An older photo of Alex Rodriguez out with his wife, Cynthia
Yesterday Maddona and her husband of seven years, Guy Ritchie, made a strained public outing in light of rumors that each of them has consulted divorce attorneys. There’s also a story in the upcoming issue of US Magazine that claims that Madonna, 49, has been carrying on an affair with NY Yankees player Alex Rodriguez, 32.

Madonna’s rep has of course denied that there’s any infidelity or plans for divorce. Madonna and Guy followed their standard operating procedure whenever there are rumors questioning the fitness of their marriage – they went out together and invited the paparazzi to document it. If they’re willing to do that they’re probably willing to work out whatever issues they have that boiled over to the press. They might just stay together.

The NY Daily News adds some credence to the story that Madonna and Alex Rodriguez were having an affair. They report that Rodriguez and his wife of five years, Cynthia, are separated. Cynthia and Alex have two daughters together, aged three and half and two months. There’s a questionable rumor that Cynthia is now having an affair with rocker Lenny Kravitz, and has joined him in Paris for a few days while he’s on tour. Her mother denies that’s true, and I can’t see the mother of a two month old jetting off to Paris for a new guy, but it’s possible. To make this story more complicated, Madonna dated Lenny Kravitz back in 1990.

Yankee star Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia, have split after about three months of problems in their marriage, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Daily News Wednesday…

“It’s true,” the source said of A-Rod’s separation from his wife of five years. “They’ve been having problems for about three months.”

Word of the couple’s marital strife comes less than three months after they expressed how “thrilled” they were with the April 21 birth of their daughter, Ella Alexander.

Rodriguez, 32, didn’t join his wife in Miami until 10 minutes after she gave birth, and spent only a day with her and their newborn before rejoining the Yankees.

Revelations of the couple’s not-so-great-nuptials came as new rumors surfaced on the Internet that Cynthia Rodriguez, 34, was having a fling with rocker Lenny Kravitz.

The gossip item on PerezHilton.com quoted a “family friend” claiming C-Rod had gone on a romantic getaway in Paris with Kravitz.

“She is not! I know that,” Cynthia Rodriguez’s mother, Evangeline Scurtis, told The News yesterday. Scurtis refused to discuss the status of her daughter’s relationship with Rodriguez, repeatedly saying, “No comment.”

Kravitz, 44, is in the middle of his “Love Revolution Tour” in Europe.

Coincidentally, A-Rod, Madonna and Kravitz all share the same manager, Guy Oseary.

[From NY Daily News]

If A-Rod has been visiting Madonna’s apartment late at night at least he’s not doing it while his wife waits at home thinking he’s out with the guys. There is speculation that Madonna and Guy have an open marriage, or maybe Madonna had a fling and is ready to go back to work on her marriage with the same focused zeal she approaches every other area of her life. She’ll whip it into shape just like she molds her body into a tiny powerhouse. I have a feeling this whole story will die down and it will soon be back to Madonna gyrating to her throbbing music, making us pay attention to her upturned crotch and astounding athletic ability instead of her troubled personal life.

Header image thanks to Lawrence Schwartzwald for Splash News.

Lenny Kravitz hasn’t had sex for three years. Why would you share that with anyone, particularly the whole world? Because you’re looking for a wife, of course.

Kravitz, 43, told Maxim magazine: “It’s just a promise I made until I get married. Where I’m at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that’s the way it’s going to be. I’m looking at the big picture.”

Sydney Morning Herald

I think we can assume that Lenny’s celibacy is not the result of a lack of offers. He has in the past dated desirables such like Nicole Kidman, Adriana Lima, Natalie Imbruglia, Madonna and Penelope Cruz. He was also married for four years to the very attractive actress Lisa Bonet.

This is actually a very sensible resolution to make. Lenny Kravitz really had has as much lady love as he is entitled to, time to give all the less attractive guys in the world a chance. And at age 43, I wonder how much longer Lenny will be able to continue his career as ‘rock n roll sex symbol’. He may need to learn to play another instrument or something. I suspect he’s had lots of time to practice since taking this vow of celibacy.

Lenny is currently on tour, promoting his appropriately titled It Is Time for a Love Revolution album. He plays most of the instruments on the album.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Lenny Kravitz is shown at the 2007 American Music Awards on 11/18/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

Nicole Kidman has kept her mouth shut about who she was engaged to between the demise of her marriage to Tom Cruise and her relationship with Keith Urban. The hot money seems to be on either film producer Steve Bing or rocker Lenny Kravitz, but it seems that we might never know.

When asked whether he was the mystery man, Kravitz replied: “I keep that to myself. I feel like that is private and it’s between the two of us, so I just leave it there.”

Sydney Morning Herald

I so wish she’d kept her mouth shut about that engagement. Because of Nicole and Keith’s connections to Australia and New Zealand, every time they fart the newspapers report on the smell. She is hardly ever revealing in interviews, and this seems like a calculated move to get us all speculating on who the mystery man is.

Nicole, in the same interview with Vanity Fair, revealed that she’d love to have a baby, and that Keith was coming around to the idea. Reports today say that she – rather sensibly – wants to be sure that Keith has kicked his drug habit.

Nicole and Keith have also put their Nashville home on the market and have bought a large block of land where they plan to build what Keith’s rep describes as a farmhouse.

According to Urban’s representative, Paul Freundlich, the loved-up pair are planning to build a farmhouse on their newly acquired block.

“They’ve found land within Nashville, and they’re very excited about moving into their new place,” Freundlich said.

The news came as country sensation Urban flew into Sydney this morning to be reunited with his wife at her lavish Darling Point pile.

Daily Telegraph

I can’t imagine that someone used to a ‘lavish Darling Point pile’ home would move into a farmhouse. The term farmhouse makes me think of a log cabin with only basic amenities. Their former Nashville home was a mansion now on the market for interested buyers. If you’re interested, it should only set you back around $2.5 million.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Nicole Kidman is shown in the upcoming fantasy The Golden Compass, thanks to AllMoviePhoto. The film also stars Daniel Craig and is out in the US on 12/7/07.