Dial M for Madonna

A fun tidbit about Madonna from "The Michael Jackson Tapes," reported by the AP. (Glad to see I'm not the only one who despises amusement parks. Madonna and I did our time on Boblo Island -- enough already!)

The book, by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, based on 30 hours of taped interviews, makes it clear Jackson was interested in women sexually but very shy. He tells Boteach he had never asked a woman out on a date, although he acknowledged having sexually charged phone conversations with Madonna.

In recounting one conversation, he said: "Madonna laid down the law to me before we went out," saying, "'I am not going to Disneyland, okay? That's out.'"

Jackson said Madonna was jealous of him because his female fans screamed and swooned while her male fans were less demonstrative. He recalled her crying in admiration at one of his concerts.

When contacted Friday, Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said, "Madonna has very fond feelings for Michael Jackson, and I don't think anything in the book is going to change that."