| Alex Rodriquez, also known as A-Rod, Madonna's | | | | Madonna was his "f*%king soulmate, dude." Madonna |
| new boyfriend, has reportedly dropped Kabbalah. | | | | has told the press that she's being kept busy by her |
| Madonna, a dedicated follower of Kabbalah (an | | | | "Sticky and Sweet" tour, so she's been too distracted |
| off-shoot of Judaism), had also failed to interest her | | | | to focus on her personal life. She said, "It would be |
| second ex-husband Guy Ritchie (Madonna has also | | | | horrible if I was just thinking about getting a divorce and |
| been married to actor Sean Penn) in the religion which | | | | had nothing to do." Madonna, who has three children, |
| he called "weird" and "hokum". Alex Rodriguez's | | | | has also mentioned that she feels grateful for having |
| indifference has made Madonna rethink the status of | | | | such a successful career and said, "I'm sad about my |
| their relationship. | | | | personal life, but I feel very blessed and very lucky that |
| According to an insider, "This is certainly off-putting to | | | | I have the opportunity to do what I do in my |
| Madonna. She did drag Guy into Kabbalah, she's doing | | | | professional life." |
| the same with Alex. But he's bored. He's basically a | | | | On the other hand, Madonna's relationship with her |
| Kabbalah dropout." Another insider from the New York | | | | ex-husband Sean Penn seems to be quite good |
| Kabbalah Center (where Madonna and Alex | | | | compared to her other rocky relationships. They've |
| Rodriguez have been taking lessons privately) added, | | | | been spotted together in the New York area, |
| "He hasn't even finished Kabbalah 1 (the introduction to | | | | specifically at the Greenwich Hotel where they drank |
| Kabbalah) and the majority of the time he spent with | | | | after one of her concerts. It has been reported that |
| Yardeni so far was for counseling, not study." | | | | Sean has been helping Madonna emotionally. However, |
| This happened despite the fact that Alex Rodriguez, | | | | it seems that the old flame will not be rekindled since |
| who has also just recently split from wife Cynthia | | | | an insider noted, "They have a nice rapport. There's |
| Rodriguez, had mentioned to a friend that he felt that | | | | nothing romantic there. They're just good friends. |