Ritchie Mum Calls Divorce Talk 'Rubbish'

(June 30) - Guy Ritchie's mom is blasting reports that Madonna wants to divorce her son "absolute rubbish," insisting that they are "a close and loving couple" with marital ups-and-downs just like everyone else.
"Like other couples they work at keeping their relationship happy and fresh and they are a close and loving couple who have a family to bring up," Amber Leighton told Britain's Daily Mail."That is not a couple splitting up. I’ll say it one more time, they are not getting divorced; the speculation is TT – that’s total tosh," she said.Leighton said she was speaking for herself, and hadn't been asked by her son to comment on the divorce rumors."It is absolute rubbish, worse than that," she said. "Guy will be furious at me talking to you but I feel I can’t just let these reports go unanswered as they make me so angry and they are hurtful intrusions into their private lives."Ritchie reportedly flew to New York to meet up with Madonna, who was seen at the city's Kabbalah Center on Friday night.She is busily preparing a world tour to promote her album, "Hard Candy," set to kick off in August. She has three children, Lourdes, 13, with Carlos Leon, Rocco, 7, with Ritchie and David, 2, who was adopted from Malawi.Publicly, Madonna has denied senied divorce rumors, but she did no favors for herself last week when she met with divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton, famous for defending Paul McCartney after his split with Heather Mills.The Times of London reports Madonna, whose estimated $600 million fortune isn't protected by a prenup, wants legal advice from Shackleton.The reason for the possible split may not be that scandalous."Things have just run their natural course," a friend of the couple told London's The Mirror, The Daily News writes."They live like brother and sister rather than husband and wife and thought it best to call it a day," the friend added.


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