Madonna and Guy Ritchie officially announce their divorce

10/16/2008
After countless denials of domestic trouble, Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced Wednesday they are divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage. The couple's announcement brings to an end a showbiz union that spanned the Atlantic and dominated the gossip columns.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081015/D93R42D80.html

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4951833.ece


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1816131.ece


The couple are said to be just days away from finalising their split.

And Guy has told lawyers he wants “not one penny” of her estimated £300million fortune.

We can reveal that Madonna launched divorce proceedings against Guy after levelling a series of accusations against him — portraying him as a cruel and selfish husband.

The superstar singer told pals she had decided to end her seven-year marriage to film director Guy, 40, because he:

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REFUSED to dip into his own £30million fortune to pay for their lifestyle — while sponging off her massive wealth;

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IGNORED her pleas to spend more time in New York and shunned her love of the Kabbalah faith;

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FAILED to support her emotionally over child adoption plans, and;

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MOANED about her being in the limelight as his career disappeared.

Madonna, 50, was also furious about Guy’s involvement in a London pub he bought with her and pals — telling friends that he put it before his family.

They have a son Rocco, eight, and an adopted boy David Banda, two — and she has daughter Lourdes, 12, by dancer Carlos Leon.

But Guy hit back — branding Madonna a control freak obsessed with a “weird religion”.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1816131.ece

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

can i tell you, that i really love that this is first on the list! i always wanted to know but would never take the time! you rock, uncle matt!

AnnaLeah said...

Yeah, it was on the front pages of the German yellow Press (you know for instance "BILD") too. I know they are famous people, but why has something that private to be on the front page and that big? Shouldn't we be interested in their art and not in their private life? Of course we are all humans and - I guess - like to see celebs fail too, but doesn't it get to a disgusting level? What do you think?

Auntie Anja from Old Europe