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Madonna has split up with her boyfriend Josh Popper.
The 65-year-old Vogue hitmaker and 30-year-old professional boxer have called it quits after just a year of dating away from the spotlight. They met through Madonna's son David Banda, who was taking lessons from Popper at Bredwinners gym in New York.
But her busy schedule back on tour has reportedly caused the two to drift apart, with an insider saying the pair have "barely seen" each other in recent weeks and months and that their whirlwind romance simply "fizzled out" after becoming absent from each other.
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He's a professional boxer training her son in New York (INSTAGRAM)"Madonna has barely seen Josh for months because her schedule was so hectic. Things just fizzled out," a source told The Sun. "There is genuinely no bad blood — they're still fond of each other." The insider continued: "At the moment their relationship doesn't feel feasible and they’ve cooled things off, but they are staying friends."
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She has only recently revived her Celebration Tour, performing in London last October after quitting shows due to ill health. She wrapped the concerts in Brazil earlier this month, throwing a big party – with Popper nowhere to be seen recently.
He is thought to have remained by her side while the mum-of-six was in ICU battling her serious bacterial infection last year. The sportsman also joined her in Portugal for her birthday last August, later joining her on stage in Brooklyn back in December.
It marked the last time the pair were seen together in public after being first romantically linked in 2023 following Madonna's split from Ahlamalik Williams, in 2022. Earlier this month, the singer shocked fans after dressing up in a gimp mask.
Ahead of her free show in Copacabana, Madonna was snapped as she practised her raunchy routines ahead of the show. She wore teamed her gimp outfit with a knee brace on her leg to help support a recent injury. As she carried out her sound check she was seen with one lime green latex hood over her face, before then covering it with a black one.
She added some shorts and a sheer t-shirt to the look and wore long lace gloves while performing some raunchy moves on the stage. Madonna was also seen strutting around the stage in a pair of silver boots teamed with a skintight velvet catsuit.