Madonna is said to have wanted a ‘marriage of equals’ with Sean Penn during their relationship, but he wanted traditional gender roles, according to a biographer
Madonna is said to have wanted a “marriage of equals” with Sean Penn but he wanted traditional gender roles and to be “the man” amid her skyrocketing fame, it has been revealed.
The Material Girl singer was famously married to Mystic River star Sean Penn, with their marriage somewhat short-lived. Meeting on the set of the aforementioned song’s music video in January 1985, the couple wed months later in August of the same year.
Collaborating together for a couple of projects, Madonna then dedicated her third studio album True Blue to her husband. But their love story wasn’t to stand to test of time, which was apparent when Madonna filed for divorce in December 1987, but withdrew the papers two weeks later. The couple’s divorce was then officially filed by Madonna in 1989, citing “irreconcilable differences”.
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