Madonna and Guy Richie make a public appearance.
The same day news of her relationship with New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez spread, Madonna stepped out holding hands with husband Guy Ritchie in New York City.
Looking tense, Ritchie, 39, carried the singer’s over-sized Louis Vuitton bag as they headed into her Central Park West apartment following dinner Tuesday night. Madonna, 49, who appeared exhausted, covered her mouth.
The two usually enter their building through a side door but walked through the front door for photographers.
The couple — who were last photographed together June 3 after dining at Italian eatery Locanda Locatelli in London — have been dogged by split rumors lately.
The venerable Times of London reported that the singer consulted the same high-profile divorce attorney who worked with Paul McCartney and Prince Charles.
Us Weekly also reports that the singer has also been hosting late-night visits from Rodriguez, 32, at her apartment.
A source tells Us that their relationship grew so close, he he even visited her, possibly as early as the night after his wife Cynthia gave birth to their first child in April.
Despite Madonna’s rep downplaying their relationship, it is clear that the singer and ballplayer have gotten tight.
Rodriguez — who shares the same manager, Guy Osery, as Madonna — hit an after-party for Richie’s film Revolver.
They also dined together — along with Osery — February 17 at Girgio Baldi in Santa Monica.
That same month, Madonna even introduced Rodriguez to her daughter Lourdes at a United Nations benefit for her Raising Malawi charity and UNICEF.
“This is Alex,” she said to Lourdes, New York’s Daily News reports. “He’s a baseball player.”
“Maybe you can come and see me play sometime,” he told an unimpressed Lourdes.
“She’s not that into baseball,” Madonna replied.
Rodriguez also attended her concert at Roseland Ballroom in April and later tried to dirty dance with her at NYC hot spot The Box.
On June 22, Madonna, her kids and Osery all sat in Rodriguez’s Yankee Stadium box seats during a game against the Boston Red Sox.
