Madonna marriage is 'fine'
2008-07-27 13:43
San Diego - Film director
Guy Ritchie broke his silence on Friday over rumours that his
marriage to Madonna is on the rocks, telling People magazine it
was "fine".
"My marriage is fine as far as I'm aware of," the British
director was quoted as telling People in an interview.
Rumours have been circulating for months that Ritchie's
eight-year marriage to Madonna, 49, is on the rocks, despite
several denials by the singer that the couple are not planning
a divorce.
Ritchie, 39, who found fame with his 1998 movie Lock,
Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, said Madonna had allowed him to
look at his hometown of London with fresh eyes.
"I live vicariously through my wife, so I was once a spy
and now I've become a tourist, and it's much more fun to live
in London as a tourist than it is as a spy," he told People.
Ritchie is in Southern California promoting his new movie
RocknRolla, while Madonna is rehearsing in New York for her
upcoming world tour starting in August.
RocknRolla which opens in the United States in October,
is set in the London criminal underworld of Russian gangster
and stars Gerard Butler as a street-smart mobster, along with
Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges.
His recent efforts, Swept Away starring Madonna, and
Revolver were both critically panned.
Ritchie's next movie is Sherlock Holmes a drama based on
the English literary detective and starring Robert Downey, Jr,
which is slated for release in 2010.
- Reuters