The Incredible Adventure of Rene
Rene, a long time Madonna fan from Germany, who was so lucky to receive an autograph from Madonna during the German tv show Wetten Das in 1998, wants to share his incredible story from the Selfridges book signing.
Rene, who was number 52 in the Selfridges queue, while waiting to receive the autographed book from Madonna saw a guy with a camera. “I begged him to take a picture of me when I was standing right in front of Madonna“, Rene says, “because I knew that later I was not going to believe that I have been actually standing right in front of my idol!
So he asked for my address to send me the photos later. The problem was that we had to leave everything outside and I didn’t have a pen! His wife then gave me their address! To my surprise he told me he was from Germany too! And he told me that he works as an illustrator for art books! Then it was my turn and I had my time with Madonna! It was the best in my life (even better then getting the autograph at Wetten Das because she shaked my hand, really cared about me and was smiling all the time! The seconds ran so fast and I had to leave! I went out without saying anything! It was all like a dream! I only cried!
Back home I called the guy who promised to take pictures of me! His wife was on the phone and she remembered me and told me that they took pictures but the are not sure if they are ok because they weren’t developed yet! But she promised they would send them as soon as they were ready.”
At this point of the story Rene asks the woman how the couple could manage to stay there with their camera as the other press photographers had to leave the room after Madonna signed the first 10/15 books. And to Rene’s surprise the woman said: “they made the art for “The Adventures Of Abdi“. After checking the book and the names of the Illustrator, Rene was so happy to have met Andrej Dugin and Olga Dugina he spent more than 20 minutes talking on the phone with them asking all possible questions about the book and Madonna.
“I wanted to share my experience with all the other Madonnatribers” Rene says “Because I feel I has such an incredible experience and the best day in my life!
First of all I want to thank Andrej Dugin and Olga Dugina for these great pictures and I want to thank all these great people who I met there and who I had become friends with! I love you all! Hope to see you all very soon!
Rene“.
Rene and Madonna in Selfridges. Above on the right the Dugins’ official portrait
Special thanks to Rene for sharing this fantastic story with MadonnaTribe – Home of Madonna Fans