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Guy Ritchie: Madonna Is Retarded

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Guy Ritchie still loves Madonna, they do share two sons, but the director recognizes her limitations.

A year after their divorce, Ritchie tells the November issue of Esquire that his ex-wife is "retarded":

"She's a manifester, if there ever was one," he says. "First-rate manifester. Madonna makes things happen. Put Madonna up against any twenty-three-year-old, she'll outwork them, outdance them, outperform them. The woman is broad."

"Broad," I say, repeating the word of the day.

"And, of course, here you go: I still love her," he says. He takes a breath, drives through a red light. If no one is ahead of him, Guy Ritchie does not typically stop. "But she's retarded, too."

It's rocky getting a divorce, innit? I say.

"You can't tell someone when they're getting divorced that their pain is an illusion," he says. "I'm fucking telling you, I feel it, I've been through that. You have, too. No one can say you don't feel that."


You can read the whole Esquire interview here.

Ritchie directed the upcoming version of "Sherlock Holmes" with Jude Law and Robert Downey, so look for more fun quotes throughout his press junkets.


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Guy Ritchie still loves Madonna, they do share two sons, but the director recognizes her limitations. A year after their divorce, Ritchie tells the November issue of Esquire that his ex-wife is "r...
Guy Ritchie still loves Madonna, they do share two sons, but the director recognizes her limitations. A year after their divorce, Ritchie tells the November issue of Esquire that his ex-wife is "r...
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09:58 PM on 10/25/2009
what an ugly thing to say about your son's mother. iq zero
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Seán O'Nilbud
Drunken Master
12:09 AM on 12/18/2009
You should actually learn to read, and not just the hallmark cards you've been absorbing until now.
09:18 AM on 10/12/2009
Two calm, rational posts regarding the word "re.tar.de­d" on two different days, and Both were scrubbed.
Thanks PuffHo.

I'm going for simple w/ examples now, maybe it will make it this time?

When some one says "gee, that joke was lame...." does that mean they are mocking crippled people?

Re.ta.rted has other meanings besides mental retardatio­n. Look it up. Perhaps it would be better to stop using it in regards to mentally challenged people, and let the OTHER meanings take dominance.
To "ret.ard" is to hold back, impede, compromise­, disrupt progressio­n...

Guy Richie saying Madonna is "ret.ar.de­d" in some areas of her emotional life, is NOT saying she is mentally disabled. If we all use the more "PC" terms for people, the R word won't be associated *only* with the mentally challenged anymore.
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01:25 AM on 10/26/2009
Good post.
04:11 PM on 10/11/2009
I will no longer use the word retarded in any derogatory manner again. I admit shamefully­, I use the word retarded quite liberally. I might get flamed for that alone, but I'm posting this for anyone else who might be reading and does so as well. Living in a metropolis­, I see mentally disabled people everyday and my interactio­ns with the mentally disabled are humbling.

I do not say the N word, the F word or refer to any other group in such a mean spirited manner, but somehow retarded is there. Again, it's shameful and I am sorry for it.... Peace.
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Seán O'Nilbud
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12:11 AM on 12/18/2009
No one cares what you do.
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elizlucinda
a mind is a terrible thing to waste
12:36 PM on 10/11/2009
Where I come from its really impolite to call someone "retarded.
11:22 AM on 10/11/2009
What is he - 12?
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08:52 AM on 10/10/2009
Yes, he MUST be in pain... As he seems to be babbling incoherent­ly.
10:25 AM on 10/10/2009
I understand that he's hurting and all, but there are better ways to channel your pain. You love her, then act accordingl­y.
I actually read the entire article and he seems kinda lost and in pain. Though I'm sure that there's no chance of the 2 of them getting back together; once Madonna moves on, that's it.
Even with Sean Penn, who she loved the most, there was no encore. She moves on pretty fast and always looks forward.
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01:25 AM on 10/26/2009
The article itself was a bit incoherent­.
07:50 PM on 10/09/2009
Maybe so, but not half as retarded as the people who think she can sing.
10:48 AM on 10/10/2009
Or waste they time to comment in an article about her, when they clearly hate her.
06:22 PM on 10/11/2009
Actually she's notoriousl­y a terrible human being, if you believe her brother or anyone else who has had long term exposure to her. If that's enough to "hate" Rush Limbaugh, why not her?
06:38 PM on 10/09/2009
My daughter is mentally retarded! Why is it that every time there is one final insult it is the word retarded?

We went on a trip cross country, via Amtrak, and there was a teenager, who kept talking very loudly about Retarded this and that with her grandparen­ts. I looked over at my beautiful daughter who had just graduated from high school, (albeit a special one), and I could see her wince, and feel her pain. I asked her if it bothered her. She bravely, said no. But I knew that was her strength showing; it's how she has survived, to become a painter, swim, ice skate, become a very good cook and so much more.

Told them their granddaugh­ter was offensive, they apologized­.and spoke to granddaugh­ter, who just tossed her head in disgust as if we were trampling on her free speech rights.

Now, I carry a picture of my daughter and whenever I hear that word being used; I show them the photo, and then I tell them......­........sh­e is retarded! How she tries harder every day and has more courage than anyone, and I mean ANYONE I have ever met. I let them know she would NEVER hurt anyone knowingly and ask they never use that word again, and that they tell their friends about my daughter.

It hurts each time I do it, and my heart races, but I do it anyway. I do it for her!!!
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05:09 AM on 10/10/2009
That's a very touching story. Your daughter sounds like a very strong young woman.
07:15 PM on 10/10/2009
Thank you, she is strong! I am more proud of her than anyone I've ever met. To live with her and see her courage from infancy when she was frightened of her "Busybox" by Fisher Price, right down to being afraid of the ice at the rink or the snow on the slopes, and to see her conquer it all, I have had a rare seat at someones' life triumphs. I'm really grateful..­........sh­e makes me more adventurou­s and braver too Jtyroler.
08:46 AM on 10/10/2009
I've never understood why calling someone or something "retarded" is socially acceptable­.
05:27 PM on 10/09/2009
Yawn
01:43 PM on 10/09/2009
Guy Ritchie belongs to that well-known group of bland, ordinary, loser guys (Kevin Federline, anyone?) who cling on to famous/ric­h women and then use them, degrade them, try to control them, and THEN once the woman grows tired of the loser, he smears her name to all. F**k you very much, Guy Ritchie. The whole world knows your name only BECAUSE of Madonna. Yes, there is definitely someone in this equation who is acting "retarded" and it's not her. Btw, has he seen Madonna's new boy toy, Jesus?? Heeeeellll­llllllllll­llllllllll­lllllloooo­oooooooooo­ooo... omg... no wonder he is pissed. This guy is beautiful. Hopefully, he knows how to treat her with the respect she deserves. Otherwise, she will be on to the next one. Oh well, it would be his loss.
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03:01 PM on 10/09/2009
um, not true. I knew Guy Ritchie before he married Madonna. Where have you been living?
And he was more successful prior to his marriage to the control beast. Maybe he will be so again.....­now that Ms. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane lookalike Madonna is gone.
02:34 PM on 10/10/2009
Not if he just keeps making the same movie over and over...
06:21 PM on 10/09/2009
What are you talking about? Guy Ritchie made his name without Madonna. Where have you been. Do you go to the movies at all? Also, read the article - he was not trashing her! Another provocativ­e huffpost headline.
09:39 AM on 10/09/2009
http://www­.r-word.or­g/
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Heather Mac
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01:01 PM on 10/09/2009
Right on--you beat me to it.
02:12 PM on 10/09/2009
Yeah, someone called me a Wallflower and I am trying to stop it from happening again. What a terrible word. It is just a word, isn't it? Can someone come up with another word to help single me out as different?
04:11 AM on 10/09/2009
Love Richie's movies: Snatch & Rock'n rolla
Always loved the Material girl, cause she's the ultimate & 1st freak
....but what a disappoint­ingly boring article...­.
Richie should do another interview, different & better writer :D
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bioluminescence
04:03 AM on 10/09/2009
Pictures of blissfully happy couples are sweeter because we know what usually follows.
03:11 AM on 10/09/2009
What we need is a new reality show: Celebrity Cellblock.

Picture it... An annoying famous person standing with his or her elbows cuffed together on our side of the bars, a single camera fixed in extreme facial closeup, the Prada pants around their personal trainer ankles, and behind them, hundreds of prisoners who have just one shot at live TV.

The celebritie­s would be kidnapped in a pairs, and a flip of a coin would determine who would is interviewe­d, and who is interviewe­r. Guy? Madonna? Oh pleeeeze? We love you!

Having created our coliseum, we might as well sell tickets.
02:55 AM on 10/09/2009
I'm an American and I can you this: the one who's right is the one who's more entertaini­ng, and the one who's the most entertaini­ng is the one who looks best naked.

Tell them both to shut up and strip down. We'll throw the loser to the dogs, eat the winner ourselves, and give the money to Michael Jackson's estate to create another generation of tragic brilliant freaks so that we have someone to arbitraril­y worship and despise.

I don't care if you make me love or hate you, I just want to feel something.
04:08 AM on 10/10/2009
Nailed it.