on the shoe before."

In addition to that, Madonna required that the studio pay for her personal hair and makeup team even though they had one on set for her. This demand doesn't seem too farfetched as her team already knows what looks good on her.

Madonna week might have been a huge success in the ratings, but the site also goes on to report that even Ellen wasn't happy with Madonna at the end of the week.

"Ellen is such a control freak," the source explained. "To have to surrender control to someone who wants to call the shots in every situation was incredibly hard for her. Ellen and everyone on staff had to literally, bite their tongues on numerous occasions throughout the week."

However, despite all the issues that it took to get there, the episodes were a huge success.

"Ellen is just really glad that it all went over without any major drama and has thanked her staff for being so cooperative," the source revealed.