Speaking at a taping of the Jonathan Ross Show following her unfortunate fall at the BRIT Awards, the Mirror reports the 56-year-old singer said she was not going to ban her children from dangerous - and illegal - habits such as drug use.

"I just ask my daughter to make wise decisions and to do things in moderation and to try not to mix her alcohol," she said.

"I am not going to say 'no, don't do it' because that is just absurd. And it is not fair. Yeah, I did it."

However, the Living for Love singer explained that she personally was not a fan of drug use.

"I am not a big fan of drugs. They just don't suit me," she said.

"The handful of times I have tried drugs, many many many many years ago, I just didn't enjoy it. I wanted it out of me. I started guzzling bottles of water thinking that was going to end it."

Madonna has four children: Lourdes, Rocco, 14, David, 9, and Mercy, also 9. David and Mercy were both adopted from Malawian orphanages in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

The Living for Love singer described herself as a "strict parent" in an interview with Good Morning America in 2012, explaining how she made Lourdes wait until she was 16 to get an iPhone and had refused then 12-year-old Rocco a mobile phone until he was older.

In addition to laying down the house rules, Madonna has developed a close professional relationship with Lourdes, whose father is Madonna's ex-personal trainer Carlos Leon. Since 2010, the pair have jointly run the Material Girl clothing line for teenage girls, and Lourdes was employed in the wardrobe department of her mother's MDNA Tour in 2012.