Madonna seemed to have found love once more as she cosied up to a new man following her recent break-up. The 64-year-old megastar reportedly split from her ex-lover Andrew Darnell, 23, last week after five months together.
Finding a new flame of his own, Andrew is also said to have moved on from the pop singer with someone closer to his own age. The Like A Prayer hitmaker didn’t waste any time putting herself back out there as she appeared to be getting closer to boxer Josh Popper, 29.
The singer was seen cuddling up to her sparring partner in a series of snaps shared on Instagram earlier this month. Claimed to be enjoying each other’s company, the pair are said to have become entangled while Josh was training her children at New York City’s Bredwinners gym.
Sporting dark shades and the same floor-length black silk coat she wore to the Grammys after-party in early February, Madonna can be seen pressing her lips against Popper’s shoulder and squeezing his bulging tattooed right arm as he makes a fist at the gym.
‘In a male-driven culture, there are always exceptions,’ she wrote in the Instagram story post, which followed a photo of the Material Girl embracing a punching bag captioned: ‘Hard to ignore the reality… that most women get demolished.’
The photos were shared just days after Madonna was criticized for her nearly unrecognizable appearance at the Grammy Awards.
The Like a Prayer hitmaker is also now mourning the loss of her brother Anthony Ciccone, whose death on Sunday comes amid her recent breakup with Darnell.
Popper also shared the photo on his own account, where he included a second photo with his arm wrapped around the pop star, flanked by three friends as they pose outside a boxing ring.
Author: Andrew Collins
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