Madonna and Guy: living like brother and sister?

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Today, the Mirror reports that Madonna and Guy are done as a couple -- but not yet ready to endure the onslaught that will follow an announcement. One source says that Madonna is waiting for the end of her tour in November to publicly put a pin in her relationship. ‘They live like brother and sister rather than husband and wife and thought it best to call it a day,’ the source adds.

Earlier this month, Madonna’s publicist Liz Rosenberg released this statement, amid rumors of marriage troubles:

‘I am delighted to confirm that Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ritchie remain happily married. Though they were in different countries recently — Madonna in the U.S. doing promotion for her upcoming album, ‘Hard Candy,’ and Guy finishing up post-production on his new film, ‘RocknRolla,’ as well as completing a Nike commercial and working on several scripts in England — the family are joyfully back together at home in London. All is well and wonderful in the Ritchie household.’

(Well, neither of them look happily married in this shot from Cannes in May.)

Still, it’s interesting to see how the publicity machine never breaks down. Even in reporting that the couple is well and wonderful, Rosenberg manages to plug their projects too. And while clearly it would cause press pandemonium to announce a divorce while Madonna is on tour, it must suck to prolong a painful marriage just because of the paparazzi.

On an up note, Madonna could fall in love with one of her back-up dancers again, right?