From The Sun:
Madonna has confessed to The Sun she feels her “head is going to explode” from the stress of being a single mum after her divorce from Guy Ritchie.
The pop queen bared her soul in a world exclusive interview as she declared: “I’m not going to lie — it’s hard work having four kids and doing all the work I do.”
Her headaches over Lourdes, 15, Rocco, 12, David, six, and Mercy, five, are just the same as any divorcee holding down a job, according to the multi-millionairess. And Madonna, 53, blasted critics of her parenting skills — fuming: “Everybody has something to say about the way I live my life. At the end of the day I’m doing my best. If people don’t like it, then that’s really their problem.”
Madonna said four years after her divorce from 43-year-old Brit film director Ritchie: “Sometimes I cope with it very well, sometimes it’s a struggle.”
The star has used her experiences as a lone parent as an inspiration for some of the tracks on her forthcoming album, MDNA. Discussing song I Don’t Give A, she explained: “It’s about the life of a single mother. It’s a challenge juggling everything — multi-tasking is my middle name. I try to express that.”
All right, it’s obvious that Madonna does a lot of work, and I’m sure being a single mother to four children under the age of 18 is rough. But really, I’ve pretty much had enough of Madonna talking. Everything she says is just so annoying and self-righteous, and I’m over it.
The single moms I know don’t have the luxury of nannies, or the security of knowing that no matter what, their children will be taken care of. The problems are always more like “how am I going to pay for this?” and “who’s going to watch my kids when I have to go to work?’ and “I can’t afford health insurance” and “I can’t afford anything.” I can’t tell you how many ladies I’ve seen stay with total asshats because it was just way easier than trying to figure out how to juggle everything. Madonna doesn’t have to worry about that. Sure, she probably feels sad when she’s away from her kids performing at the Super Bowl or whatever, but it’s not remotely the same thing, and it’s annoying that she thinks it is.
Can we just go back to 1998 when the only time I ever heard about Madonna was when I heard “Ray of Light” on the radio all the time while patiently waiting for a Spice Girls song to come on?
That’s exactly what I was gonna say about single mums. I don’t doubt it must be harder without Ritchie but quite frankly, she’s super rich. The way she talks about it is as if we she could relate to all single mothers out there and we all know that’s bullshit.
Amen.