Madonna and Guy Ritchie reunited for the first time in nearly 20 years after their divorce to support their son Rocco’s art exhibition.
The exes posed alongside Rocco, 25, on Friday, Dec. 12 in front of his art for his “Talk is Cheap” exhibition in London.
Rocco posted the photo to Instagram Monday and thanked both his parents for coming together in support of him in an emotional caption.
“It’s obvious why some people might hold judgement against me, I don’t blame them. However, I am proud to be who I am, but I’m even prouder to have both of my parents together in one room supporting me,” he wrote.
“The work should speak for itself, that’s why the show was called ‘Talk Is Cheap,’” Rocco concluded.
Madonna, 67, and Ritchie, 57, were married from 2000 to 2008 and welcomed Rocco in 2000. They also began the process to adopt son David Banda in 2006, which was finalized in May 2008.
The musician already was mom to daughter Lourdes, whom she shares with ex Carlos Leon.
But by October 2008, the former couple announced their split, amid rumors that Madonna wanted to adopt another baby and that the two resented each other’s career commitments.
A nasty custody war between the singer and the film director sparked in December 2015 when Rocco refused to travel back from London to New York to spend the holidays with Madonna.
The “Material Girl” songstress brought the issue to court and a judge forced the teen to spend the holidays with the Grammy winner against his wishes.
In 2016, Rocco — who was 15 years old at the time — sought to move to the UK to live with his father.
In September 2016, the exes settled the case, and Rocco was approved to live abroad with Ritchie.
Back in September, Madonna revealed she contemplated suicide during the “painful” custody battle with the British producer.
“There were moments in my life [where] I wanted to cut my arms off,” she confessed to Jay Shetty during his “On Purpose” podcast.
“I actually contemplated suicide. That probably sounds really weird coming from me because I’m not emo … but I was like, ‘I can’t take this pain anymore.’”
Madonna clarified that she was “not in the blame game,” though she “used to be that way” by attempting to “seek revenge” on those who had wronged her.
“Even though my marriage didn’t work out … someone trying to take my child away from me, it was like, ‘They might as well just kill me,’” she explained. “That’s what I was thinking.”
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