Madonna and Guy Ritchie to Announce Divorce Plans

Bye-bye, Guy.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are finally kicking their troubled marriage to the curb, the British press reported last night.

The pop sensation and film director are planning to release a public statement "imminently" announcing their plans for divorce, reports the British Sun.

A source told the press that the stars "can’t bear to live with the pretense any longer." The Sun describes a history of spats between the two – screaming matches on Guy’s 40th birthday, sleeping in separate rooms during a vacation, arguments about where to raise their family and about adopting a fourth child.

This summer, stories surfaced that alleged Madonna was having an affair when Madge, 50, developed a close relationship with baseball player Alex Rodriguez, 33. The New York Yankees charmer’s divorce to estranged wife Cynthia was finalized this September.

Sources told the Sun that Madge wanted to hold off on making a public statement until her "Sticky and Sweet" tour ended. But apparently the marriage and the fighting reached a boiling point for them, according to the press. The split comes after the two tried to save their marriage with the help of "intense" Kabbalah sessions in Manhattan, People magazine reported in late July. Madonna is devoted to Jewish mysticism, which teaches that divorce is undesirable but permitted.

Despite these attempts, a "highly placed source" told the Sun that the divorce was inevitable.

"It wasn’t a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when,’" the source said.

Ritchie is in the middle of filming "Sherlock Holmes" with Robert Downey Jr. in London. Meanwhile, Madonna’s tour is in the U.S. for the next few months. The pair share three children: daughter Lourdes, 12, is from Madge’s past relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon. They have a son Rocco, 8, and an adopted son David, 3.

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