So after eight years the marriage of Madonna and and UK director Guy Ritchie is over. An impending divorce announcement is due.
Whilst there is no doubt that Madonna is the most successful female singer of recent times I am more of a fan of Guy Ritchie. She is the queen of re-invention and he is the king of UK mob movies. When the announcement that they were going to get wed hit the press I had an initial thought that ‘I wonder how this will effect Guys movies’
Let’s face it marrying Madonna would be like marrying into a circus, Kaballah, a hundred paparazzi outside your front door and the fact that your married to one of the worlds most famous women is all part of the wedding vow’s..maybe the church bells were ringing to loud when the vicar announced “Do you Guy Ritchie take Madonna and the insane lifestyle that she leads to be your lawful wedded wife?”
Over the years I witnessed Guy’s life change, the converting to the Kaballah belief, the constant scrutiny of being in the public eye 24/7, and yes as I initially thought, his movies became poor. Over the last year there has been intense media speculation that the break up was inevitable and rumours of Madonna’s affairs flew over both sides of The Atlantic. Whilst Madonna churns out yet another similar sounding album Ritchie returns to form with the spectacular RocknRolla.
Whilst I have no gripes about Madonna’s music (Though I did not like her last album) I do feel sorry for Guy. He has had to endure living in the shadow of Madonna whilst in his own right he is the best in his field. I wish them both well for the future and it leaves me with the question, can any superstar larger than life be happy in love?