Madonna and Guy Ritchie are SOOO Over
Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com
Well, it’s official and we’ve all seen this coming for some time. It’s kind of like when a celebrity couple announces they are trying for a baby one day, and then the next they are three months along. Kind of. But in this case, it’s the divorce between Guy Ritchie and Madonna that has finally been officially announced to the public. After eight years of marriage, the two have filed for divorce and hope to have it finalized by Christmas, which to me, suggests the filing occurred many, many months ago. As a two month divorce process in a marriage with assets well over the $500 million dollar mark, does not good sense make. Some of the speculation surrounding their split has come from an allegedly unfair linking between Madonna and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, but both camps say this is not the case. But what and when did this happen, as just this past July we were told there were ‘no plans to divorce’ from the Madonna reps. The couple have two children together, Rocco who is 8 and David Banda who is 3, an adoptee from Malawi in 2006. Madonna also has 12 year old Lourdes from a relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon. And, assets in the marriage between homes in London, Los Angeles, New York, and Wilthsire, England total over $525 million, with the bulk of that belonging to Madonna. Ritchie’s contribution to the marital assets are a meagre $35 million, which compared to Madonna is small potatoes, but when compared to the average human being, isn’t too shabby. Lawyers are saying now that the couple is hoping to come to an amicable settlement before heading into the court system, but with numbers that big, anything could happen at this point. People have a nasty way of changing when a divorce is pending and dollar signs are being thrown all over the place. And it would not surprise me in the least if Madonna is to shell out some alimony coin at the end of the day here. Particularly since Guy’s career hasn’t exactly blossomed, and he has become known more as Mr. Madonna than a talented actor, as his recent movie, ‘RocknRolla’ has gotten mixed reviews which is a nice way of saying thumbs WAY down. Overall, both camps are saying that the needs of the children and not dollars and cents will be the biggest priority of the settlement, but yes, we have all heard this before. And it sounds like both sides are actually kind of relieved over the situation, yet another suggestion that the two have had this in the works for some time. Both being such big public figures, not being able to talk about this and pretending like all is well must have been quite the challenge. But Guy says that he is doing fine and is sort of relieved that he doesn’t have to fake it anymore. All in all, this chapter is over. And poor Guy Ritchie will suffer the biggest fall out I am sure. As we all know, Madonna is strong and can stand on her own two feet and her career may even thrive as a result. But for Guy, well, once the headlines from the settlement dwindle into ashes, he will have a VERY hard time trying to be someone other than Mr. Madonna.
