Madonna says Jesus Luz is “the love of her life”.

The singer praised the 22-year-old Brazilian model in a speech at her 51st birthday party in Portofino, Italy, on Sunday before running across the room to passionately kiss him.

As friends looked on, Madonna gushed: “He’s the love of my life. He has been so strong around me. I can’t thank him enough.”

The next morning, the couple looked blissfully happy as they boarded a luxury yacht with Madonna’s children – Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, Mercy, four, and David, three.

As the children relaxed on the deck, Madge and her lover frolicked in the ocean, with Madonna – whose ex-husband is British director Guy Ritchie – shunning a skimpy bikini in favour of a basketball uniform emblazoned with her name.

An onlooker said: “She and Jesus looked madly in love and it was great to see her looking so happy. They just looked like any normal family enjoying a holiday together.”

Source, Bauer-Griffin