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Pop megastar Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie, seen here, have agreed to divorce
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Pop megastar Madonna and her British film director husband Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce, a spokeswoman for Madonna said on Wednesday.
"Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after seven and a half years of marriage, their representatives confirmed today," a spokeswoman said in a statement.
"They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time."
The confirmation followed a report in Britain's Sun tabloid quoting a source who said Ritchie, 40, had pushed for the split.
Madonna, who is in the middle of her "Sticky and Sweet" world tour, married Ritchie in December 2000 in a lavish ceremony at a Scottish castle after meeting at a dinner party given by British rock star Sting.
The couple have an eight-year-old son, Rocco, and a three-year-old son adopted in Malawi, David Banda. Madonna also has a daughter, 12-year-old Lourdes, by her former fitness trainer Carlos Leon.
In July, Madonna took the rare step of issuing a formal denial of reports linking her to Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez, adding in a statement: "My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce."
But according to The Sun, Ritchie -- the director of moderately successful gangster films including "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" -- has become frustrated.
He sees his superstar spouse as a "dead weight around his neck" and now wants a divorce to be agreed quickly, the source was quoted as saying.
"Guy's said if they were going to split, it has to be now -- and their marriage will finally be over in a matter of weeks," the source told The Sun.
Madonna was previously married to US actor Sean Penn, from 1985 to 1989.
In July, Madonna's brother said he believed she was committed to her marriage to Ritchie.
"She's not the kind of person just to walk away," Christopher Ciccone told US television, adding that the pop legend will "do what's best for her family and her kids.
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(Agencies)
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歌壇“大姐大”麥當(dāng)娜的女發(fā)言人于本周三證實(shí)，麥當(dāng)娜已與英國(guó)電影導(dǎo)演蓋?里奇達(dá)成離婚協(xié)議。
該發(fā)言人在聲明中稱：“雙方代表今日證實(shí)，麥當(dāng)娜與蓋?里奇已達(dá)成離婚協(xié)議，結(jié)束七年半的婚姻。”
“雙方希望，在這一非常時(shí)期媒體能夠尊重他們的家庭。”
此前，英國(guó)《太陽報(bào)》援引一位消息人士的話說，是里奇向麥當(dāng)娜提出了離婚。
麥當(dāng)娜與40歲的里奇在英國(guó)搖滾歌手斯汀舉辦的一次晚宴上相識(shí)，并于2000年12月在蘇格蘭的一個(gè)城堡舉行了盛大婚禮。目前麥當(dāng)娜正在舉行她的 “Sticky and Sweet” 世界巡回演唱會(huì)。
麥當(dāng)娜和里奇共有兩個(gè)孩子，8歲的兒子洛克爾和在馬拉維收養(yǎng)的養(yǎng)子、三歲的戴維?班達(dá)。麥當(dāng)娜與前夫、她的前健身教練卡洛斯?利昂還育有一個(gè)女兒——十二歲的洛德絲。
麥當(dāng)娜于今年7月出人意料地發(fā)布了一個(gè)正式聲明，否認(rèn)自己與揚(yáng)基棒球隊(duì)球星亞歷克斯?羅德里格斯有曖昧關(guān)系。她在一份聲明中說：“我和里奇沒有打算離婚。”
但此前《太陽報(bào)》報(bào)道說，里奇的情緒非常低落。蓋?里奇曾成功執(zhí)導(dǎo)了《兩桿大煙槍》等幾部著名的匪盜片。
該報(bào)援引消息人士的話說，里奇覺得他的巨星夫人“壓得他喘不過氣來”，現(xiàn)在他只希望能盡快離婚。
該消息人士向《太陽報(bào)》透露：“里奇表示，如果要分開，那就趁現(xiàn)在——他們的婚姻最終是要結(jié)束的。”
麥當(dāng)娜與美國(guó)影星肖恩?潘還有過一段婚姻，這段婚姻從1985年持續(xù)至1989年。
今年7月，麥當(dāng)娜的弟弟克利斯多佛?斯康納表示，他相信姐姐是忠于里奇的。
他在接受美國(guó)電視臺(tái)的采訪時(shí)說：“她不是那種甩手就走的人，她會(huì)盡全力保護(hù)她的家庭和孩子”。
（實(shí)習(xí)生瞿漫 英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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