Madonna is said to be "devastated" that a New York artist who provided the pictures for her children's book 'The English Roses' has been severely beaten up outside a nightclub in the city. Jeffrey Fulvimari sustained multiple skull fractures, including a broken eye socket, during the attack, which occurred in the Chelsea area of Manhattan early on Sunday morning. The singer's US spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg told the New York Daily News: "She was very devastated at the news. She's very fond of Jeffrey... and she will be reaching out to be with him."
Elsewhere in Madonna news, the singer has apparently (again) denied those reports that her relationship with husband Guy Ritchie is in trouble, but admitted that she thinks she deserves a pat on the back for managing to sustain her marriage at the same time as holding down her day job.
According an IOL.com report, she said: "I must admit, I have to pat myself on the back. It's not easy to be married, to have a successful career, to have children, to be with someone who is as strong-willed and ambitious as I am. Guy's not a househusband and I'm not a typical wife. So you can imagine, we have our clashes. But I think we always keep our eye on the ball - that is our marriage - the union of us, the things that we create together, are bigger than the petty fights we have."