Saturday, 7 June 2008




Last week Madonna celebrated the adoption of David Banda by partying at two of London's most high-profile restaurants for two nights in a row. But tellingly, husband Guy Ritchie, 39, wasn't with her on either night.

'She was out at Claridge's on Wednesday night on her own, then on Thursday night Madonna was at Nobu with Gwyneth Paltrow, but no Guy,' says our Nobu source. 'She was lifting her hand up to the photographers to make it clear she didn't have a wedding ring on.'

Publicist Liz Rosenberg insists 'Mr and Mrs Ritchie remain happily married' but As NOW revealed in March, the 7-year marriage is now at an amicable end and insiders say the couple are close to going public with their split.

'Madonna and Guy have actually been living pretty much separate lives since early this year, but they remain committed to having an amicable break-up for the sake of their children,' says our source. 'She's been through a lot of anxiety with the adoption and didn't want to risk losing David.'

The couple have made plans to sell Ashcombe House, their £12 million, 1,200-acre home in Wiltshire and Madonna's set to move to New York for good as soon as she can.




http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-new...truth-is-out/1/


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Naturally, I posted this to get verification from our own NOW magazine insider, johnnox. So which is it? Is Madonna getting a divorce or is it all tabloid bs?

It wouldn't surprise me if it's true, but who knows.

next.

I do think it's odd that she sold Ashcombe House...

It wouldn't surprise me if they broke up.

Nor me. They probably stayed together until the adoption finally went through. I guess the next few weeks should reveal all.

exactly. there've been seperation rumours for quite a while and it seemed reasonable they were acting as a happy couple for the sake of little david. as the adaption is now certified, it'll only be a matter of time before they announce their split.

I'll be a little sad for her if it's true. 50 and single. I doubt that's what she would really have wanted. She has her lovely kiddies and amazing career, but still...

it's sad alright. the only difference is, she may end up single again, but at least she won't be alone. she has three childern to love her.

could anyone not see this coming? his career nosedived right after their marriage, and it must have been really hard for him to live under his wife's shadow. less we not forget that however great she may look, there is a 10 years gap between them.

:(


If it's true, I hope things work out for them and children

And she stays in the UK

I doubt that it's true, but I would mind it, specially if we'd get a "Til Death Do Us Part" (Part 2) :drama:

the Hard Cand lyrics were anouncing that the marriage was simply broken.

If they do split up, we could get Like A Prayer volume 2. Every cloud has a silver lining.

But you know she'd only end up writing the songs with Mika and getting Lily Allen to produce it or something.

Does said CLOUD have its tongue sticking out? :vomit:

I don't know if they have split up, but all i will say is that almost EVERY NEWS STORY in Now is MADE UP. FACT.

It's time she dumped that ugly, sorry loser.

I think this is good news. Guy Ritchie was a 1 hit wonder and his early hit films while reasonable are certainly not classics.

Then came the filmic ABORTIONS that were Swept Away and Revolver.

everyone would look like a loser next to Madonna

I love Swept Away :(

I hear he's been dropped, along with Mihran, and we are left with the dancers from the promo tour to look at, who have all the sex-appeal of the exhibits in a Victoriam chamber of horrors or travelling freak show.

THANK CHRIST

or riverwide's ex boyfriends.

marrie claire :

Madonna has called in one of Britain’s top – and toughest – divorce lawyers to kick-start proceedings to separate from her husband of eight years, Guy Ritchie, according to celebrity website Holy Moly.

Nicholas Moyston QC is the man who helped Heather Mills, Earl Spencer and Ray Parlour in their high-profile divorces.

Sources have suggested that Guy and Madonna do not have a pre-nuptial agreement in place, which would leave Guy eligible to walk away with up to half of Madonna’s fortune. According to Forbes magazine, the Queen of Pop earned $72 million last year alone.

Although there has been persistent rumours of a growing rift between the couple, a divorce will come as a shock to many, if the rumour of proceedings transpires to be true.

The source told Holy Moly that a simple ‘growing apart’ is behind the rumoured split. The couple have increasingly spent time apart, with Madonna’s tour and promotion for her new album, Hard Candy, keeping her away. The drawn-out adoption of little David Banda, which has just been finalised after two years, is also thought to have caused tension between the couple, who also have a biological son, Rocco, together.

Madonna’s meeting with Moyston reportedly took place ten days ago. A rep has yet to comment on the rumour.

Oh shit.

:lol:

The price of romance eh :P

I think it's all bullshit, she can't be that naive and stupid

Surely he'd only be entitled to half her earnings for the duration of their marriage?

She's American with either a New York or Calfornia domicile, he's English and they married in Scotland. Pre-nuptial agreements are void in English and Scots law. The fact that they've been living in England for most of the past decade with properties here would probably give the English courts jurisdiction. On the face of it, both Guy and Madonna could be argued to have an English domicile.

For Guy to automatically get half the value of their property and earnings throughout the duration of the marriage, he'd have to try to bring the case into a jurisdiction which has a community property approach, like California. England doesn't have community property law so Guy wouldn't be automatically entitled to half, and it's unlikely he'd be able to convince the California courts to take jurisdiction, the English courts seem the most appropriate.

Then again, stranger things have happened.

hard candy promotion? :blink: when did that happened?

i really cannot see guy asking half of her money. he seems to be a man of honour.

You blinked and missed it.

:lmao:

I thought the same thing about Guy. If anything he wouldn't want to be seen as being supported by Madonna for the rest of his life.

Yeah, he really doesn't seem the type to try and fleece her, especially as the whole thing appears quite amicable. I mean it was only a few weeks ago that they were arm-in-arm at Cannes infront of the press. Things must be quite friendly between them.

Ouch

Seeing as that useless loser Guy Ritchie is both unemployed and unemployable Madge may have to pay the pathetic loser a lot of money.

A man of honour??????

How is being an unemployed arrogant tosspot equivalent to being a man of honour.

He strikes me as a borderline retarded, unemployed alcoholic to who pretends to be from the streets.