After months of rumors that Madonna’s marriage was in trouble, the singer’s rep, Liz Rosenberg, finally confirmed that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are calling it quits.

Now that divorce is imminent, it’s inevitable Madonna’s relationship with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez is going to be scrutinized all over. His appearance at her Oct. 12 concert in New York City doesn’t help the situation.

“Before the show (Rodriguez) wasn’t there, but after the lights went down and she started singing, he came in and sat front and center,” says a source who sat near A-Rod.

Madonna’s plans with A-Rod extend beyond the concert: the singer is reportedly planning a trip to Malawi when her “Sticky & Sweet” tour ends, and A-Rod is said to be joining her. The trip is meant to be a fact-finding mission to raise awareness for Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity (a rep for Raising Malawi didn’t comment by deadline).

A source from the Kabbalah Centre in New York City says that before that trip, “expect them to make a public appearance together at the Kabbalah Centre here.”

Source, WENN