{"id":986,"date":"2009-10-08T02:16:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T06:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/?p=986"},"modified":"2015-05-07T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T04:27:22","slug":"guy-ritchie-thinks-madonnas-retarded-but-he-still-loves-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2009\/10\/08\/guy-ritchie-thinks-madonnas-retarded-but-he-still-loves-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Ritchie thinks Madonna&#8217;s retarded, but he still loves her"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/madonna_3_by_david_shankbone.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1746 aligncenter\" alt=\"Madonna 3 by David Shankbone\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/madonna_3_by_david_shankbone.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/madonna_3_by_david_shankbone.jpg 758w, https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/madonna_3_by_david_shankbone-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been less than a year since Guy Ritchie and Madonna split up after eight years of marriage, however, in a recent interview with Esquire Ritchie, the director of the upcoming Sherlock Holmes said &#8220;And, of course, here you go: I still love her, But she&#8217;s retarded, too,&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"0ef8bfa44cafabceb297ac3097736deb\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: right; margin:0px 0 0px 0px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Celebrity_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1568606040\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>He still admires Madonna if the following statement is any indication &#8211; &#8220;She&#8217;s a manifester, if there ever was one,&#8221; he says. &#8220;First-rate manifester. 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