Photographers snapped a straight-up haggard-looking Madonna going to dinner on Saturday in London with Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. In Madonna’s defense, it was a rather rough weekend for her.
Earlier that week, the singer reunited with ex-husband Guy Ritchie for the first time since they announced their split three months ago. Madonna and Guy met up in London to enjoy the holidays with their three children. The family attended services at London’s Kabbalah Centre, and later spent Boxing Day together at Madonna’s home.
A source close to the couple said: “They have had a lot to cope with since announcing their divorce in October. But they always agreed that the children would come first. It has been a rough few months for all of them.”
The pair apparently agreed to call a truce to ensure that their sons Rocco, eight, and David, three, and Madonna’s daughter Lourdes, 12, enjoyed the holidays.
Ritchie celebrated Christmas with the boys at his Wiltshire estate. Lourdes spent the day with her mother at the family’s London home.
On Boxing Day, Ritchie took the boys back to their mother and stayed until the following day.
It is thought Madonna eventually plans to live permanently in New York but cannot take her two sons with her unless by permission of either Ritchie or an English court. The Revolver director is keen for his sons to grow up and be schooled in England.
The family will go their different ways for New Year’s: Guy will presumably stay in the UK to work on “Sherlock Holmes,” while Madonna takes the kids to the Maldives to celebrate the end of her “Stick & Sweet” tour.
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December 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Good grief. I am the same age as Madonna and she looks easily 10 years older than me. And that’s with her face lift. Karma’s a bitch.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 am
I was going to say, the face lift fell after 4 months, get the name of her surgeon so we can avoid him like the plauge. What the hell!