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Okay, she’s not actually selling them, she would just rather hang on to her money than have full custody of her kids, which she claimed to have so desperately wanted. Guy Ritchie is willing to forfeit all of his rights to any of her money in exchange for a joint custody agreement. I don’t think joint custody is that much to ask anyway, as Guy doesn’t seem to pose a threat to her children but you know Madonna, she wants it all and doesn’t want anybody else to have anything. CelebTV reported back in October that she would allow her children to see their dad as long as he follows the 12 rules that she set in place for them while they’re across the pond with their father. Some of these rules included not putting man-made clothing on the children and making sure that the only water that they drink is Kabbalah water. Puh-leaze! That list is just ridiculous and I wonder if Guy broke the tablets they were written on when he made this new agreement. It also remains unknown whether or not the kids will live in London with Guy or move back to the States with Madge, as she had originally intended. One thing is known and that’s that Guy won’t see a dime from the pop diva - which is all she really cares about, I’m sure. From Contact Music,

“The pop superstar is rumoured to be planning to leave England and return to her native U.S. with their children - eight-year-old son Rocco, adopted tot David Banda, three, and Madonna’s 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from a previous relationship.
But Ritchie is said to be keen to see his young family remain in Britain.
Now the estranged pair is said to have reached a compromise in the ongoing custody battle - meaning Ritchie will walk away from the eight-year marriage without a financial settlement, according to London newspaper The Evening Standard.
A source tells the publication, “It will all be over by the end of the month. I am sure it will be announced by then. The priority for him has always been the children. Ritchie has not wanted any of her money. Ritchie could have taken her to the cleaners. It takes a very honourable man to have walked away. “

So yes, this is actually more of “Guy’s such a good person” story rather than a “Madonna’s so awful” story but I think both points have been made clear. I am happy that Guy stepped up and did what he had to do to see his children but I really did want to see Madonna lose it all. She’s so concerned with the almighty buck that seeing all of it jump from her pocketbook to Ritchie’s would really be very satisfying for me.

It seems as though both Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez want to test the wrath of Madonna. The two were both at the same huge event, the opening of the Fontainebleu Hotel in Miami and they, well at least Kate, was hoping to take things to a whole new level. From the sounds of it, she was getting just a little too friendly with A-Rod and even though Madge had sent ‘people’ to protect her man from any such thing, they simply weren’t enough to keep the blonde bombshell Hudson away. Oh, things are about to turn REALLY ugly! I don’t even understand why Madonna had to send her girlfriend to keep an eye on Rodriguez. I guess those rumors about her being a control freak really are true. But still, it’s just so twisted that if Alex knew what he was doing, he would run, run, run, as fast as he can! From the Chicago Tribune,

“Madonna may have had her lady police in full force in Miami on Friday, but that didn’t stop Alex Rodriguez from doing some serious flirting at the Miami opening of the Fontainebleau Hotel with none other than the much younger, even blonder Kate Hudson.

Rodriguez paid his dues with Madonna’s best girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow, on Friday afternoon, having a quiet lunch with her at the hotel’s Italian eatery Scarpetta. Pal Ingrid Casares was dispatched for duty after sundown to keep the Yankee slugger shielded from the constant flow of Miami floozies. But Madonna’s girl could do little to ward off tablemate Hudson’s charms.

“Hudson had her arms completely wrapped around A-Rod’s waist and every time he leaned over to talk to anyone she would pull him back toward her,” a person on the scene told the New York Daily News.”

Yep, these are the prime makings of a cat fight! There was a point in time when I would have really thought that Hudson would be no match for Madonna. Remember when the Material Girl really was toned and buff and looking super hot? But now that Madonna has become a withered shell of her former self, I totally think Kate could kick her ass. And I’d love to see it! You go, Kate! Steal that man from right under her nose! Just beware of any Kabbalah hexes, curses, or chants that come your way!

In an attempt to show that she actually is better than Guy Ritchie, Madonna has decided to take up directing as her latest career move. Hmm….me thinks this isn’t such a hot idea and not strictly because the last movie she directed, Filth and Wisdom, is a complete unknown and because she seems to think that directing one movie, she’s learned all she needs to know about directing. From Celebrity Dirty Laundry,

“Madonna is planning to become a film director. She has decided to take on her estranged husband, British ‘RocknRolla’ director Guy Ritchie, in the film making stakes.

Her brother Christopher Ciccone said: “Apparently she wants to be directing and that’s what she’ll be doing. Two directors in the family is never going to work.” Madonna made her directing debut last month with ‘Filth and Wisdom’, a comedy about a Ukrainian gipsy.

Madonna recently revealed making ‘Filth and Wisdom’ was: “Essentially my way of putting myself through film school”. Christopher also says he never thought the marriage would last, and claims Guy’s attitude “got worse” towards the end. He added on British TV channel Five’s ‘Madonna and Guy: Where Did It All Go Wrong?’: “Guy was generally a miserable guy and he got worse. He became less and less happy as a person.”

First of all, let’s make it clear that Christopher is not a stable person. He has revealed a lot about his sister through his book that went on the shelves sometime in the past year (like who cares?) and this includes some of the disturbing things he did to his sister after a performance. So really, you can’t take his word for nuthin. And maybe the reason why Guy became ‘less and less happy as a person’ was because every morning he had to roll over, see that Madge was still lying beside him, sign his contract promising to be a good little boy, and then get up to do whatever the control-freak wanted him to do that day. Yep, I’d become less and less happy as a person too!

And good for them too, it’s about time that somebody stopped Madonna from doing whatever she wanted whenever she wanted to do it. It seems as though this big, ugly divorce that Madge asked for so that she could reap the benefit through ticket and album sales has not only totally backfired on her in the way of losing some fans but the whole mess has also intruded into her other personal decisions…such as her most recent decision to adopt a child from Malawi. It seems that although the adoption has been in the works for quite some time, the Malawi government won’t allow children to be adopted by families that are ‘broken.’ From Now,

“Madonna’s divorce from Guy Ritchie has put paid to her plans to adopt from Malawi again, according to the country’s Child Welfare Services director. The Material Girl has long shown an interest in giving a home to orphan Mercy James, who she first met at an orphanage in 2006.

But Malawian official Penston Kilembe says the split with Guy, 40, means the adoption cannot be approved.

‘One fundamental condition in scrutinising adoptions is the connectedness of a family,’ he says. ‘We can’t approve a child to go into a broken family because the divorce could be the result of the behaviour of the party trying to adopt. Madonna should forget this one.’”

I found the Now article quoted in a Celebitchy article and Celebitchy also stated that Mercy’s extended family didn’t want the child to be taken out of the country - with Madonna or anybody else and although the courts were trying to persuade them to allow Madonna to have her anyway. The unfortunate part is that it seems as though Mercy’s own family can’t adopt the little girl and so hopefully this doesn’t do her any harm in trying to find a good home.

Madonna made controversial headlines last year when she adopted David Banda from Malawi last year. That adoption made major headlines when Madonna was accused of buying the adoption instead of following strict rules that are otherwise set in place. Well it seems it won’t be a problem this time around as someone finally tells Madge that she can’t have it all!

I know that there have been some ugly celebrity divorces splashed across the headlines but this one between Madonna and Guy Ritchie may just make it to the top of the list. Between getting the cult-like religion of Kabbalah heavily involved, hurling insults backand forth, and even more weird cult-like ‘marriage rules’, this is certainly one divorce that people will continue talking about through the ages. First, Celebitchy reported about how the Kabbalah leaders feel as though they should be the ones mediating the divorce instead of the traditional route of using the court system. Well, those cults generally don’t like you to branch out into the outside world for very much. From Celebitchy,

“Madonna is facing a major fall-out with her kabbalah leaders who are demanding an immediate out of court settlement to her divorce from Guy Ritchie. Rabbi Berg, the most senior kabbalah member and her spiritual leader, has instructed her that the ongoing mudslinging and prospect of a court battle between the sect’s two most high-profile members could badly damage its image. Berg has now given Madonna a 24-hour deadline to come back to him with a plan to mediate towards a swift divorce resolution using a round-table of kabbalah leaders chaired by him.

‘Rabbi Berg’s ultimate hope would be a reconciliation. But that seems rather a distant hope so at best he would like to put an end to the public raking over of their marriage,’ said a source close to the couple. Madonna however is said to be torn with the idea, thinking that if they go to kabbalah mediation at this point, she will be persuaded to part with a substantial amount of her wealth and also may lose out in having to give Guy a larger share of custody of their son Rocco, seven, and David, three.”

I can understand why Madonna wants to part with as little of her money as possible, although I do hope that Guy Ritchie takes her for all he can. But does she not realize that you can have a divorce without ‘mudslinging’ and raking your marriage through the papers, without the aid of the Kabbalah leaders? I guess these sorts of groups do tend to want you to be as dependent on them as possible.

And although Ritchie was a fervent student of the weird Kabbalah religion himself, it seems as though Madonna took it to a whole new level in their marriage. On their list of marriage rules - yes, that’s right, marriage rules - there was a special section stating that they had to make time to study Kabbalah together, among other things such as also scheduling times for sex. I find it very odd that someone like Madonna who once had such a bare-all, ‘I’ll do it anytime, anyplace’ attitude, now has to find time in her schedule to fit it in. For crying out loud, the woman has a book named SEX! This also from Celebitchy,

“Madonna tried to control husband Guy Ritchie with a marriage contract which urged the film director not to shout at his wife and to devote time to sex, it has emerged.

The alleged document detailed a list of rules for Guy drawn up after the couple attended counselling two years ago.

Guy was told he ‘must work to enrich his wife’s emotional and spiritual well-being’, ‘resolve conflicts in a constructive way’, and devote time to the couple’s ’sexual expressiveness’.

According to The Sun the document even had instructions on what words Guy should use during arguments, and he was told to ’state calmly: I understand that my actions have upset you, please work with me to resolve this.’

He was also expected to spend several hours reading Kabbalah texts with his estranged wife.

A source said Madonna had the contract pinned up in the couple’s New York home after they attended marriage counselling, and would reprimand Guy by saying ‘contract, contract’, if he broke the rules.”

Yep, this divorce isn’t only ugly, it’s also extremely weird. Wouldn’t you think that if you needed a marriage contract to dictate what you were doing and when, what rules couldn’t be broken, that you would realize that your marriage just wasn’t going to work out? I mean, I know that marriage takes work but I’ve never heard of it requiring a signature on the dotted line once the marriage license has been signed.

So now that they have officially announced that they are getting divorced, Guy Ritchie and Madonna are now ensuing in a very public battle, with insults being hurled and accusations being made. All the while of course, she’s sleeping with Alex Rodriguez and he’s sleeping with one of the stars from the Sherlock Holmes movie he’s directing, Kelly Reilly. What’s really sad is that their kids, Lourdes, Rocco, and David, who are the only innocent ones in all of this, watch and learn how you behave you you’re mad at someone. Honestly, I don’t think who Madonna thinks she is - well okay, she’s Madonna - but this behavior of hers is not acceptable for anybody. From US,

“Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s marriage was plagued by physical and emotional abuse in recent years, friends of the couple reveal in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.

“She would taunt Guy, saying, ‘I should have married someone like me: strong, hot-blooded, intelligent, ambitious, spiritual,’” reveals a Ritchie source. “Their fights would often get heated. A few times Madonna slapped him or poked him.”

His reaction? “Guy called her old, fat, ugly and wrinkled and said that she was stupid and couldn’t sing,” another Madonna pal tells Us.

Meanwhile, a source tells Us Ritchie has already entered a relationship with British actress Kelly Reilly, who is starring in his upcoming drama Sherlock Holmes.

On Oct. 18 - three days after he announced he and Madonna were divorcing - he sent his driver back to his $12 million home in London’s Marylebone district “very last-minute” to pack an overnight bag for a stay at a nearby Chatham hotel — where Reilly is residing.”

I don’t know why people are so shocked that this divorce is turning way, way ugly. It might have been a clue when she hired the same divorce lawyer who handled Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills that she meant business and that she was going to use every trick in the book, including these smear campaigns. What makes it really bad is the fact that she was cheating and screwing around on Ritchie for months and months and then acts as if we’re all supposed to fall all over ourselves to sing her praises. Yep, at one time she was certainly the Queen of Pop, sitting on her throne and was adored by many but she’s continuing to show herself as exactly what Ritchie called her - old, ugly, and wrinkled.

Yep, this is another celebrity that I used to love, love, love but her recent actions have made me just about despise this woman. Madonna first announces in March that she most likely will get divorced but wants her tour to play out and make all the money she can off it first. This is a fact that everyone seems to keep forgetting. She then drags out this farce of a marriage, all the while sleeping with Alex Rodriguez, and then is angry at soon-to-be ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, for apparently being a ‘gold digger.’ From Stuff.co.nz,

“Madonna has branded Guy Ritchie a “gold-digger” despite his claims he wants “not one penny” of her reported £300 million fortune.

Friends of Madonna, 50, have dismissed Guy’s assertions he isn’t interested in her fortune, saying he is now only interested in getting her cash.

According to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, the 4 Minutes singer told a pal: “I’m totally devastated that Guy’s turned out to be such a gold-digger. I thought we’d been on a spiritual journey together for the past 10 years - but obviously I was wrong. He’s just after my money.

“I’ve worked my butt off for the last 30 years to get what I have, and now this gold-digger wants to take it from me. He keeps upping his demands - he just wants more, and more, and more from me. It’s unbelievable.”

First of all, HE’S NOT A GOLD DIGGER!!! Madonna has more money than God and it seems that Guy will walk away from the divorce with a measly $20 million. Not chump change for most of us, sure but come on! This is Madge herself and she could stand to lose a lot more - I think someone from her own camp said somewhere around the $300 million mark, didn’t they, which generally speaking in ‘normal’ divorces would entitle him to about $150 million, right? Yeah, that’s half. I don’t think Madonna is in any way losing her shirt over this and for what she has caused him over the course of the past several months, I can only wish that he makes out with more.

I’m just so over Madonna. I used to hold her in high regard, as one of the hardest-working and most respectable artists out there but these latest few moves she has made has really dropped her in my eyes. She used to be so good at using the media to her advantage and constantly pushing the envelope but this just isn’t it. This is being ‘cutting-edge’ or ‘hip’! It’s being selfish and destructive and is making her appear really juvenile. Apparently, this is going to be one ugly divorce and as I said earlier, I really hope that Guy gets it all and that Madge and A-Rod fall off the planet.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are getting a divorce. Are you surprised? Probably not because I don’t think anyone’s surprised about this one. Although there have been rumors for months and months and months about these two being headed for Splitsville, they actually started in March, when it was told that they would divorce but that Madonna wanted to make as much money as she could first. See here to read when we first told of their impending divorce. However, they continued to make ridiculous appearances and tried to come off as a happy couple. This absolutely disgusts me as it’s just one more way that celebrities have dangled a piece of information in front of us and then continually denied it - did I mention for months and months and months? I don’t mind that celebs like to keep some things on the down-low as it is their private lives and really, none of our business. But here’s an idea - keep your mouth shut about it until you make the official announcement! Not only that but outright lying to her fans by saying things such as ‘her marriage doesn’t need saving’ and denying that there are any problems is just disrespectful to her fans - of which I used to be one. It’s a shame that when there’s people out there trying to make an honest (and discreet) go of their marriage, such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, these two are making a mockery of the whole institution! Well, here’s the final word anyway from E! Online, ”

“Guy Ritchie’s marriage is on the fritz, with the 50-year-old Queen of Pop and 40-year-old film director announcing their plans to divorce.

“Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after 7½ years of marriage,” their reps said in a joint statement. “They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time. A final settlement has not been agreed upon yet.”

“It is sad,” Madonna publicist Liz Rosenberg told E! News.

Per U.K. reports, Madonna has enlisted the services of celebrity divorce lawyer Fiona “Steel Magnolia” Shackleton, who supervised Paul McCartney’s split from Heather Mills.

Ritchie could make out quite nicely from their breakup, pocketing as much as $100 million of the popster’s estimated $500 million-plus fortune since the twosome did not have a prenuptial agreement.”

Okay, and I also didn’t realize that Madonna was stupid enough to not have a prenuptial agreement. I know love is blind but considering that she also went through a divorce with Sean Penn, she should know the ins and outs and what should be done before any marriage certificate is signed. Honestly, I think Madonna may have lost her mind on this one. I secretly hope that Guy makes out like a bandit on this one, which he most likely will, as the Material Girl has lost a fan on this one.

The news broke this past summer that the heat and steam in the air was more than just the humidity when rumors started to circulate that Madonna was having an affair with Alex Rodriguez. They were both married at the time and the rumors stated that Madonna was seen at Yankees games, there to cheer on her beau, and that Alex was spending a whole lot of time at the pop superstar’s apartment in New York - and that most often, these visits were very late at night. Reps from Madonna’s camp vehemently denied the rumors, although Alex’s people seemed to suddenly become very close-mouthed. Perhaps that’s because they knew that a divorce was in his near future anyway as it was reported by US at the end of September that the divorce between Alex and his wife, Cynthia Rodriguez had not only started but it had already been finalized. And boy, oh boy, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! Check out what she asked for as stated by US and then what she actually got from Alex,

“In her petition, Cynthia requested the couple’s $12 million waterfront estate in Coral Gables, Fla., and “equitable distribution” of all assets acquired during the marriage (Alex reportedly made $28 million this season).

She also demanded alimony and child support for their daughters, Natasha, 3, and Ella, five months, and enough to pay for private schools so she and their two daughters can maintain the “high standard of living” they’re used to.

Alex had countered that he was only willing to give her what was required in their pre-nup and threatened to make her pay his legal fees if she challenged and lost.”

Ya know, even though I think he’s a cheater and a pig, I’m glad that he stuck to his guns on the money issue. It’s crappy that she got burned and will forever change the lives of everyone in their family - but really. I hate it when ex-spouses claim that they need to “maintain the style of living they’ve become accustomed to.” Get over it - it’s done, this is what not being married anymore means. You have a prenup for a reason and it’s clear that that’s all you’re ever going to see.

And it seems that he was eager to get back into the Material Girl’s arms because it was reported just this last week that he and Madonna met up for a romantic dinner. Also reported by US,

“Madonna and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez took in a cozy dinner for two at Dos Caminos Third Avenue on Tuesday, a source told Usmagazine.com.

They pair ate at an alcove-like table in the back.

“They seemed very close,” a source told Usmagazine.com.

Cynthia’s attorney, Earle Lilly, told Us that Rodriguez had an “affair of the heart” with Madonna.

In July - after more than four years of marriage - Cynthia filed for divorce, citing her husband’s alleged infidelity.”

When news of the alleged affair broke, Madonna and husband, Guy Ritchie tried desperately to make a point of appearing around town looking like the picture-perfect happy couple. However, this contradicted rumors that the two were planning a divorce for this fall. Which would be now. And it seems those rumors may have been true as both Madonna and Guy have supposedly started talking to divorce lawyers. Madonna is said to be seeing the same one that walked Sir Paul McCartney through his awful legal battle.

So what would you do if you’re eight year marriage was in desperate trouble and one of you has moved out of the country? Well, if you’re Madonna and Guy Ritchie, you adopt! Of course, that only makes sense. The couple plans to adopt a small girl from Malawi and apparantly, the adoption is set to happen very soon. From Sify Movies,

“Pop superstar Madonna is all set to adopt another Malawian child. This time it is three-year-old Mercy James.

Madonna had abandoned the idea of adoption after her marriage to British director Guy Ritchie seemed to be in trouble. But officials confirmed that she has resumed her adoption process, which friends say proves their marriage is back on track, reports thesun.co.uk.

Penstone Kilembe, Malawian adoption minister, said: “Madonna’s representatives have been visiting the girl. The adoption is now advanced - all the government is waiting for is Madonna to forward the petition of adoption formalities. Then Mercy will be able to leave the country for a new life.”

I still think that she and Ritchie will be getting a divorce…despite what her friends say. And that makes this a very, very bad decision. Why can’t stars think about their actions before they just go full speed ahead? Even if they are planning on staying married, this is a marriage that has seen a lot of hardship in the past several months and it will take time to heal whatever wounds there may be and no matter what country this little girl is from, this is not a healthy environment. I think it actually makes it worse that this girl is from overseas. She’s going to be taken from a bad situation and put into one that is so incredibly unhealthy. I think it would be better if Madonna was planning on adopting her after the divorce just because it wouldn’t screw her up nearly as badly. Kids who don’t live their entire lives in poverty are screwed up when their parents divorce and for someone who has already been through so much in her young life, it’s just not fair.

It seems that the world of hookups and breakups in Hollywood has been busy focusing on the breakup side of things. Just when people are starting to get over the Madonna/Guy Ritchie drama, all kinds of celebrities are coming out of the woodwork announcing separations and divorces. Others who have recently joined the list of famous divorcees are speaking about their recent turn of events. And it’s not all what you would think.

Perhaps the only divorce that may be as ugly as the one between Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen is the one between Hulk Hogan and wife, Linda Boella. Hogan himself was surprised in November when she filed for divorce and from there it turned into the makings of a bad accident that you have to watch. Quite literally as well since the family started to fall apart shortly after Nick’s accident. Now Hulk Hogan has gone public saying that he wished he was still with his wife, even though she has been sleeping with a much younger man. This is one messed up family and I lost the little respect I had for Hogan after remarks he made in regards to Nick’s accident.

And one divorcee who has absolutely no desire to be reunited with her ex is Pink. In her latest video she gladly erases all memories of her former marriage by chainsawing through a heart carved onto a tree with the name of her and ex, Carey Hart. It’s subtle as the tree uses her first name but for all her fans it’s there and there’s also the posting she’s put on her blog where she goes into a bit more detail over who, shortly after her divorce, she called her “best friend.”

And three women who have seen their fare share of heartache are the Dixie Chicks. The recent divorce of singer Emily Robison isn’t the first divorce that the Chicks have seen during their time together of over ten years but it’s just as heartbreaking. I suppose the good news is that there’s bound to be more great Chick material coming out of it!

And just on the heels of his car accident on Sunday night, Morgan Freeman has also announced that he is in the middle of divorce proceedings. The actor has been separated from his wife since 2007 but are now moving proceedings along. Man, what a past few months it’s been for him! On news of his health, he appears to be doing much better!

Kate Hudson is one divorcee who knows that she will be forever tied to her ex, Chris Robinson due to the fact that they share their four-year old son, Ryder. There were reports earlier this week that she was caught kissing him directly after her relationship with Lance Armstrong but nothing has seemed to come from that. As a side note, I think normally she’s stunning but her on the cover of W just looks weird. Sort of superhero/comic-booky. It’s not right though.

Just when this whole Madonna scandal madness seems it can’t get any weirder, her brother releases an unauthorized biography. He’s been doing a lot of promotion lately for his book, including letting some of its juiciest secrets spill off the pages and out of his mouth. We’ve all been given a taste of an insider’s look at Madonna’s life but this latest piece is just too plain creepy for words. Christopher Ciccone, the brother of the huge music star, speaks of their brother-sister relationship as though it’s a romance. Eeewwww! I’m not sure what point he’s trying to get across but maybe someone who doesn’t get all choked up on the grossness of it can make some sense of the whole thing. Celebitchy says,

“Then Christopher talked about how he used to be super close and live with Madonna and it was kind of creepy. He said that “it was like a marriage,” and that he used to even dress her when she was touring.

“Not very many brothers find themselves on their knees, in their sister’s dressing room, wiping sweat off of her naked body. It was an odd situation. I couldn’t really tell my friends, but I wanted to be there for her.”

He said they were living in the same house after Madonna and that they used to run together and “We had our sourdough toast together. We had our coffee together. We were very close. It was a bit like a marriage.”

He then goes on to reveal his feelings for Guy Ritchie and to guess at Madonna’s current feelings for him. Apparantly her own brother doesn’t believe all the divorce reports but maybe he’s still in denial since ya know, this is the man who stole someone that was just like a wife to him. Also from Celebitchy,

“When asked what happened to their relationship, he said “Guy Ritchie pretty much happened to our relationship, for the most part…

“The best way to get to my sister is to get in bed with her. Since I wasn’t doing that - I wasn’t about to. The last person to speak to her at night has the most influence. We both couldn’t exist in the same hemisphere.. not to mention his issues with homosexuality.”

Christopher said Guy Ritchie has problems with gay people and with him, and that his friends made rude references to gay people in their toasts at his wedding to Madonna.

He said that the book is not an attempt to get revenge at anyone. He also claims Madonna is likely to hold on to her relationship with Guy and she’s not one to walk away.”

Yeah, this is just too weird. I wonder why he thought no one would understand why he would rub the sweat off his sister’s naked body? It makes me shudder just thinking about it.

With all of the news and scandal already out about Madonna and the break-up of her marriage (which only she seems to be denying), it has now been revealed that another baseball player wants in on the action. That someone would be one Mr. Jose Canseco. He claims that during the early nineties, Madonna wanted to have his baby! From iVillage,

“She wanted to get married and have a child with me — she wanted a Cuban child,” he said.: “We went downstairs [at her house in the Hollywood Hills] and she came over and said, ‘What would you do if I kissed you?’ and then sat on my lap and kissed me.”

The baller said that, when he told Madge that he was trying to work things out with his wife, and that he could lose a lot of money if they divorced, “She said, ‘I have lots of money. Don’t worry about that.”

Jose says that, ultimately, he ended the relationship with Madonna — without ever having sex with her. Keep in mind that Jose hates Madonna’s latest, Alex Rodriguez, because Alex supposedly hit on Jose’s wife once.”

Is this a pissing contest between Canseco and Rodriguez or was Madonna really after some of those good genes and athletic physique? Who knows but this whole story is getting older and more ridiculous by the second. The only sane one in this whole entire thing seems to be Cynthia Rodriguez, Alex’s ex. She has spoken out about her impending divorce with her hubby and reminds us all that while it may be enjoyable to read and blog about, this is a real thing happening to real people. She also denies reports that she has been canoodling with Lenny Kravitz and blowing thousands of dollars on shopping sprees just so she can stick it to Alex. People reports her as saying,

“Not one word of those stories is true,” said Rodriguez. “I never before in all my married life together ever went away without my husband or family. Not once in 13 years.”

“I did not spend one dollar shopping in Paris,” she continued. “I did not go to super-fancy expensive restaurants. I did not go to any spa. I didn’t do one thing. I spent the most innocent four days with my children’s godparents, who are as close to us as family. My husband and I were already into our problems and I didn’t know where to go, what to do. I needed to think. To clear my head.”

Rodriguez added that her family is very upset by the split. “Mine’s a close-knit family,” she said. “Never one divorce on my side. My parents, aunts, uncles are devastated.”

How can you not feel for this women who has put up with years of scandal and has finally cracked under the pressure. Well that and the fact that her husband’s sleeping with someone else.

Madonna has proven once again that everything she does and every move she makes is methodically planned out. After her display with her soon-to-be ex, Guy Ritchie, didn’t work out, she has chosen to speak out on the subject. ParentDish has part of that statement in which Madonna says,

“My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce,” she said, and went on to say that she is not responsible for the state of A-Rod’s marriage or his “spiritual path.”

And now TMZ has a source that says that this is a show put on entirely for the benefit of Madonna’s fans. Apparantly, the star wants to make sure that her tour is over before she goes ahead and divorces Ritchie. From TMZ,

“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…

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 Madonnato 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.”

Who needs love to keep you together when there’s all that green to be made? I don’t know, this is being toted as one of Madonna’s craftiest moves yet but I’m not so sure. Fans are sure to see through this as being the media promotion tool that it is and disrespect her just a little bit more for more it. I have always been a huge fan but I think with a name like hers, she doesn’t need to make tacky moves to get attention and money. She says she’s doing it to secure her kid’s futures but does she really need money that badly? I’m sure the other couple hundred million she has kicking around somewhere would suffice them for the rest of their lives if need be.

Ya gotta love the women of Hollywood these days. They get burned and they let it be known that they are woman and you will hear them roar. FIrst Christie Brinkley drags out all the ugly details of her husband’s affair in court and now Cynthia Rodriguez finds a man who will truly appreciate her. After speculation about an affair happening between her husband, Alex Rodriguez and Madonna, she has filed for divorce and just happened to find comfort in the arms of one Mr. Lenny Kravitz. From Celebedge,

“C-Rod, who’s been married to Alex for six years, took her three-month-old daughter to Paris to be with friends, and those friends just happened to include perennially overlooked Sexiest Man Alive candidate Lenny Kravitz.

While some rock-star rebounding would be hot, Lenny, 44, has sent word that there’s no funny business going on in Paris between Cynthia and himself. “There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself,” he told Us Weekly in a statement. “Cynthia is a friend and is here with the godfather of her baby… his wife and their baby girl. She came here to escape from everything happening in New York City. I opened my home to her as a friend and I find it extremely hurtful that I am now being referred to as an adulterer.”

Eat your heart out, Alex! Even if they’re not having an affair, there’s no better revenge than living well.