Guy Ritchie and Madonna during their good times

Guy Ritchie spills it out after long. The Hollywood director says that he is still in love with his “retarded” wife.

In an interview with the Esquire magazine’s upcoming issue Ritchie confessed about his emotional weakness towards his ex-wife, Madonna. All of it was not really complimentary though. “I still love her…but she’s retarded too“, said the famed director.

He also added Praising about the diva, “Put Madonna up against any 23 year old, she’ll outwork them, outdance them, outperform them. The woman is broad“.

The couple were having severe problem for a long time and finally called it an end after remaining married for 8 years. Ritchie and Madonna opted for a divorce in last December. The couple shares the custody of their two sons – nine year old Rocco, who is their biological son and four year old David Banda whom the couple adopted.

Ritchie, who directed popular films like Rock N Rolla and Snatch, said he was deeply hurt by the divorce. “You can’t tell someone when they’re getting divorced that their pain is an illusion. I’m f***ing telling you, I feel it. I’ve been through that… No one can say you don’t feel that“, said the 41 year old British director.

While performing in a concert in Boston in 2008, Madonna addressed to the crowd and said, “This song is for the emotionally retarded. Maybe you know some people who fall in that category. I know I do“.

Sherlock Holmes, an upcoming remake film of Ritchie, is all set to hit the screens soon with Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role.

Madonna and Jesus Luz

Madonna, the 51 year old diva, has finally decided to tie knots with her 22 year old boyfriend, Jesus Luz. J. Randy Taraborrelli, biographer of Madonna, has recently revealed that the twice divorced singer wants to settle down with Luz sometime soon.

“Madonna is crazy about Jesus. (She) has been telling close friends and family that `I could definitely see myself marrying him. Yes, it`s definitely on the table”, said Taraborrelli in a recent interview.

Taraborrelli also added that Luz, who is a model from Brazil, is deeply in love and also wants to marry Madonna.

“He respects her, that`s number one. He has learned so much from her. He`s amazed at how well-rounded she is, the way she juggles her career with her life as a mother, for instance. He understands that she`s self-involved, too”, said a source close to Madonna to Taraborrelli. The source also mentioned that it is not only admiration that is turning the two towards marriage. “Of course, the sex between them is scorching hot” mentioned the source.

Luis Heitor Pinto da Luz, father of Jesus Luz, releaved earlier this May that the couple were already planning a Kabbalah ceremony as per the mystical Jewish faith followed by Madonna. Madonna announced her divorce with British film director Guy Ritchie in Octorber 2008. They were married for almost 8 years.

Madonna and Jesus Luz

Madonna, the pop diva, has been denied to adopt a child from Malawi following her split with her husband Guy Ritchie and two relationships and break-ups. But the 50 year old pop queen is making sure that the youngster she failed to adopt is well taken care of and looked after. Madonna has even left a nanny to take good care of Mercy James in Malawi.

Mercy is now living in Kondanai Children’s Home, where Madonna along with her other children and ex-boyfriend, Jesus Luz had visited recently. The singer wanted to mother the 3 year old child from Malawi but her petition has been denied for the time being by a court in the capital Lilongwe earlier this month. Failed to adopt Mercy, Madonna had to leave the country alone with a heavy heart.

Madonna will be appealing against the adoption denial and has made sure that every help and care is extended to the child who is currently in Kondanai Children’s Home. “As Mercy’s legal guardian, I authorize where she goes. She is staying with Madonna’s people as a visitor. There is nothing wrong with that“, said the orphanage director Anne Chikhwaza.

A reliable source reported to the Britain’s Daily Mirror, “During her farewell party at the lodge, Madonna instructed a nurse and a nanny to remain behind and care for Mercy while her lawyers appeal“. Madonna’s appeal to allow her to adopt the child will be heard in an African court on 4 May.

Madonna, who had a split with the 21 year old model, Jesus Luz, was spotted leaving in the same car after having dinner together at Morandi restaurant in Manhattan. Although Madonna was photographed climbing into the same car with Luz, yet she was spotted walking out of the restaurant hand in hand with a female friend.

Madonna with David Banda

She may be trying to work for some social cause, but the pop diva’s lifestyle is creating all the trouble for her. Her hookups with A-Rod and Jesus Luz may get in the way of her plans to adopt another child from Africa.

The officials related to adoption in Malawi have already declared that Madonna’s raging love affair with the 22 year old  Jesus Luz and Yankee baseball player Alex Rodriguez may simply ruin her plans of adopting Mercy James, a 3 year old kid, from there.

“Our official policy is that we do not encourage our children to be sent into broken homes. [Madonna's] relationships may negatively affect the adoption of Mercy“, claimed a senior official from Malawi’s Ministry of Women and Child Welfare Development. She also noting her much talked about split from hubby Guy Ritchie, which may also cause a refusal. The official also added, “The news she is linked to another woman’s husband and a young man less than half her age makes us question her morals“.

Simon Chisale, Malawi’s child welfare chief have marked in a recent interview that there are certain things like morality and ethics that play an important role in adoption process. The Malawi adoption officials are not very pleased with the way the 50 year old pop diva flashed her relationship with Luz in the recent time. Madonna has earlier in 2006 adopted David Banda from the same country.

“We do not only look at the material issues, but also the moral standing of prospective adoptive parents, because we do not want our children’s morals to be corrupted”,  Chisale remarked.

Madonna and her estranged husband, Guy Ritchie will be fighting out in Public. The Hearing of the long fought custody battle for their children will be made public. The duo will arrange a legal meeting to decide the arrangements for their two sons – Rocco, eight, and David, three. Their hearing has been moved to the New York Supreme Court.

Madonna has always wanted to be with her kids. She wants her sons to stay with her. She has fought with Guy on this issue. But Guy is very adamant. Madonna had previously told her friends that Guy Ritchie was a purely bred British pompous male who kept his ego on top of everything. Madonna had stated that the only thing she felt perfect was American breeding for her children. She resided in the US so she wanted her kids to stay alongside her.

Very much unlike English family law court cases, the inquiry will be taking place on March 2, and will be open to the general public. Madge and Guy came to an agreement and jointly filed papers at Manhattan Supreme Court, asking a judge to approve the agreement which will keep the two boys from extensive jetting between Ritchie’s English home and Madonna’s in the Big Apple. The duo agreed keeping in mind their kids. They jointly co-parent their children. They are very responsible as parents. Madonna is a stricter parent than Guy is. She has certain rules laid down for her kids which are simply unbreakable like a law.

Madonna has a daughter, Lourdes, 12, from a previous relationship. She is planning to move to New York with her children and needs US courts to ratify a custody deal negotiated in London.

A source said “There is going to be a hearing next month and the papers that have been filed will be available then. The New York hearing will confirm the English proceedings. There will be revelations, but the divorce remains amicable and intelligently handled.”

Madonna will reportedly be forced to provide the court with details about her divorce proceedings. This also includes financial arrangements and demands for her sons’ welfare.

The ace 50-year-old singer, a devout follower of Kabbalah, a mystical off-shoot of Judaism reportedly makes her sons eat kosher food and attend religious meetings. Madonna has also demanded Guy, 40, to upgrade the internet connection and computer equipment at his country home in England. She has made such a demand all because she can contact the boys at all times when they are visiting. The couple married in 2000, announced their separation last year, but have not revealed any details of their ongoing divorce proceedings.

Both Madonna and Guy have never really come out with their divorce details. Both had hoped to keep details of their arrangements a some what secret, but the case being moved to New York has made things worse.

Guy Ritchie does not know how to handle his kids and Madonna together. Ritchie was reportedly very upset and confused with Madonna deciding to bare all during a recent Magazine photo shoot where she showcased her outmost raunchy side alongside her present beau.

Guy has even told Madonna her raunchy photo shoots are embarrassing their children. Guy is finding no ways to stop kids from watching their mother’s photos which he does not like.

Pictures published this week from W magazine show the 50-year-old singer in a series of intimate poses with model Jesus Luz. Madonna’s estranged husband however believes she should stop posing provocatively for the sake of the three kids they raise together. Madonna’s kids would have ill impact on their tender minds. This is what has made Guy go berserk.

Madonna and Rithcie jointly share parenthood. Presently kids are with Ritchie and he has to take care of all the parenting details. Ritchie does not want his kids to be shackled. Ritchie reportedly does not like the fact that the kids are strictly banned from watching television at home.

Guy feels that the children should grow up on a more liberal atmosphere since their parents are from the hard core entertainment background. Guy has revealed his desire to share things with children so that they don’t hide things from him or from Madonna for that matter. Guy Ritchie wants to make his kids grow up into mature adults knowing fully about their parents and everything related to their lives.

A source said: “Guy was shocked by Madonna’s recent half-naked photos. He told her it could embarrass the kids at school. Then he joked that she should be over that sort of thing now. Madonna had a total meltdown about it – not only because she’s strict on what kind of media and external influences the children should be exposed to but because she hates Guy commenting on what she does as an artist.”

Guy is also said to be unhappy with Madonna’s strict rules which ban their children from watching TV. The 40-year-old filmmaker believes Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight and three-year-old David need to be better prepared for life in the “real world”.

The source added to Closer magazine: “Guy’s worried the kids won’t be prepared for the real world if they grow up under strict control – he doesn’t want them to live in a bubble. He’s told Madonna that when the kids go over to other people’s houses they should be allowed more freedom. He says if he knows what the kids are watching on TV he can at least help them understand and discuss what they see.”

Madonna with daughter Lourdes

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are “getting along better than ever” since their divorce. This was made possible by the singer’s daughter Lourdes. According to reports Lourdes had pleaded her parents to bring back their early life in spite of their differences.

Lourdes should be thanked for her impassioned pleas which did reach her mother, Madonna’s ears.

The couple announced their split in October last year (08) following months of rumours about the rotten state of their marriage. The superstar filed for divorce citing Ritchie’s “unreasonable behaviour” and was granted a preliminary split on 21 November (08). The speculations came to an end.

The Holiday hitmaker’s 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from a previous relationship, lives with her mother but the former couple have yet to workout custody arrangements of their two children, Rocco, eight, and adopted three-year-old David Banda.

Relations between the pair were said to be strained following the break-up and the tensions took their toll on Lourdes, who reportedly asked her mother to make more of an effort to get along with her former husband, Guy Ritchie.

Guy Ritchie Madonna and kids

A source revealed that Madonna and Guy aren’t reconciling. But the ex-couple love their children dearly and so are finding ways to make things right.

They’re working very hard to have an amicable divorce, because (Madonna’s daughter) came to them begging, “Please don’t be mean to each other.”

Then she told them she wanted everything to be as friendly as possible. And it looks as if the youngster’s advice worked for the former couple. Madge and Guy have allegedly decided to put their differences aside for a happier home environment for their children. Another source adds, “…Madge and Guy are getting along better than they have in over a year. Their separation has had a positive effect on their relationship as parents”.

Jemima Khan and Guy Ritchie are making London abuzz with their new found friendship. Both are celebrating and holidaying around. Jemima and Guy both have a British lineage thus the new found relationship. Guy and Jemima were seen together attending a London dinner party together earlier this month at the home public-relations honcho Matthew Freud and his wife, Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Together yet again Guy and Ms. Khan were seen side-by-side at a big holiday party last weekend alongside guests including  Lily Allen, Simon Cowell, and Kevin Spacey.

Trudie Styler,Sting’s wife, who had reportedly introduced Ritchie with Madonna was also present in the party. The millionaire socialite, Jemima had earlier been linked with British actor Hugh Grant. She was married to Pakistani cricket player (now retired) Imran Khan in 1995. They had two sons, now 12 and 9.

Guy finally settling his divorce with Madonna seems to be in the mood of dating. Things could be beating up for Guy, 40, and Jemima, 33. Guy Ritchie was introduced to Jemima Khan by Arpad “Arki” Busson, the high profile Financier and ex-beau of Elle Macpherson. Jemima has however played down all kinds of romantic suggestions so far.

Madonna

Madonna has paid her ex-husband British director Guy Ritchie up to 60 million pounds ($92 million). The payment is as per their divorce settlement payout. The divorce after eight years of marriage was a pricey one confirmed by Madonna’s spokeswoman on Monday.

The couple’s estimated wealth is $525 million of which most accounts to Madonna. The couple’s final divorce settlement was granted by a British court on November 21. Liz Rosenberg has confirmed that Madonna, 50 had paid Ritchie, 40, between 50 and 60 million pounds ($76 million and $92 million) as part of their divorce. The English country estate, Ashcombe, alone costs about 20 million pounds ($30 million). Madonna’s total payout sum includes the cost of their estate. The tedious fight for custody is yet to be settled. Rosenberg has said that the arrangements for Guy and Madonna’s children has not been done.

Madonna has an estimated album sales of more than 200 million. She has been the reigning success as a singer. Her divorce with Guy Ritchie was announced in October, nearly eight years after their fairytale wedding at Skibo Castle in Scotland.

The multimillion pound (dollar) settlement is calculated to be much more than the high profile payout by former Beatle Paul McCartney to his ex-wife Heather Mills. Guy’s representative has not made any comments and when asked to do so simply declined to expand.

The biggest contested divorce settlement in English history was the 48 million pounds (about $90 million at the time) insurance tycoon John Charman was ordered to pay his ex-wife in 2006. Liz Rosenberg, the spokeswoman for Madonna also said that the couple’s west London pub, the Punchbowl would also remain with Ritchie. Britishers have stated that Madonna has come out with such a massive divorce payout simply because she has no intention to stay in England. U.K.-based entertainment lawyer Ambi Sitham said : “She’s relocating and moving back to New York. It’s money she’s already paid out — what is she going to do, try to sell the houses in a flagging market?”

Liz Rosenberg finally said, “I’d assume it’s one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement…”

Madonna

Madonna and her ex husband has finally come to an agreement to stay together in Christmas. The decision was thought over by both. The alleged agreement was based on their decision to stay along with their children. Both wanted their children to stay happy during Christmas eve. So an alleged truce has been called in their Christmas battle by Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

Madonna has agreed to spend the festive period with Guy and the three children the former couple raise together – sons Rocco, eight, and adopted David, three, and 12-year-old Lourdes, Madonna’s daughter from a previous relationship – at the British director’s Ashcombe House estate, in Wiltshire, England.

Guy and Madonna reportedly fought over who would have the children for Christmas. A friend close to Guy and Madonna told Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper: “Because of what the kids have been through this year, Guy wants to treat them to a special Christmas with lots of presents and a big tree. He is planning on having a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Madonna doesn’t really like Ashcombe but thinks it is important to put on a united front for the kids.”

Madonna who is presently a devout follower of Kabbalah, a mystical off-shoot of Judaism will have to bear with Christmas celebrations since Judaism does not celebrate Christmas. Madonna is stated to arrive in the UK on December 23 with the children and will stay for a few days.

The pair share custody but Madonna is fighting for her sons and daughter to live with her in New York. Guy is adamant to keep Rocco with him so that he grows up in London.