How old are Madonna and her children? Rules of life for successful mothers: Madonna.

If you say the word “Madonna” and ask your interlocutor about the association that it evoked, most likely the answer will be that this is an American pop diva, and only then will the divine meaning be remembered. Alas, these are the realities of life. We know better what the tabloids regularly write to us about, what screens and monitors show us.

Superstar Madonna, born in 1958, will turn 59 in August 2017. Her life during the years of ascension and stay in the modern musical Olympus has changed. Today there is less shocking imagery, although she is still eccentric. Age takes its toll, and, of course, the fact that she is the mother of four children plays no small role.

Madonna herself (Louise Ciccone) grew up in large family and lost her mother early. In the confrontation with her stepmother, many of her character traits were strengthened, which allowed her to become a bright star, staying afloat for decades in the turbulent sea of ​​show business.

Many stars, thinking about their careers, do not give birth to children, but Madonna decided to become a mother at 38 years old. In October 1996, her daughter Lourdes was born. The father was the Cuban coach Carlos Leon, but there was no marriage with him. Two years later, in 1998, Madonna got together with British director Guy Ritchie, and in August 2000 the couple had a son, Rocco.

Madonna's own children are almost adults today: in 2017, Lourdes will turn 21 years old, and Rocco will be 17 years old. They grew up under the close attention of their mother, who, apparently remembering her early deceased mother’s commitment to religion and family values, raised them lovingly, but not spoiling them. Madonna did not stay with any man for long, but her children are friends with their fathers.

In what the real reason: in compassion, in love for kids or in the desire to get people talking about herself again (journalists suspect her of this) - it is unknown, but Madonna adopted two black children. In 2006, David Banda, who was barely more than a year, and in 2009 - Marcy James. They both come from the poorest African state of Malawi, where, by law, children cannot be given up for adoption to foreigners. Madonna had to make an effort to achieve her goal.

The star is still popular. New romances arise, but children are the most important thing in her life. The grown-up relatives Lourdes and Rocco choose their own path in life, their mother helps them, despite the fact that not everything goes smoothly in the relationship. Together with their daughter, they released a clothing line; their son is interested in modern dancing and has already performed as a dancer with Madonna. The black kids have grown up, today they are 11 and 10 years old, they participate in the creative ideas of their adoptive mother, and Macy is quite successful in gymnastics for her age.

In 2016, the media actively discussed the topic of Madonna’s adoption of four-year-old twins from Malawi, Esther and Stella, trying to understand why the pop diva needed this and what awaited the children in a family with difficult relationships. But many stars do this, proving that orphanhood is perhaps the worst thing that can happen to children in life.

1. Salma Hayek - the Hollywood actress was 40 years old when she gave birth to her daughter Valentina Paloma Pino. The girl's father is French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault.

2. Halle Berry gave birth to her second child, a boy named Maceo, at the age of 47. “It was the biggest surprise of my life,” she told CNN.

3. Julianne Moore gave birth to her second child, daughter Liv, when she was 41 years old.

4. Nicole Kidman gave birth to her first child, daughter Sunday Rose, at 41.

5. Mira Sorvino and her husband Chris Backus have four children. Mira gave birth to the youngest of them, daughter Lucia (pictured), at the age of 44.

6. Marcia Cross - actress known for the TV series “ Desperate Housewives"gave birth to twins, Eden and Savannah, at almost 45 years old.

7. Madonna gave birth to her son Rocco a few days before her 42nd birthday.

8. Gwen Stefani gave birth to her son Apollo at the age of 44.

9. Actress Kelly Preston, wife of John Travolta, gave birth to son Ben at the age of 48.

10. Actress Geena Davis gave birth to daughter Alizeh at the age of 46, and two years later twins, Kiana and Kaiisa.

11. Celine Dion. The singer gave birth to twins Eddie and Nelson at the age of 42.

12. Annette Bening her youngest daughter Ella gave birth at the age of 42.

13. Kim Basinger gave birth to daughter Ireland Eliesse at 41.

14. Marcia Gay Harden was 44 years old when she gave birth to twins.

15. Singer Mariah Carey gave birth to twins in 2011, when she was 41 years old.

16. Uma Thurman, star of the film Kill Bill, gave birth to her third child at the age of 42.

17. Helen Hunt gave birth to her daughter Makeny Lei Gordon Canahan at the age of 40.

18. Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, became a mother for the fourth time at the age of 45.

19. Jennifer Connelly gave birth to daughter Agnes Lark at the age of 40.

20. English actress Thandie Newton, known for the film “Mission: Impossible 2,” gave birth to her third child at the age of 41.

21. Eva Mendes gave birth to her first child at the age of 40.

22. Susan Sarandon gave birth to son Jack Henry at the age of 42, and son Miles Guthrie at the age of 45.

23. Brooke Shields gave birth to daughter Grier at the age of 41.

24. Meryl Streep gave birth to her fourth child at the age of almost 42.

25. Courteney Cox - star of the series "Friends" - gave birth to her first child at 41 years old.

26. Beverly D'Angelo, at 49, gave birth to twins Anton and Olivia Pacino, whose father is her ex-partner- Al Pacino.

27. Jane Seymour gave birth to twins, John Stacy Keach and Christopher Stephen Keach, when she was 44 years old.

28. Emma Thompson gave birth to a daughter named Gaia Romilly Wise at the age of 40.

29. Actress Amanda Peet gave birth to her third child at the age of 42.

30. Famous model Elle Macpherson, who has two children from a previous marriage ( youngest son she gave birth at the age of 39) and remarried in 2013. She is now 51 years old, and she and her husband, businessman Jeffrey Sofer, are planning a child together.

Singer Madonna ( full name- Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) has retained the undisputed title of Queen of Pop for the third decade in a row. Along with the star’s natural talent and high performance, her appearance also played a significant role in this - at over 50, she looks at most 35-40!

Of course, this fact could not help but give rise to numerous discussions about Madonna’s possible plastic surgeries, although the singer herself categorically denies any rumors about visits to surgeons.

To create a more or less objective picture, we will try to put together assumptions, facts, photographs of the star before and after the proposed corrections, as well as the opinions of eminent specialists.

What kind of plastic surgery did Madonna have?

Journalists and fans attribute several plastic surgeries to Madonna at once - most often we're talking about o and , - as well as regular “ ” and hardware procedures. It is worth noting that the first such assumptions appeared at the beginning of the two thousandths: until that time, there were no doubts about the natural origin of her appearance.

Obviously, through sports and diets, which the star definitely knows a lot about, it is quite possible to slow down the aging process, but it is unlikely to completely stop time. But this is exactly what happened to Madonna at the turn of the millennium, as her photos eloquently testify to.

The secret of Madonna's youth: plastic surgery or cosmetology?

It is quite possible that radical ways The singer's rejuvenation was prompted by her married life with director Guy Ritchie, who is 10 years younger than her. But another version seems more plausible: when the relationship with her husband began to crack, Madonna became seriously concerned about the imminent need to re-arrange her personal life - which was the impetus for her visit to the surgeon.

Her most enchanting appearance was at the 2007 Oscar ceremony (shortly before her divorce from Richie) - the incredible youth and freshness emanating from the singer gave food for thought to both fans and experts in the field of plastic surgery.

Of course, the wonderful transformation of the star could be attributed to successful makeup, the play of light and computer processing of photographs, but over the next few years, Madonna’s appearance did not change at all - in a variety of settings and angles, she remained just as young and attractive.

“Looking at a woman her age, you expect to see wrinkles in the forehead and eyebrows starting to sag,” English plastic surgeon Adrian Richards commented on the star’s new look. The absence of these age factors, in his opinion, indicates that Madonna was carried out. However, Richards admits that the singer did without plastic surgery - a similar result can be obtained after several hardware lifting procedures in combination with or.

Another eminent specialist, Apostolos Gaitanis, drew attention to the jaw of the star. “Her jaw line has a very clear contour, which clearly confirms the hypothesis of plastic surgery. This effect is achieved by a slight tightening, during which excess skin is eliminated,” he explained.

However, the hypothesis about a combination of cosmetic procedures seems more likely, especially considering Madonna’s busy touring schedule, which excludes the possibility of long-term post-operative rehabilitation.

Madonna, Botox and “beauty injections”

If the question of Madonna’s plastic surgery is still open, then neither fans nor experts have any doubts that the star regularly undergoes cosmetic injections: just look at how her wrinkles were miraculously smoothed out in the same 2006-2008 years nasolabial folds.

According to American expert According to “star plastic surgery” by Anthony Youn, the singer underwent a whole range of anti-aging injections: to eliminate eyebrow wrinkles and base fillers to fill the nasolabial folds and cheekbones. “I think that her plump lips, which do not become thinner with age, - the result (of injections of one’s own fat cells from the abdomen or buttocks),” he added.

“Madonna has found the perfect balance between her body and face. Considering low percentage subcutaneous fat, it was easy to overdo it with fillers, which would completely disrupt the overall proportions,” American plastic surgeon Terry Dubrow admired the star. Unfortunately, this joy was a little premature.

It is known that the star visited the clinic of the modern “Botox guru” and, most likely, it was thanks to him that the first injections were so successful. Other sources indicate that the singer was a regular client of the famous "Dr. Hollywood". However, the results of further transformations turned out to be extremely far from perfect (perhaps, having decided to refuse the services of eminent masters, she miscalculated in choosing a new one).

As a result, like some other fans of injections, such as and, Madonna slightly overdid it with fillers - as a result, her face began to look swollen and wrinkled. Getting rid of this effect, called “pillow face,” will not be so easy, and whether the star will be able to find the strength to refuse the new “pillow face” is a big question.

Madonna and her hands

Despite the fact that Madonna's face still makes her look much younger than her age, the singer's hands give away her age. Thin skin and prominent large veins are not the most aesthetically pleasing sight, but for unknown reasons the star is in no hurry to see a cosmetologist, preferring to hide her hands from photo lenses with the help of gloves, which have become an almost integral part of her image.

Meanwhile, it is not difficult to get rid of this problem with the help of the much-loved Madonna. Another, no less effective option is lipofilling. Of course, completely eliminate age-related changes It won’t work, but at a minimum, the imbalance between the face and hands can be eliminated literally in one session.

Madonna got breast augmentation?

In 2008, the same Anthony Yun noticed that Madonna’s breasts had noticeably increased in size: “It seems that instead of a second one, she now has at least a third one, and quite possibly - thanks to the operation. For women of her constitution, the third size is uncharacteristic.”

The singer’s press attache hastened to refute this assumption, emphasizing that the star had not performed any operations or other rejuvenating procedures, except for harmless ozone therapy. Madonna herself spoke at greater length. "If I do plastic surgery“I will not hold a press conference on this matter,” she said. “In addition, like other women, I sometimes think about plastic surgery and do not exclude this possibility for myself.”

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born on August 16, 1958 in the small town of Bay City, Michigan. Her mother, Madonna Louise worked as a radiography technician. Father, Silvio Ciccone, worked as a design engineer at the Chrysler General Motors plant.

Madonna was born as the third child in a large Catholic family, which in addition to her had five more brothers and sisters. The children were brought up in strict Catholic traditions requiring compulsory church attendance and diligent school work. The Ciccone family was so devout that every day the children were woken up at 6 a.m. to spend an hour in church before being taken to the parish school.

Madonna with her parents and older brothers (left)

On December 1, 1963, when Madonna was five years old, her mother died of breast cancer. This was a terrible blow for the girl. For two years, Madonna fell into hypochondria, convincing herself that she, like her mother, had cancer. As soon as she left the house, she was immediately seized with horror and began vomiting.

“After my mother died, I had a terrible feeling that everyone had abandoned me.”

Madonna's parents

It was difficult for my father to cope with his large family. Therefore, soon various assistants began to appear in the house. In 1966, three years after the death of his mother, his father became involved with another housekeeper who helped with the housework, Joan Gustafson.

Madonna could not accept her stepmother, and their relationship was strained. Birth stepbrothers and Madonna's sisters further complicated the situation. She could not come to terms with the fact that a strange woman had taken her mother’s place in her father’s heart.

Relations with classmates also did not work out. Her peers considered her a “hello” girl. And many disliked her for her brilliant academic performance. The wayward shocking character was already evident in school years:

“When I was forbidden to wear makeup or wear nylon stockings, I wanted to do the opposite.”

As a sign of protest, and in order to attract more attention, Madonna pulled a pair of provocative, often mismatched stockings onto her teenage legs.

At the age of 14, Madonna Ciccone performs at a school talent evening. It was key event her childhood. But since she danced at this performance only in a bikini, the reputation of their Catholic family suffered greatly. The father was furious and put his daughter under house arrest, and the town discussed the performance for another month.

At the age of 15, Madonna began taking ballroom dancing lessons from teacher Christopher Flynn. He was everything to her: teacher, father, close friend...

Flynn was 30 years older than Madonna and was gay, so the student’s love remained unrequited. However, he took the student to classical concerts, exhibitions and gay clubs, introducing her to the world of art. Appearance The excellent student begins to change towards a sloppy bohemian appearance, scaring off those around her.

At the same time, 15-year-old Madonna had her first boyfriend, 17-year-old Russell Long. Madonna made sure that her father and the whole school knew about her first lover. And a year later, even the convinced gay Flynn could not resist the beauty of the matured student. 16-year-old Madonna turned her mentor into a bisexual for a while.

In 1976, Madonna Ciccone graduates from school a few months before her final exams. Thanks to an excellent certificate, successfully passed an IQ test and excellent recommendations from teachers, she continues her dance education on a budget basis at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Professor Christopher Flynn, having received a position at the college, gave patronage to his “favorite student.”

The choice of a “frivolous” profession greatly worsened the singer’s already difficult relationship with her father. All the years he hoped that his daughter would be a doctor or lawyer. But by that time, the father had ceased to have influence on his daughter. Madonna knew what she wanted and decided to go towards her goal.

Madonna at the University of Ann Arbor

According to teachers, Madonna had endurance, rare even for a dancer, which was further developed by ballet training. Having studied at the University of Michigan for only a year and a half, she begins to realize that she has no future in the province. And despite his father’s ban, he quits university to go to New York with the dream of opening his own dance studio.

In the summer of 1978, a plane delivered Madonna, full of determination and self-confidence, to the New York airport. The girl had only $35, a winter coat and a suitcase with a dance uniform. In this city she had no relatives or acquaintances and she did not know where to go. Taking a taxi, Madonna said to take her to the very center. The trip cost $15 - slightly less than half of Madonna's entire fortune.

Madonna had a hard time in New York. She lived in poverty, periodically spending the night in basements and attics, and wandered. And sometimes, in search of food, she checked the contents of trash cans:

“I worked my ass off before I became who I am. And I literally starved, sometimes getting food from garbage bins, until I finally broke through...”

Already in November 1978, Madonna was invited to audition for the famous dance troupe of ballerina Pearl Lang. Working in the Pearl Lang troupe did not allow her to pay rent, and the dancer worked part-time as a Dunkin' Donuts seller, as well as as a model in an art studio, and as a nude model for photographers (these photos surfaced many years later, appearing in Playboy and Penthouse magazines ").

In a word, she had to spin in order not to die of hunger. She made her stage debut in the production of “I Never Saw Other Butterflies Again” as a boy from the Jewish ghetto.

Soon, Madonna Ciccone began to weaken in classes due to malnutrition, and Lang arranged for the dancer to work in the evenings for food as a cloakroom attendant at the Russian Samovar restaurant. Renting a room in a cheap and dangerous area of ​​​​New York, where Madonna was raped by a maniac armed with a knife. After a mental injury, she becomes distracted in class and stops believing in her dance future.

Due to a lack of funds, Madonna begins to go to auditions for Broadway musicals and as a backup dancer, although she previously considered this beneath her dignity, since she danced with Pearl Lange herself, a student of the famous Martha Graham. In 1979, luck smiled on her. At one of the castings as a backup dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez for his 1979 world tour, the producers really liked Madonna’s dance and asked her to sing something.

Madonna sang the simple song “Jingle Bells” and, to the complete surprise of Madonna, who sang only in the school choir, she was invited to Paris, where they wanted to make her “something like a dancing Edith Piaf.” The artist finally left the Lang troupe and spent six months in France, Belgium and Tunisia. She was convinced of the prospects of a singer's career, but 20-year-old Madonna by that time was passionate about punk rock, rebelled against the producers and did not want to sing the proposed disco-pop material. Six months later, Madonna fell ill with pneumonia, and after recovery, she flew back to New York to “visit friends,” never returning to the French producers.

Her boyfriend was waiting for her in New York: by the time she met the producers, she had been in love with musician Dan Gilroy for two weeks. Gilroy had a huge influence on the transformation of Madonna Ciccone from a dancer into a musician: he taught her to play drums and electric guitar. After practicing the drums daily to Elvis Costello's CD, Madonna became quite a good drummer and was accepted into Gilroy's band called the Breakfast Club.

In 1981, Madonna left the group. Gilroy recalled:

She has a natural talent for playing percussion instruments, and we offered her a lucrative deal. One evening she wanted to try herself as a singer, we gave her a chance in one of our numbers, and soon it happened. She couldn't get rid of it anymore. By this time we already had two singers and didn't need a third one, so she left us. It was probably one of the smartest decisions she ever made.

And in the same year, Madonna created the Emmy group in collaboration with her ex-boyfriend Stephen Bray, whom she hired to play drums while she was already a soloist. Together they record several dance compositions.

In 1981, Madonna Ciccone meets Camille Barbon, the owner of the Gotham recording studio. Soon Barbon offered to become the singer’s personal manager. Barbon rents more decent housing for Madonna, setting a salary and providing financial support as needed. Camille Barbon tried to get Madonna a contract with the label.

This work does not bring results. Therefore, Madonna, leaving the company, decides to independently ensure that the demo recording of her song gets auditioned by the “right people.”

Madonna's choice falls on the Dansteria company, which at that time was known for maintaining the traditions of entertainment venues. Dansteria was opened in 1981 by Rudolf, a famous impresario nightlife of that time. The establishment quickly became famous and fashionable. They talked and wrote about him constantly.

Madonna begins to visit this establishment, demonstrating excellent dancing skills. One of the most fateful acquaintances in Madonna’s life took place here.

Mark Kaminsa, the recognized king of DJs and aspiring producer, was the person who first played Madonna's record at Dunsteria. The delight in which the audience came convinced Mark that Madonna was a future star.

In 1982, with the help of the same Mark Kamins, Madonna recorded the single “Everybody”. Mark takes the cassette with Madonna's new song to Chris Blackwell, executive director of Island records, but he refuses the singer.

Upset by the failure, Mark Kamins, through his friend Michael Rosenblatt, arranges for Madonna to meet with the founder of Sire Records, Seymour Stein. This time the contract was signed immediately. (Madonna Ciccone becomes simply Madonna). Under the terms of the agreement, Madonna receives an advance of $5,000, and for each song written, royalties and a publishing fee of $1,000. President Seymour Stein and Rosenblatt were confident in Madonna's success, but not so confident as to go all in and release the album right away. Rosenblatt developed a plan to promote Madonna through the release of dance singles.

Mark Kamins became the producer to work on Madonna's first single; this was his first experience. The result of their two-week work was a single, which, in their opinion, should have instantly elevated her to the top forty performers. But, after listening to what was considered a hit, Rosenblatt became depressed; Ain’t No Big Deal didn’t seem like that to him.

There was no time to re-record, so they put Everybody on both sides of the single. They decided not to put a photo of Madonna on the cover, since many, listening to her songs, thought that she was a black woman. This way it was possible to attract a wider audience. Rosenblatt's extraordinary decision paid off handsomely. In a matter of weeks, Everybody rocketed to the top of the dance music popularity charts.

In 1983, their debut album entitled Madonna was released. The song “Holiday”, presented on this disc, receives great success and is included in the top twenty American singles, and the following year in top ten in Europe. In 2013, Rolling Stone named it one of the 100 best debut albums of all time. On at the moment Madonna album sales amounted to 10 million copies.

In 1984, the second album Like a Virgin was released. Which topped the US album chart. The album sold 26 million copies worldwide and eventually received a diamond certificate in the United States.

Meanwhile, the singer's career is gaining momentum. The songs she records invariably occupy the highest places in the ratings and charts.

Over the years of her musical activity, Madonna has successfully tried herself in different genres and directions, becoming the winner of many awards. Madonna also holds numerous records, in particular, she surpassed Elvis Presley in total number hits in the top ten of Billboard, and according to this indicator she became second, second only to the Beatles.

Madonna's 2008-2009 Sticky and Sweet Tour is the highest-grossing male or female solo artist of all time.

Being one of the most famous media persons, Madonna received the nicknames Material Girl (after the title of her early song Material Girl) and Queen of Pop from the English-language press. She is also known as the author of children's books in the English Roses series, a popularizer of yoga and Kabbalah, and an activist in many charitable and human rights organizations.

After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the singer donated $250,000 to a fund for victims.

In addition, she is actively involved in the revival African republic Malawi, where her adopted children are from. And the Queen of Pop's personal fortune is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.

Madonna is very efficient - the singer practically does not rest. According to her, she begins to suffer from idleness already on the second day of her vacation. Typically, she rises at four in the morning for the obligatory jog in the park, followed by a 45-minute yoga class and the traditional call to her guru at the London Kabbalah Centre. After this, Madonna is ready to have breakfast with her children. After such a busy morning, an equally busy day follows - business calls, negotiations, meetings. From noon, work begins on the lyrics and arrangement of songs or roles in films.

Personal life

Madonna's first husband was actor Sean Penn, whom she met on the set of the "MaterialGirl" video. It was love at first sight. Sean first saw Madonna as she walked down the stairs in a satin flowing dress. He was 24 and she was 26.

Madonna and Sean Penn

In the summer of 1985, on her own birthday, Madonna married Sean Penn. However, the newlyweds' happiness was short-lived. Soon Sean’s pride began to be hurt by the offensive nickname “Mr. Madonna” and the active interest of the press in their couple. Because of aggressive behavior“Mr. Madonna” in relation to journalists and his wife in the press they began to be called “evil Penns.” For the jealous Penn, marriage to Madonna became real torture. Not only did he have to constantly fend off the intrusive press, but his wife also reserved the right to “go left.” But for Madonna, the relationship with the ambitious (and even drinking) Penn was a test. Penn wanted to lock his wife at home.

Madonna, head over heels in love, meekly abandoned her performances and stage career. Penn fired all her bodyguards and began to accompany her everywhere himself. Madonna could not stand this and returned to the stage. Penn resigned himself, and this was the beginning of the era of “Mr. Madonna,” as the press dubbed him.

At the peak of their life together, the couple starred in Shanghai Express - the film became the biggest failure in Penn's career and one of the worst for Madonna.

The scandalous marriage has cracked. What happened next shocked everyone: Penn turned into a tyrant. He began to beat his wife, mocked her, tied her up, threatening to disfigure her face with a lit cigarette. He demanded details of adultery - imaginary and real. As a result, Madonna wrote a statement to the police about rape and beating, attaching a divorce petition to it. Penn was facing a significant sentence, but the singer withdrew the lawsuit...

However, according to the laws of the state of California, Sean was entitled to half of his wife’s fortune. But he did not lay claim to the seventy million dollars earned by Madonna over the years of their life together.

At the end of 1988, after four years of marriage, they divorced.

Madonna with Warren Beatty

Immediately after the divorce from Sean, Madonna's stormy romance followed with Warren Beatty, who was also an actor and a famous womanizer. By the way, Madonna started dating him while she was still married. But this union did not end in anything serious.

Later, Madonna became very close to Sandra Bernard, a famous comedienne. The singer was even suspected of having a non-traditional sexual orientation, but she resolutely denied these rumors.

Madonna with Sandra Bernard

At 38, Madonna finally became a mother. Madonna made an offer to personal sports trainer Carlos Leone to become the father of her child. She also asked him to undergo all necessary tests and monitor his health. The result of this obscene proposal is the daughter of Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. Madonna wanted her daughter to be baptized by the Pope himself, but was refused.

With Carlos Leone (left), daughter - Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon

Later, at Sting's party, she met Guy Ritchie, where Madonna mistook the English director Guy Ritchie for a nice guy from the outskirts of London. When the misunderstanding was resolved, Madonna was very embarrassed. This became the reason for a closer acquaintance.

The wedding celebration took place on December 22, 2000 in one of the most beautiful castles in Scotland, Skibo.

With Guy Ricci (left), son Rocco (right)

Better soon medical center Los Angeles Madonna becomes a mother for the second time - she gave birth to a boy, Rocco. (By the way, godfather of the child became Sting). In addition, the newlyweds also adopted a baby from a poor African family. However, this marriage did not last long. There were rumors that his marriage to Madonna was preventing Guy Ricci from creating film masterpieces. Be that as it may, it was Guy who insisted on a divorce, and in the fall of 2008 they divorced.

With Jesus Lucas. Daughter - Mercy James

Soon Madonna begins new novel– this time with a young model from Brazil, Jesus Lucas. And in the summer of 2009 in big family Madonna had a new addition - the singer adopted a girl from Malawi, Mercy James.

Her words speak about the role that Madonna’s heirs play:

“The most important thing in life is children. It is in children's eyes that we can see the real world."

Madonna with eldest daughter Lourdes and two adopted children

Let's gossip

Madonna's passion for black men and women can be called truly fatal. In the mid-90s, the singer, as mentioned above, was actively looking for a candidate to be the father of her child. The first of them was the outrageous basketball player Dennis Rodman. Tall, luxuriously built, Rodman seemed like the ideal father of an unborn child! But the lovers desperately did not have the same schedules. Madonna performed actively, and Rodman spent all his time on the basketball court. In this case, too, I had to forget about “fruitful work” on the offspring.

with Dennis Rodman (left), Tupac Shakur (right)

In 1996, Madonna dated rapper Tupac Shakur. A year before the murder of the black legend, he and Madonna began a short-term and stormy romance. But Tupac began to be reproached for dating a white woman, albeit an outstanding one. As a result, they had to break up.

Madonna with Naomi Campbell

There were rumors that in 1992 Madonna had an affair with... Naomi Campbell! The girls were often seen together not only at official ceremonies, but also at parties. However, Madonna and Naomi Campbell claim that they are connected exclusively by many years of warm friendship.

Perhaps this is just a myth, but Madonna has many more similar stories behind her...

• Curious facts
• At the age of 10, the future sex revolutionary was going to become a nun. "I wanted to lead righteous life. But the very idea of ​​tonsure gave me ambivalent feelings. The more this story attracted me externally, the more it repulsed me internally.”
• Older brothers Martin (who began living on the street in 2011) and Anthony constantly beat and bullied Madonna as a child. They took drugs from a young age. One of the brothers ran away from home and became an adherent of the Muna sect.
• Madonna's mother was descended from French Canadians, and her father was Italian.
• With the advent big money Madonna became interested in purchasing expensive real estate and art objects. She is one of the top 100 art collectors in the United States. Madonna has a house in Miami, and she recently bought another one in Los Angeles, while simultaneously selling her “pink estate” located in the Hollywood Hills. She owns a luxurious apartment in New York worth more than $7 million.
• Madonna always does the study of bank investments and accounts herself, without trusting anyone. She also participates in all negotiations related to her career.

Madonna Quotes:

They say that good things do not last forever, and sooner or later they come to an end. These are the words of people who have achieved nothing in life.
Madonna never regrets anything: “I made mistakes, but I learned from them.”
My fear of something usually means I have to do it.
I pulled myself up by the straps of my own bra.
I am my own experiment, and my own masterpiece.

All Quotes >>> Madonna

• Studio albums
• Madonna (1983)
• Like a Virgin (1984)
• True Blue (1986)
• Like a Prayer (1989)
• Erotica (1992)
• Bedtime Stories (1994)
• Ray of Light (1998)
• Music (2000)
• American Life (2003)
• Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
• Hard Candy (2008)
• MDNA (2012)

The outrageous and, of course, talented American pop diva Madonna posted online modern photos all four of their children

A mother of many children rarely shows pictures of her children; she is one of those who does not like to advertise her personal life. However, even the most secretive celebrity mothers cannot restrain their feelings all the time, because sometimes they want to show off. So 57-year-old Madonna recently posted on Instagram a collage made up of photographs of her children. The singer captioned the photo: “These are the four corners of my heart.”

Madonna gave birth to her first child, a girl, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, in October 1996. The baby's father, the singer's personal trainer (at that time) was Cuban Carlos Leon. Seven months after Lourdes was born, Madonna and Carlos Leon separated. Currently he has a family, but the girl maintains a relationship with her father and his new wife. 19-year-old Lourdes Maria has grown up to be a real beauty and her resemblance to her mother is simply amazing

Lourdes Maria

In 1998, at one of the parties, Madonna met British director Guy Ritchie, and two years later romantic relationships they entered into a marriage alliance. In the same 2000, 42-year-old Madonna gives birth to her second child, a boy, Rocco.

In 2006, Madonna, while visiting shelters in Malawi with a humanitarian mission ( East Africa), she saved a one-year-old boy, David Banda, who was dying of pneumonia and exhaustion, persuading the government of the republic to allow him to be adopted. This adoption was accompanied loud scandal, because in this poor country the adoption of children by foreigners is prohibited. Now David is already 9 years old, he is growing up as a healthy and happy child.

The marriage to Guy Ritchie lasted 8 years, and in 2008 Madonna divorced her husband, leaving her children. However, he did not abandon his fatherly responsibilities and meets with his children regularly, they often visit him at home, and maintain excellent relations with his new wife and children.

“3 flowers in the Garden!” Chifundo Mercy James and David Bandu

Trips to Africa continued, and in June 2009, Madonna adopted a little girl from Malawi, Chifundo Mercy James, who became the fourth child in this large family. The girl will turn 9 years old in January.

The singer’s entire life is accompanied by scandals, rumors and speculation; in many ways, she herself provokes them with her shocking behavior. She is often reproached for adopting children for the sake of her own PR, and that she is not at all interested in and does not care about them. Who knows where the truth is, but one way or another, all her children grow up healthy and happy. Judge not, lest ye be judged...