{"id":2068,"date":"2008-07-03T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/07\/kabbalah-counseling-for-madge.html"},"modified":"2008-07-03T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T11:20:00","slug":"kabbalah-counseling-for-madge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/07\/kabbalah-counseling-for-madge.html","title":{"rendered":"Kabbalah Counseling for Madge and Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"guymadonnaforIC.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/guymadonnaforIC.jpg\" width=\"88\" height=\"120\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>[INT: evening]<br \/>\n<em>London, Ritchie\/Ciccone Mansion, dinnertime. The family sits at the table.<\/em><br \/>\nRITCHIE: Rocco, tell your mum to pass the salt.<br \/>\nMADONNA: Lola, tell your father that we have an appointment to see Rabbi Berg today and he&#8217;d better be there.<br \/>\nROCCO: I&#8217;ve had it with passing the salt to you two. I&#8217;m going to my wing.<br \/>\nLOLA: And I&#8217;ll be in my wing. And PS, mom, I&#8217;m a Buddhist. So there.<br \/>\nEND SCENE<br \/>\nA bit overdramatized (especially toward the end, I admit it), but so is a rendering of some of the notes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbizspy.com\/showbiz\/06152008\/madonna-and-guy-ritchie-turn-to-kabbalah-rabbi-for-marriage-counseling\">this report<\/a> in a British tabloid that Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are having problems and turning to their Kabbalah rabbi for personal counseling.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nSpeculation the couple&#8217;s marriage is in trouble has been rife for years. Last week, Madonna&#8217;s spokesmen denied internet rumors that divorce lawyers were getting involved. But friends say the couple are leading increasingly separate lives&#8211;they have different interests; keep separate bedrooms; and rarely support each other in public. Guy most recently failed to show up to the Berlin launch of her debut as a movie director in &#8220;Filth And Wisdom.&#8221; Days later, he missed her big Oscars party and a New York fundraiser.<br \/>\nThe source continues, &#8220;It really hurt Madonna that Guy failed to show up to these events. He just hasn&#8217;t taken as much interest as he once did in what she&#8217;s doing. Right now they&#8217;ve fallen out of love. Rav Berg&#8217;s job is to help them decide if it&#8217;s worth making a go of things.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are too many headlines about Guy and Madonna&#8217;s marriage for anyone to have the real word: too many anonymous sources, too many reps denying everything, etc. But with Kabbalah at the center of their relationship, perhaps their guru can help them work things out in a way that&#8217;s best for the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[INT: evening] London, Ritchie\/Ciccone Mansion, dinnertime. The family sits at the table. RITCHIE: Rocco, tell your mum to pass the salt. MADONNA: Lola, tell your father that we have an appointment to see Rabbi Berg today and he&#8217;d better be there. ROCCO: I&#8217;ve had it with passing the salt to you two. 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