When newspapers report a breakup, they always run a picture of the couple and caption it “..in happier times”. These happier times were in 2007. It seems 2008 hasn’t been a basket of rainbows.
I can’t think of a more difficult woman in the world to be married to or a more difficult marriage in which to retain your testicles and other aspects of manhood. She doesn’t seem like the compromising type to me but then, what would I know, I haven’t been around to their place to dinner lately.
According to today’s reports (breathlessly marked: 2am! – I wonder if anyone was sitting up waiting for the announcement?):
US pop star Madonna and her British film director husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce after nearly eight years of marriage.
“Madonna
and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after seven and a half years of
marriage, their representatives confirmed today,” a spokeswoman said in
a statement today.
“They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time.”
Other reports say that the divorce could cost Madge 150 million pounds – about A$300m.
A divorce settlement could potentially leave film director Guy
pocketing up to £150million, which threatens to become the costliest in
showbusiness history.
It is believed the couple did not sign a pre-nuptial agreement.
Madonna, 50, is one of the world’s richest women, with an estimated fortune of £300 million.
I guess it’s sad but I can think of so many sadder things. Like the global economy.
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You know what- I think this is going to reflect so badly on her and her career.
Everyone knows that she is a bit of a freak now, with her 50 year old self parading in those high cut leotards on stage and the working out obsessively to achieve those ultra womanly muscles.
At the end of the day the only thing she had to fall back on to appear that she had some sort of normalcy about her was that she still appeared to have a loving husband and family at home.
I'm predicting its going to be a little bit hard to keep the career as on track now...
I heard some chat about it this morning and the comment was that their adopted son, David would most likely stay in the UK with Guy Ritchie...
I stopped listening after I heard she was asking for their privacy to be respected...I mean, the woman has courted publicity for all of her adult life and now asks to be left alone? ...I mean really.