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Carrie Ann Inaba was on The Jennifer Hudson Show<\/em> this week, presumably plugging Dancing With The Stars<\/em> which is currently airing its Season 827, after an inauspicious start. Keeping with the dance theme, Carrie fondly spoke about being a backup dancer in her twenties for Madonna \u2014 who began her Celebration Tour<\/em> in London this month after recovering from an emergency stay in the ICU this summer. No surprise, Madge ran a tight ship. Case in point: she deducted $100 from your paycheck for every minute you were late.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d judge Carrie Ann Inaba reflected on her career on \u201cThe Jennifer Hudson Show\u201d Monday and spoke about being hired as a backup dancer for one of Madonna\u2019s tours when she was just 23 years old.<\/p>\n

And although Inaba had pretty positive things to say about her experience working with the \u201cVogue\u201d singer, she did say that Madonna had one outrageous rule that would make many want to express themselves to the HR department.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in the day she was very strict,\u201d Inaba said. \u201cShe gave us this one rule \u2014 which I\u2019m so grateful she did. It was, for every minute you\u2019re late, you have to pay her $100 out of your paycheck.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI ain\u2019t going to lie, I\u2019d be broke,\u201d Hudson said exasperated. \u201cCause I\u2019m always late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inaba then shared how following that costly rule affected her the rest of her life \u2014 and she doesn\u2019t sound traumatized at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m never late,\u201d Inaba said. \u201cI\u2019m always early, in fact so much so, that I waste half my day \u2026 showing up too early.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the rule, Inaba told Hudson that it was a dream come true to work for Madonna.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was like Michael [Jackson], Prince, and Madonna at the time. Right?\u201d Inaba said. \u201cI got on Madonna\u2019s tour, and I was like, \u2018That\u2019s all I need!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, after Inaba was done with the tour, she said she \u201cretired\u201d from dancing and went back to school.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a dancer, you\u2019re kind of put out to pasture when you\u2019re 25,\u201d Inaba said.<\/p>\n

Madonna is currently embarked on her Celebration Tour, so fingers crossed that her current and likely very young backup dancers have plenty of emergency funds in their savings account.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[From HuffPost]<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to start my commentary by commending the author for the line, \u201cMadonna had one outrageous rule that would make many want to express themselves<\/strong> to the HR department.\u201d<\/em> The lyric inclusion is so unsmooth that it swings back to being fabulous, non? Love it. While $100\/minute is a bit excessive, especially considering this tour was a couple decades ago, I don\u2019t think this overall vibe is actually all that outrageous in the performing arts arena. At the Atlantic Theater Company \u2014 the group David Mamet and William H. Macy founded \u2014 they lock you out if you aren\u2019t there 15 minutes ahead of class or rehearsal. Are these methods harsh? For sure. But Carrie sure sounds genuinely grateful for the standard it set to show up on time. On the other hand, she did retire from dancing right after that tour with Madge, so take from it what you will! I went back to the original interview cause I was dying to find out how much money Carrie had to fork over, but she was cheeky and only said \u201cI learned quickly.\u201d<\/em> Oh c’mon, Carrie, don’t be a tease. Tell us!<\/p>\n

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photos credit: UPPA\/Photoshot Photo, Jens Koch, Reflec\/Pacificcoastnews.com and Getty<\/small><\/p>\n

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