Madonna “Passionately Committed” to Ritchie, Says Brother
By Jane Ivory
13:54, July 10th 2008
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Madonna “Passionately Committed” to Ritchie, Says Brother

Madonna’s brother Christopher Ciccone is close to seeing his tell-all book on his famous sibling in bookstores across America and her marriage to Guy Ritchie could not escape the broad range of Madonna-related topics discussed.

Madonna’s marriage to British director Guy Ritchie has been under intense scrutiny lately, especially with such lurid ramifications as her being linked to the broken marriage of Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.

The Associated Press has acquired an advance copy of “Life with My Sister Madonna,” due to come out on Tuesday, and presents several excerpts from the book.

Ciccone reveals in his memoir that Madonna and Ritchie love each other and that they are “passionately committed” to staying married, with the help of Kabbalah.

Ciccone does not refrain from casting a critical eye on his older sister though, implying that she is most centered on herself and her career. “I hope that it is Kabbalah’s lesson that she is not the center of the universe,” Ciccone writes, as quoted by the Associated Press.

Madonna, a fiercely independent woman who memorably started her career by declaring she wanted to rule the world, built her career on reinvention, controversy and being a nonconformist.

She gave birth to daughter Lourdes in 1996, released a new album, “Ray of Light,” diametrically opposed to say, 1992’s “Erotica” and a few years later wed Guy Ritchie, gave birth to their son Rocco and became known as the Material Mom.

She and Ritchie have been married for seven years now and are parents to a third child, 2-year-old David Banda, whose adoption was approved by a Malawi judge earlier this year.

Over the past several weeks however, the couple has been insistently reported to be splitting. Repeated denials from Madonna’s camp have not slowed down the speculation.

Sunday, she personally denied having any influence on Alex Rodriguez’s marriage or his spiritual beliefs, stating she has “nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study.”

The Yankees star’s wife filed for divorce Monday.

Ciccone, who once worked closely with his sister, designing and directing her Girlie Show tour in 1993 and working as artistic director of her 1991 documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare, apparently has no problem talking about the singer’s romantic involvements.

He also admits he and Madonna are no longer close and attributes “the death knell” of their bond to Ritchie.

Madonna’s spokesperson, Liz Rosenberg, said the singer was “upset” that her brother had made such a decision. Confirming that they do not have “a close and loving relationship,” Rosenberg added that, “with the book coming out, I assume that will remove the chances of that ever happening.”



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