Madonna posted this Instagram of her son, Rocco Ritchie, earlier this week. It’s a really nice photo of him – as opposed to the embarrassing photos she usually posts of him – and the sentiment is nice too: “I miss this boy so full of life so full@of@love.” Say what you want about Madonna – and I’ve said a lot – but she does love her children. She just sees them as mostly an extension of herself. Anyway, Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be in NYC next week, after the Oscars, to work out Rocco’s custodial arrangement. They were originally supposed to work it on February 2, but the hearing got delayed. Madonna probably has a mountain of evidence about Rocco’s delinquency now too! And in the past month, Madonna has been quietly negotiating with her wayward son, apparently.
Pleading her custody case! Madonna is making small but substantial strides in her ongoing battle to bring her 15-year-old son, Rocco Ritchie, home.
“Madonna and Rocco have been talking,” a source close to the Grammy winner, 57, reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “They are trying to mediate themselves.”
“Rocco has been the one reaching out to Madonna,” the source tells Us. “She and Guy are not on speaking terms.”
But before Rocco makes any moves, he wants to see change. “Guy is very relaxed, while Madonna is strict and regimented,” explains the source of Rocco’s gripes. “She is saying things will be different.”
Frankly, this is how it should have been from the very beginning. Both Guy and Madonna were using Rocco’s custody as an opportunity to slam each other and throw accusations in the media. This is a private family matter that could and should be worked out between Rocco and his parents. And if Rocco has used this time to reflect and negotiate with his mother about what he’d like to change, good for him. I do think Madonna still sees him as a little kid and Rocco was just being a completely normal rebellious teenager.
Days of innocence. In Malawi. How I miss this time. 😔💘🙏🏻. ❤️ #rebelhearts pic.twitter.com/O0XINBNlzO
— Madonna (@Madonna) February 11, 2016
Photos courtesy of Instagram.
Good. Good.
Sometimes you just need a break before you start talking.
That last picture looks so weird. It looks like Rocco’s head is photoshopped on. I don’t think it is, but for some reason it just looks bizarre to me.
Yeah they should’ve done this in private from the very beginning, not in public & not on Instagram of all places. Can she stop with the #rebelhearts hashtag? She puts it everywhere! I know it’s her album or whatever but she uses it on things that make no sense at all. Photo of a puppy #rebelhearts, photo of #malemodels #rebelhearts, photo of Elton John & Ritchie #notrebelheartsihatethemboth
Wow. No #rebelhearts? Shocking.
Lol,rebel heart. I’ve lost all love I had for this woman in the 90’s, this tour has her dancing on a cross, nuns in bras. What ever is your religious beliefs, they should not be used as props. Maybe her son wanting to spend time with his father while she is touring isn’t such a bad idea. Do dads get no rights?
This should have been done in private since the beginning. She made the situation worse by sharing her personal life in social media and the courts.
….and she is still doing it, I don’t believe she has or will change, regardless of what Rocco hopes for.
Can’t be to private or quiet. It’s in the gossip sites, so – well. And Rebel Heart isn’t going to happen for you, Madge. Stop with the hashtags
Thank goodness. This was my thing this whole time…instead of surprisingly not getting on a plane for home Guy should’ve BEEN a parent and had Rocco call home. Madonna should stop dragging Rocco on tour and give him more stability. And Rocco should’ve spoken up before he up and decided that he wasn’t going home. Obviously Rocco is the least wrong in this scenario but it did not have to get this far. Glad cooler heads are prevailing (well 2 or 3 cooler heads)
This is fine, but Rocco shouldn’t expect any changes. Strict and regimented with her kids—that is her personality. She isn’t going to change. A demanding, narcissist mother is who she is. She may try to relax to get along better with Rocco, but I don’t think it will last very long.
At 15 he should have the say about who he wants to be with! Maybe a visitation agreement with Madonna but Rocco is old enough to decide and forcing him to be with his mother will just cause him to resent her!
The 15-year-old in me is hoping Rocco gets to spend much of his time in England. London and the countryside both sound amazing. I think I would’ve loved that in my teen years.
Madonna and Guy Ritchie “are not speaking”. Does this not say it all?
These are the parents of this child, and they don’t speak to each other? WTF?? One or both of them cannot set aside their own differences/grievances for the sake of an underage child?
Sorry, but these parents are both way, way past the age and long past the time of their split to be in a “not speaking to each other” mode.
How sad for this boy.