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She Couldn't Deal With Guy's Failure

Hubby covering up his roots was one thing, but Madonna was never one for defeat

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 16, 2008 12:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Their marriage was drenched in artifice, and ultimately doomed. “The last thing I thought I would do is marry some laddish shooting pub-going nature lover,” Madonna once said. But wed Guy Ritchie—and the posh British lifestyle he affected—she did, biographer Andrew Morton writes in the Daily Beast. But what really killed the couple wasn’t dress-up fakery but Ritchie’s lost edge.

The Material Girl could handle playing pretend, going from “dominatrix to dowager” on her country estate. She could even forgive Ritchie his carefully concealed upper-class ties. Madonna has constantly surrounded herself with upward-movers. In 1999, that included hot director Ritchie, but after Swept Away bombed, that wasn’t the case. She “can live with fake,” Morton explains. “But not with failure.”

Madonna performs during her Sticky and Sweet tour Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 in Boston.
Madonna performs during her "Sticky and Sweet" tour Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 in Boston.   (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)
In this 2007 file photo Madonna arrives at a film premiere with husband Guy Ritchie, their son Rocco and Lourdes, her daughter from a previous relationship.
In this 2007 file photo Madonna arrives at a film premiere with husband Guy Ritchie, their son Rocco and Lourdes, her daughter from a previous relationship.   (AP Photo)
Madonna and director husband Guy Ritchie announced yesterday they're divorcing after more than 7 years of marriage.
Madonna and director husband Guy Ritchie announced yesterday they're divorcing after more than 7 years of marriage.   (AP Photo)
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She went from dominatrix to dowager, swapping her D & Gs for sensible brogues, her sexy leather and lace for tweeds and twin sets. - Andrew Morton

At fifty Madonna is about to start all over again. She has proved that she can live with fake. But not with failure. - Andrew Morton

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