BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Madonna surprised organizers of the Live Earth concert in Wembley Stadium by demanding that anyone who interviewed her backstage had to make eye contact and could not look away.

    "Eye contact must be maintained at all times," interviewers were told, according to the London Mirror. "Never look down to check notes ¡ª all questions must be memorized or the interview will be terminated."

    "We thought her people were just joking," a source told the paper. "But it soon became apparent that they were deadly serious."

    Interviewers were also informed they could not ask about the Material Girl's marriage to director Guy Ritchie, their adoption of a Malawian child, or about her religion, Kabbalah.

    "She did not want to do any interviews, which I told the Live Earth folks from the start," Madonna's rep told The Scoop, adding that she didn't know about any backstage demands.

    (Agencies)