Bombshell!
British author Wendy Leigh, who co-wrote the unauthorized Madonna bio alongside the Material Girl’s Judas brother, Christopher Ciccone, revealed something juicy that didn’t make the book.
Madge and Guy Ritchie separated briefly in 2003!!! Or so she and Christopher claim.
The co-author also admits in a new interview to reading a number of the personal, candid letters M wrote to Chris — letters Madge surely thought would never be shared with any member of the public!
The latest letter Leigh read was from 2003:
“She (Madonna) detailed her marriage to Guy in a way that a woman usually doesn├óΓé¼Γäót discuss her husband with her brother. It showed a side of her that made her very human. But think that this was so soon in the marriage. She was having grave doubts. But so was he. The separation was initiated by him.”
The separation supposedly came in February 2003, less than three years into the marriage and birth of their son, Rocco. According to Leigh, the couple went for “counseling,” but it├óΓé¼Γäós unclear whether this meant Kabbalah or traditional therapy.
In any case, as we all know, the marriage went on.
At the time, Leigh said, “Madonna had serious reservations” about the marriage and about Guy and expressed them to Christopher in the letter. There were details about Guy├óΓé¼Γäós past and Madonna├óΓé¼Γäós insecurities. The letter took my breath away. It showed me how bright she was and the woman behind the Madonna-constructed image.”
Regardless, looks like the separation helped cause they’re still together!!!
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