Niki Haris & Donna De Lory -- TRUTH OR DARE & Madonna Tour Demands 

I always knew Niki was destined for great things. I watched her as a little girl cheerleading with the big highschool girls and singing around town with her girl group. She also won Miss Benton Harbor. She always had star quality. So proud to have known her and her family.

The Blonde Ambition Tour changed the way artist are making their concert, and Truth Or Dare changed the reality show forever.

OMG seen these girls live so many times. So talented!

Niki and Donna are both literally part of my childhood and will forever be in my heart. I appreciate this interview BUT respectfully, I wish someone else was interviewing. I say that because there were a few times where Niki was alluding to some deep and personal experiences and was about to share more details and then suddenly the interviewer interrupts just to ask about how the damn weather was while they were on stage!!!!

So interesting to see Donna and Nikki talking about the tours. I was blessed to have seen Girlie Show in London with my sister. She had seen M live in 87 and 90. To me, Girlie was the last of the classic shows of M before social media came in.

The only thing I don't agree with on this clip is when Nicky said Madonna started the microphone headset trend before Janet did... Janet had on a microphone headset in the control video in 1985. And also, on the Rhythm Nation tour the same exact year as the blond ambition tour. @16:17

I was at Blonde Ambition show in LA. I knew it would be a game changer

All my admiration for these wonderful artists!!! Thank you for making that and other Tours great. Without them nothing would have been the same. Greetings from Tandil, Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷💪💪💪💪🤗❤️❤️

Oh wow it is so great to see Niki and Donna the vocals for Madonna. I love you girls for all you did during these past year to make Madonna's shows even greater. Thank you Girls for all your had work.😊

This is an amazing interview thank you so much , absolute legends

Their stories will always be important to the legacy.

LEGENDS. This ladies are a national treasure.

I have been exercising while watching theBlonde Ambition Tour for inspiration . You ladies should deserve so so much praise ❤

Great job Jess! Love this three part video. Always been a Madonna fan. Nikki and Donna, thank you both for contributing to the amazing music and shows I've always enjoyed.❤

I loved the interview, right now remembering old times watching them singing with Madonna😍

I love these 2 women. You realise now how much a part of how you felt about Madonna had to do with the talent that was her foundation. I love the energy that you still feel when you hear them speak. In an alternative universe the 3 of them are still singing together :)

17:13 Thank you for the honesty, ladies. I thought it was just me. For someone like Madonna, as BIG as Madonna WAS for decades, literally, along with those two, who shared in that, by default, all three being larger than life for years and years, it is still possible... still unimaginable, yet possible for THAT... all of THAT fame and notoriety that seemed like it would never end to fade into the ether. That was a brave admission. Time is a thief.

Nikki confused Madonna being pregnant with Lola instead of Rocco in the Music video lol

Excellent interview. I can’t picture Madonna’s success without Donna and Niki. They were the bomb. I truly love them. Thank you 🙏🏽

17.15 was a breath of fresh air thank you ladies She’s an old lady to my kids !!! But for the longest time M was everything everywhere and the best

I remember seeing these two for the first time in the "Vogue" video and just falling in love with both of them. 🥰

7:00 WOW !!! This is the first time I got a proper perspective of how their dynamic changed after the DWT!! This is literal GOLD to a guy like me LOL

Correct me if I’m wrong but Janet wore the headset mic in her control video in 86 before Madonnas tour. However per google Kate Bush wore a headset mic first in 79.

Niki hearing your story makes jus wan to cry. I have been a big fun of you and Donna from day one. This inteview is so powerful. Thank you for continuing to be so positive in our lives;

Just a reminder that Kate Bush was the first singer to explore the use of that kind of microphone in concerts in the 70's. Ok, we know Madonna made it popular but she also was inspired by many artists that she never publicly acknowledged. I love her music though.

Great interview - You are a very good interviewer ! Many thanks......all the way from London.

Rent a cinema, do q&a, you could do this all over the world… I think you’d be amazed at HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE YOU

Madonna is awesome but when she performs live she hasn’t sounded as good as she did with Niki & Donna. They complimented her voice like nobody else could

2:07 I had no idea about this personal tragedy going on to Niki... Also about the other woman being replaced, again the H1V/A1DS pandemic. All that can only remind us of the magnitude of the pandemic. And, like Madonna said on a recent Celebration Tour night, we don't know how lucky we are...today. And I personally get her, 'cause i'm 45 now. I was practically a kid at the time, but somehow aware of something bad and big happening. I suppose Madonna was indeed watching everybody passing away around her (as she spoke on the show I mention).

It' so sad that new generations have no idea. So sad.

Great interview!!! BUT Nikki… Janet did the head mic FIRST when she debuted it in the video for Control. ❤🎉

Great interview Jess. Top notch, in all ways!

Love this interview! Btw, Janet was doing the headset mic in ‘86 lol

This is fascinating!!! The NDA ended it seems. If I may say Nicki seems to have some serious bitterness towards Madonna as she takes every chance to underline that Madonna didn’t write her songs for example. Madonna did write Vogue from what I know. I wish they had nice things to say about Madonna though. She did become the biggest pop star in history and all the difficulties that they had to endure, Madonna endured as well only exponentially. Also Janet Jackson wore a head mic in Control years before Blond Ambition, it wasn’t Rhythm Nation. Madonna isn’t Marlene Dietrich to kids today. Maybe to Nicki and Donna’s kids but come on. Kids know Madonna and Michael Jackson (and he died). I thought they loved each other.

Loved this thank you Jess

The look of love vocals sounded amazing!

Jess you really know your Madonna history, best interview with the girls I’ve seen

BRAVO Jess! 👏Great podcast - have always loved these two girls. Great to hear their stories with M ❤

The “drive-thru mike” did not make it’s debut with Madonna… it was with Kate Bush.

So, so interesting - thank you so much!!

The Michael Jackson tribute video on Celebration Tour should have been swapped out for a video tribute to these 2 Madonna icons. Would have been a classy thing to do

I don't remember Madonna being FU on the Drowned World Tour post-9/11. I think Nikki might be getting confused with the Re:invention Tour and the American Life era.

This is sooooo insightful

Nik Ssounds bitter. I don’t exactly know what happened but it’s obvious there is some issues between her and Madonna. The issue seems to be more about her past decisions and how she didn’t reconciled with them. At the end of the day she rented her body and voice out. It was a job!

Madonna's Truth or Dare perfume used to be at Marshall's for $19.99- now it's discontinued.

Oh Wow! I love this, These two Ladies are so awesome and talented and thank you so much for sharing your talents.❤️ #MegaMichiganMFan84

Vous faites partis du monde de madonna les filles donna et nikky❤nous les fans on vous oubliera jamais ❤

Nikki i love you and can 💯 relate to your story. Im glad youre an outspoken strong woman. I love your voice.

We look back at our younger selves with kinder eyes. Niki’s body was always banging. I can totally understand why she was so hard on herself though, been there myself.

Yeah..,, I love the girls but I don’t expect them to be invited to the Celebration

Love this video

I’m sure there was a story behind “Who’s that Girl? Tour” that’s what came about truth or dare. I agree with Donna about the major changes and gas masks, f-America, and loss of the band is a game changer.

Thanks!!

18:50 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You can see that on all of their faces every time, waiting for her to start talking so they can move 🤣🤣🤣

Love them ❤❤❤❤

actually niki.. janet did the head mic first in her control video and in various music award performances 1986-1987. LOL

They have to be the most famous back up singers.

It would have been nice if Donna had spoken more.

Call me cray, but I can’t ever imagine how their kids wouldn’t be blown away by their Mother’s contribution to dance and music with the one and only Madonna. She’s been affecting the arts since the early 80’s, regardless of the age group. Trust me, tell your kids while you are old enough to answer their questions because I promise you that they will be floored 😊

In the 80s she was bubbly and effervescent, in the 90s she was sleek and sophisticated

Anyway the first to wear a head mike was Kate Bush in 1979 😊

Little wonder Madonna is a global icon

I would love to know more about who’s that girl tour and girlie show

❤ them..ty.

I don't understand what Niki is getting at with 'Drowned World' being 'Fuck You America'. Also, that band may not have been funky like the Girlie Show but it was still great and very Bowie-like circa Stage.

Let Donna speak!

16:20 i mean janet used it for control

Janet did the headset microphone first

Where is the full interview?

9:49 oh man, YEAH. hahahah

Lolz she mentioned the rain in the china 😂😂... all I can think of is it was volcano season in the Phillipines and Julie Brown sucking that watermelon dry😂

Squat jumps ouch 😢

What does Niki say at 11:37, "Come do me a _____"?

Hey....id love to ask a question.? Whats it like having people who dont know you being totally in live with love.....in reoect for you both. ❤

No doubt Madonna, along with Nikki and Donna, revolutionized what a MEGA-POP tour looked like, Kate Bush was the first pop singer that I ever saw with the wrap microphone onstage with Dancers. I remember they aired one of her live shows on MTV in the early days, and being blown away by the fact that her hands were free to dance with the dancers. Here's a clip about it. ru-vid.com5NszvMjiAdE

❤

Love you Nicki but kate did it first in 79

It would be interesting to know what they did not like about Madonna and don´t like to this day. What they have to say negative. That would be an honest interview in the sense we would know everything not just the good they have to say about Madonna. I´m sure there is also negative things, we know M is not somebody easy to work with.

I love these two ladies but don’t discount Madonna . Be grateful you are on the ride yeah things changed but Madonna is the best most creative artist of our time. She evolves and does not stay the same. Really disappointed in this interview

Bad interview not much information got out...

Great interview, not impressed by the ladies though. Too much whining. Complaining about the threats is legit, that is a scary experience. But squat jumps, which Madonna did years later at the same intensity? I understand that first and foremost, they were singers but this is what it takes to perform with the queen of pop. Professionalism.

Hey Jess, nice to see this upload. You must know your interviewing skills a brilliant. I've seen you talk to superstars and you somehow manage to run past the BS in the first minute and they let their guard down. It's always a pleasure to see someone who's really good at what they do. I'm good at kvetching, if you need lessons just let me know.

You asked why to many questions about the stage and weather😂 I wish Nikki talked more about her exit from Madonna.. but is was a good interview

You wish that everyone is show business was this nice !

I love these women. Sheros

I love Nikki! ❤❤❤She is so interesting and funny! 😂😂😂She should Have Talk more! I love her stories and points of view and I bet She is a Trump supporter. Also She does not Like fakes Like Beyonka and Lady Reductive❤❤❤