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Parenthood ain't easy, even for the Material Mom.
In an interview with NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams, a preview of which aired on The Today Show, Madonna talked about the difficulties of balancing her pop career—her latest album MDNA debuted atop the charts though second week sales suffered a huge drop—with raising four children.
Needless to say, it hasn't been a holiday.
"I think I am, but honestly I don't think I'm as tough as I should be," she confessed. "I think I need to be maybe tougher. It's hard though…everyday is a negotiation. But cigarette smoking I'm not very fond of, for anyone, I don't approve of anyone smoking cigarettes, most of all my daughter."
When Smith asked how she squares that with her new music video for "Girl Gone Wild," in which the entertainer is shown puffing sexily on a cigarette," she tried to have it both ways.
"Yeah, I don't smoke. That's just an accessory, Harry. There's a difference," Madonna pointed out. "She smoked that cigarette before I did that video, so she didn't' get that from me, OK?"
The full sit-down airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET on Rock Center.
(E!, NBC and Rock Center are all part of the NBCUniversal family.)