The Rumors Are True: Madonna And Guy Ritchie To Divorce
Madonna, ever the class act, made an announcement to her concert audience on October 6 that, "In exactly twenty-nine moves, the Queen will dump the King." At that point there were twenty-nine concerts left on her calendar. Ooh, subtle and thought-provoking, words which (of course) have always described Madonna.
But, it seems that in this particular game, there may be a temporary stalemate, as she and her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, have already separated:
The singer's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg said the couple had agreed to separate.In a short statement – co-signed by Guy’s representative – she added the couple had not agreed a settlement.
It read: “Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after seven-and-a-half years of marriage, their representatives confirmed today.
“They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time.” [...]
Pals say Madge, 50, initially wanted to wait until next year to announce their separation — after her Sticky and Sweet global tour is finished.
But now she and Brit movie director Guy, 40, want a divorce finalised before Christmas — which would have seen the eighth anniversary of their fairytale wedding in a Scottish castle.
Like Dawn said yesterday, these rumors have been around for most of the year, and we called it way back that Madonna would want to wait until her tour was over before announcing any sort of split. Now, way back in July, we found a blurb on TMZ that mapped out the whole chess game:
Well-placed sources tell us the Ritchies plan to officially split in November or December — after the Mrs.’ upcoming “Sticky and Sweet” world tour. Why? Big bucks. The concerts are expected to earn close to $300 mil worldwide, and they’ve decided to ear mark that to provide for their three children’s future.And it gets better …
There is a whole PR strategy that has been in place for some time. We’re told the Material Girl will be “very visible” in the months leading up to the tour to “generate a lot of publicity.” That’s when “news” of the marriage’s demise would slowly leak out, causing tongues to wag — and Madonna to be on the cover of papers and mags around the world.
The marriage, we’re told, has been effectively over for some time. The couple are friends, and have realized that it is in both of their interests to make a pile of cash from this tour. No working things out here — our spies say rumors of reconciliation are “garbage.” One person told us, “She is simply playing the media — and the public — as usual.”
Have you got that, overpriced ticket purchaser? Your money is going in Madonna's bank account so they can make a pile of cash. True, ostensibly it is for their children and their future, but who's to say that future doesn't include their mum and her needs? And let's face it, news of the tour is pretty boring, while news of a split is much more exciting and much more likely to land Madonna on the covers of magazines and in blog articles (such as this one). So the date got moved up from November to now...it's just a few weeks earlier than planned. Throw in the continued speculation about Madonna's relationship with A-Rod, and you've got yourself quite a moneymaking scandal. Feel like a pawn yet? Continued on the next page
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