Rocco Ritchie

MADONNA PROUDLY SUPPORTS HER ARTIST SON ROCCO

Her fans outside went crazy when Madonna, with freshly plumped lips, walked out of her hotel in Paris today carrying a giant teddy bear. Yesterday she dressed in leather and fishnets to attend her son Rocco Ritchie’s art exhibition there. She’s in the habit of turning his shows into high profile events with loads of paparazzi and publicity. It’s hard to imagine, but with some help from his famous mother, Rocco’s art has been selling for from $12,000 to $58,000.

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ROCCO RITCHIE: LOSE THE MUSTACHE!

Turns out Madonna’s 22 year old son Rocco Ritchie is not the loser some people predicted he would turn out to be. We’ve long had a soft spot for him due to his preference for vintage clothing. He shops at thrift stores and flea markets and looks adorable in his mid-century attire (We could actually live without that mustache, however) For the past few years Rocco has been studying and producing art and he’s quite successful, using the name “Rhed.” London art dealers like his work and his paintings sell for around $25,000! Rocco’s father Guy Ritchie has a scene in his new movie called Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre featuring actors admiring and discussing “Rhed’s” paintings.

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA Rocco in NYC visiting ill mom

MADONNA’S KIDS LOOK JUST LIKE THEIR FATHERS

Funny, but we never noticed how much Madonna’s two offspring – Lourdes Leon, 25, and Rocco Ritchie, 23, closely resemble their FATHERS- and share very little visible genetic connection with their mother. Lourdes is lucky because her handsome Cuban dad Carlos Leon is 6’2, so at 5’7,” she towers over her petite mother. (Of course it helps her modeling career.) Rocco obviously identifies with his lookalike dad, director Guy Ritchie, and chose to live with him in London for the past few years. Rocco has long had great fashion sense and he’s now an artist. Rocco looks very excited in this photo with Lourdes – they are meeting Madonna at the Tom Ford fashion show in NY and have three seats in the front row awaiting them.

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THEY ALL SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MADONNA IN SICILY

Madonna is not one to ignore her birthday – even if it happens to be her 64th. She LOVES a big party and flew a boatload of friends to her favorite place in Sicily, an 18th century Sicilian palace, for a lavish celebration. She’s been planning the big day (August 16) for months, according to The Sun, and will spare no expense for the dinner and live band – there HAS to be dancing. This year it will be interesting to see WHO she dances with – she broke up with her dancer boyfriend Ahlamalik Williams a few months ago, and has been on the prowl in fishnet stockings ever since…

Photos: Instagram – Bottom photo- Son Rocco Ritchie’s birthday is Aug 11, so they shared the celebration

ROCCO RITCHIE AND LOURDES LEON HAVE A LOT IN COMMON

Nice to see Madonna’s kids hanging out together. Madonna’s oldest daughter Lourdes Leon was hired to model in the Marine Serre show during Fashion Week in Paris and her half-brother Rocco Ritchie, 21, popped over from the UK to catch the show. Lourdes and Rocco both lived with their mother in New York until a few years ago. Rocco was on his mother’s Rebel Heart Tour when he was 16 and he abruptly quit the tour and moved in with his father, director Guy Ritchie in London. This caused a family rift which has since settled, and Rocco is living with Guy’s family and studying art in the UK. He’s even had a few art shows and sold paintings under the fake name of Rhed. Which makes sense because he’s always had a killer sense of style.

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KEEPING UP WITH THE CICCONES

No chance of Madonna being lonely over the holidays. She has a full house with her family alone. Everybody got together for Thanksgiving and Madonna posted this family portrait on Instagram. From left: Lourdes Leon, 24, (she inherited her mother’s eyebrows) finished her 4 years at the University of Michigan where she studied music and theater. She’s now modeling (Miu Miu, Stella McCartney etc) and looking for acting jobs in New York. Next to her is dapper David – he’s athletic and studies at a soccer academy in Portugal. The twins Estere and Stella are seven and they study piano and voice like their sister Mercy, 14, on far right. Rocco Ritchie (in a suit and tie) is 20, lives in London, and he’s studying fine arts at Central Saint Martins in London. Rocco turned out to be the fashionista in the family – loves to dress like a 1940’s gangster and has impressive style.

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ROCCO RITCHIE WON’T BE HAPPY TO SEE THIS

Uh oh. Even Rocco Ritchie can have girlfriend problems. While his pal Brooklyn Beckham is in Los Angeles crushing on actress Madison Beer, Rocco’s model girlfriend Kim Turnbull is in Barbados frolicking in the ocean with good looking another guy. Kim is Rocco’s first serious girlfriend since he moved to London to live with his father Guy Ritchie. Rocco turns 17 this month and Kim is the same age.

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MADONNA HAS LOST ROCCO FOR GOOD

When her teenage son Rocco Ritchie insisted on moving to London to live with his father, Madonna was outraged. Although she was busy touring herself, Madonna wanted her son back and fought in court for him. Eventually she calmed down and decided to let Rocco stay – assuming he would miss her and his family in New York. But NOOOOO. Rocco, now 16, immediately took to his new surroundings and his skater buddies there. He got a model girlfriend and has loads of cool friends, including Brooklyn Beckham. To top it off, he got a modeling job with Adidas and he’s earning MONEY, so he’s independent. Fortunately, Madonna adopted twin girls from Malawi so she’ll still have plenty of kids to drag to Kabbalah meetings.
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MADONNA HAS TAKEN UP A NEW SPORT

Madonna wants you to know what she’s doing over the holidays. She’s SKIING with her children and friends – not in Aspen – but Switzerland! She claims her kids talked her into taking up the sport. Among Madonna’s group you can see magician David Blaine next to her son David. Madonna and Blaine were an item in 1998 and have remained friends through the years. Rocco brought his British girlfriend along so he’s happier than usual. Looks like a good time was had by all.

Photo from Madonna’s Instagram.

ROCCO RITCHIE DOESN’T WANT TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Madonna is not going to be happy because Rocco, 16, is very involved in his new life in London, living with his dad Guy Ritchie. He has a whole gang of skateboarding buddies from school and he pals around with the likes of Brooklyn Beckham. Most important, he has his first real girlfriend, Kim Turnbull, 16, and she’s a pretty young model – so what else could he ask for? He and Kim were photographed leaving the Love magazine Christmas party in the UK. If he were in NY, his mom would be dragging him to Kabbalah meetings…

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