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.”