“IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE -ANDY WARHOL

MADONNA and husband Guy Ritchie are about to announce their divorce, it has been reported. A statement confirming the split has been prepared and will soon be released, The Sun reports. “It’s very sad. They were a great couple and brilliant parents. They just couldn’t live together any more,” a friend of the couple told The Sun.The pair reportedly had a series of shouting matches over the amount of time devoted to their careers, and over Madonna's desire to adopt another child.Friends said Madonna, 50, initially wanted to wait until next year to announce their separation after her Sticky and Sweet global tour was finished. But she and director Rtichie, 40, decided they wanted the divorce finalised before Christmas.