Madonna, 65, splits with her boxer boyfriend, 30, after just a year as gruelling Celebration Tour takes its toll
MADONNA and boxer boyfriend Josh Popper have thrown in the towel after a year – due to her hugely successful career.
The couple have struggled to get time together as Madonna has spent the past seven months on the road with her massive Celebration Tour.
They were introduced when Josh, who is 35 years younger than the pop icon, began giving boxing lessons to her son David Banda.
She has told pals she is single again after the relationship ended.
A source said: “Madonna has barely seen Josh for months because her schedule was so hectic. Things just fizzled out.
“There is genuinely no bad blood — they’re still fond of each other.
“At the moment their relationship doesn’t feel feasible and they’ve cooled things off, but they are staying friends.”
Josh supported her when she went into hospital last June with a bacterial infection.
He joined the Frozen singer and her family on a trip to Portugal last August for her birthday.
There, he got the seal of approval from her eldest son Rocco Ritchie.
On her hit tour, which ended earlier this month, Josh featured in visuals during the song Erotica.
He even joined her on stage during her Brooklyn concert in December.
Josh, who coaches in boxing at his New York studio, last posted about Madonna on Valentine’s Day when he shared photos of them together on Instagram with the caption: “Missing Portugal.”
Madonna’s team did not respond when approached for comment on the break-up.
The pair got together in early 2023 following her split from backing dancer Ahlamalik Williams the year before.
She cheered Josh on to victory at a boxing match in a Brooklyn gym in March 2023.
In 2019, she revealed: “People are becoming more and more accepting of unconventional lifestyles, unconventional relationships, marriages, families.
“I fit into that category. I have six children, four of them are adopted and I’m not married. I continue to defy convention in terms of having an unconventional family.”
Good on you, Madge.