Big Divorce!

Madonna and Ritchie “can’t bear to live with the pretense any longer,” sources for The Sun and The New York Post whisper.“The final straw came before Madonna started her US tour.” “It’s very sad. They were a great couple and brilliant parents. They just couldn’t live together.”“Despite huge attempts to patch things up, they both knew deep down that divorce was in the cards. It wasn’t a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when.’ They tried hard over the past few months, but their fighting was getting out of control,” the insider adds.“They have both been fighting and the marriage has been on the rocks for weeks,” a spywitness told the Daily Mail Tuesday.“Guy has been the one who has come to the conclusion that enough is enough. They had planned to make it work in the New Year after the end of Madonna’s world tour but it quickly became clear that the relationship was not worth saving.”“Guy has been saying that they both have separate lives at the moment,” the source added. “Madonna spends too much time in the gym and she is obsessed with trying to look years younger than her real age. Guy feels that Madonna does not focus on him any more.”The couple are reportedly worth some $525 million, the bulk of that belonging to Madonna. Ritchie has an estimated $35 million fortune. They own homes in London, Los Angeles and New York, and the retreat in Wiltshire."Who would have thunk it?" Madonna told Vogue magazine in an interview published in August 2005. "The last thing I thought I would do is marry some laddish, shooting, pubgoing nature lover and the last thing he thought he was going to do was marry some cheeky girl from the Midwest who doesn't take no for an answer!"In the documentary "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret," Madonna gets behind the bar at a London tavern and offers to get a beer for Ritchie. He grins at her and says, "Please, Mrs. Ritchie, you get in there and pull me a pint."Madonna was to perform concerts Wednesday and Thursday in Boston as her "Sticky and Sweet" tour continued. Ritchie's latest movie, "RocknRolla," recently opened to mixed reviews.In London, Ritchie's mother, Lady Amber Leighton, told reporters that the family wouldn't be making any statement to the media.Lawyers said the couple would likely try to come to an agreement before heading to court.Madonna told Guy Ritchie she wants a divorce after the couple agreed they had fallen out of love.
They admitted to each other that their seven-year marriage was doomed because they had simply drifted apart.A friend said last night: "They were both very calm. Madonna told Guy: 'I'm sorry, I want a divorce'. And he agreed. It was quite painless but very sad."Last night Guy was holed up alone in his country mansion last night hoping against the odds that he can rescue his doomed marriage to Madonna. Guy, 39, reluctantly agreed to 49-year-old Madge's request for a divorce to end their turbulent relationship.But friends said he still nurtures the dream that the final break can be avoided.