Leslie Bibb Watched Partner Sam Rockwell 'Twirl Madonna Around Like a Dreidel' Dancing at 'Epic' Party

"She started dancing with Sam, and he was spinning her ass around," Bibb recalled during an appearance on the 'Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa' podcast

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Sam Rockwell and Leslie Bibb at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. . Photo:

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Madonna once gave Sam Rockwell’s dance moves her stamp of approval.

On Wednesday, May 15, the Oscar winner’s longtime partner Leslie Bibb appeared on an episode of SiriusXM's Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa, where she told a fun anecdote about the actor and one of his many talents.

Bibb, 49, recalled for Ripa, 53, the couple headed from the Vanity Fair Oscars Party to another “secret” party, where they inevitably met the pop icon. Bibb explained that she “saddle[d] up to the bar,” because she was hungry and her feet were “killing” her. 

But as Bibb took a much-needed rest, Madonna walked up “dressed in this leather outfit and she [had] these two boys on leashes.”

“You were at the leash party,” Ripa quickly retorted, with Bibb adding, “I feel like they might have had a gag ball or whatever.”

As the Palm Royale actress continued her story, she confessed she was awestruck and felt inclined to approach the “Vogue” singer. 

“I turn around and go, ‘Hi Madonna, I'm Leslie. This is my friend Kristin.’ I think I scared her. She shook my hand. I just came in so hot and she faded away,” explained Bibb.

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Sam Rockwell and Leslie Bibb.

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But after her impromptu introduction, Bibb was dancing with Rockwell, and then she bowed out and exited the dance floor. 

“Madonna had been watching him dance with me and she was like, ‘That's the best dancer in this room,’ and she danced over to Sam,” shared the actress. She shared that later on someone introduced the singer, 65, and Rockwell, 55.

“She started dancing with Sam, and he was spinning her ass around, and then all these men were like, ‘Oh, Madonna's dancing with your man. You've gotta get in there.’ ”

“And I was like, ‘She can have him. It's Madonna. This is epic. This is iconic.’” 

“It was so exciting to watch him twirl Madonna around like a dreidel,” she told Ripa.

US pop star Madonna performs onstage during a free concert at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 4, 2024. . Madonna ended her "The Celebration Tour" with a performance attended by some 1.5 million enthusiastic fans.
Madonna in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 4, 2024.

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