Madonna and Ritchie confirm split
Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce after nearly eight years of marriage, their spokeswoman has confirmed.
The announcement follows months of speculation that the couple’s relationship was in trouble.
A statement e-mailed to The Associated Press from Liz Rosenberg said that the couple had agreed to divorce, and requested the media maintain respect their privacy.
“Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after 7 1/2 years of marriage,” the statement reads. “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.
In July, Madonna’s publicist denied the pair were planning to divorce, saying their marriage did not “need saving”.
They appeared together at last month’s premiere of Ritchie’s RocknRolla in London and posed for photographs. Guy Ritchie and Madonna married in December 2000 in the Highlands.
From the BBC News and the AP.
Thanks to StellaSteven.