Madonna Regrets Sexy Past  6/13/05

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 behavior in a mainstream pop star. 

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. "Ultimately none of us wants to be judged, or approved of, or loved because of the way we look, or how sexy we are. "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."