LONDON: Pop icon Madonna claimed she was left with whiplash following her on-stage tumble at the Brit Awards and said that she will not be wearing the offending Armani cape at future shows.

Appearing on British channel ITV’s Jonathan Ross show, the 56-year-old explained: ” I hurt my head. I know how to fall, I’ve fallen off my horse many times. I tucked and I have good core strength.

“But the thing is, I had a little bit of a whiplash and I smacked the back of my head. So there was a man standing over me with a flashlight, making sure I was still compos mentis,” she added, according to extracts released on Friday, using the phrase indicating someone is of sound mind.

“Madge” blamed the embarrassing spill at Wednesday’s award ceremony in London on having to change her performance between rehearsal and showtime, which meant her extravagant cape had to be tied more tightly around her neck.

“So here I am marching in like the Queen and I got to the top of the stairs and I pulled my silky string and it did not come undone,” she said.

“My two lovely Japanese dancers basically strangled me off the stage. I had a choice — I could either be strangled or fall with the cape, and I fell.”

Meanwhile, capes were absent at Giorgio Armani’s Emporio show Friday, after pop diva Madonna’s blame.

Armani looked unrepentant as he took his bow for a lively autumn/winter 2015 collection based on a palette of soft blues, vibrant pinks, reds and purples, rounded off with a host of bewitching black looks.