Madonna steps out in New York, amid a flurry of gossip about marital strife and rumours of divorce.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-0708-7.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Hubby Guy Ritchie is by her side for the visit to a Kabbalah centre in midtown Manhattan.
Neither is looking particularly happy, but perhaps it's the fact that they're surrounded by a loada cameras and appear to have been caught in the rain.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-2.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Hey-up peeps, we have bodily contact...<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-3.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Albeit more of a grab than a tender touch.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-4.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Guy and Madge's latest couple outing comes on the back of the singer taking the unusual step of issuing a personal statement herself about all the rumours.
\"My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce,\" Madge said in the piece quoted by People.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-0708-8.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
\"I have learnt over the years not to take accusations and the many false reports about me very seriously,\" she continued.
\"I also appreciate how fiction and fact seem to be perceived as one and the same by people who read both newspapers and the internet.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-0708-6.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Madge also refuted a burst of recent goss that she's hooked up with New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
\"I brought my kids to a Yankee game. I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez,\" Madonna said.
Answering Alex's wife Cynthia's claims that Madonna caused the breakdown of her marriage and wooed her husband with Kabbalah, Madge added: \"I have nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-0708-5.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
She's still grim-faced though.
Maybe it's her dodgy outfit that's getting her down.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-0708-4.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
These shoesies might be OK with a completely different get-up.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Madonna-0708-3.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Later on, Guy plays family man by carrying along his and Madge's adoptive son David, with Madge's eldest daughter Lourdes in the foreground.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Guy-Ritchie-Lourdes-0708.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Guy Ritchie Lourdes 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
It's hard to read his expression here, but he seems to be OK.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/7/Guy-Ritchie-0708.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Earlier on now, and Mr and Mrs Ritchie have a separate outing in the Big Apple.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-9.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Note that there's no ring on that there wedding finger.
\r\nBut Madge's rep is denying all rumours of strife...<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-0708-3.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
She said in a statement to People: \"Madonna's husband Guy arrived in New York last night to be with his wife and family (not in a last ditch attempt to save his marriage which does not need saving).\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-5.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
She continued: \"There are no plans for Madonna and Guy to divorce.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-6.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Well, Guy's still missing his wedding band too. But hey, he's gone without it before when there were no rumours of a rift.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Guy-Ritchie-0708.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
Her spokeswoman also addressed another burning issue spreading like wildfire.
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She denied reports of a relationship between Madge and New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
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Her rep confirmed: \"Madonna and Alex have the same manager, Guy Oseary.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-0708-2.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Madonna 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
She continued: \"They have met. They know each other and Madonna took her kids to a Yankees game last week. There's really not anything to comment on beyond that.<\/p>
\"It's nothing new that people are airing tons of dirty laundry Madonna's way lately - much of it untrue.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-11.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
But at least her rep has a vague sense of humour about it all, as she added: \"By the way, rumours of Madonna and Lil Wayne are quite exaggerated, as well.\"<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-7.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
This is a promising pic.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-10.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"},{"captionHeading":"Madge's Marriage Latest","caption":"
We're glad to hear that they're not calling it a day - just yet.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/Madonna-Guy-Ritchie-0708-8.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Madonna Guy Ritchie 07.08"}];