Madonna and Guy Ritchie Reunited for the First Time in Nearly 20 Years

Madonna and Guy Ritchie reunited in London to support their son, Rocco Ritchie, showing up for the opening of his gallery art show, Talk Is Cheap. It was the first time the former spouses have appeared together publicly since 2008.

Their 25-year-old son, who trained at the Central Saint Martins School and then the Royal Drawing School, presented his new works in a warehouse-studio in central London's Soho district. The exhibition wasn't lacking in celebrity guests, with Jason Statham, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Jake Gyllenhaal in attendance, but it was the presence of the artist's parents that turned the most heads. In the caption to his Instagram post, in which he appears arm in arm with both his parents, Rocco Ritchie thanked them for coming to his event.

“It's obvious why some people might hold judgment against me, I don't blame them,” he wrote. “However, I am proud to be who I am, but I'm even prouder to have both my parents together in one room supporting me.”

Today, the ex-spouses can be in the same room together, but that wasn't always the case. Romantically linked between 2000 and 2008, Madonna and Guy Ritchie shared two children: Rocco, born in 2000, and David Banda, whose adoption process was finalized in 2008. But in October of the same year, the famous then-couple announced their separation.

In 2016, eight years after their divorce, the two fought a legal battle for custody of Rocco, then 15 years old. The year before, Rocco had refused to travel to New York to spend the holiday season with his mother, and the Material Girl singer had filed a complaint demanding his return. The former couple eventually settled the dispute out of court, respecting Rocco's wish to move to the UK with his father. Since then, their contentious split appears to be water under the bridge, as evidenced by the cordial photo with Rocco.

Originally published in Vanity Fair France.