In 2000, Madonna married British movie director Guy Ritchie, tying the knot in a ceremony held in Scotland — just a few months after she'd given birth to their son, Rocco. Later, the couple adopted another son, David. The marriage didn't last, and they announced they were divorcing in October 2008. "It was unraveling throughout the last year," a source told People at the time. "They were living separate lives and coming together every now and then for the cameras."

Just two months later, the divorce was finalized. Madonna's rep, Liz Rosenberg, told Reuters that Madonna wound up paying Ritchie a sum between £50 million and £60 million ($76 million and $92 million in U.S. currency). According to Rosenberg, that also included their estate in the British countryside, Ashcombe, estimated to be worth approximately £20 million ($30 million). Their combined net worth was said to be $525 million, although most of those millions were Madonna's. 

In a 2012 interview with Newsweek, she made some rare comments about what had gone wrong. "Because when you start off, everything's great and lovely, and the person you've married is flawless, and you're flawless," she said. "Then time goes by, and you share a life, you have children, and there are cracks in the veneer. It's not as romantic as it used to be. You think, 'This isn't what I thought it was going to be,' and 'How much am I willing to sacrifice?'"

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