Guy Ritchie’s mother has angrily denied Madonna is preparing to divorce her movie director son.

Lady Amber Leighton says she felt compelled to speak out after a flurry of speculation surrounding the couple this week, with the pop superstar reportedly consulting the lawyer who handled Sir Paul McCartney’s recent divorce.

She tells the Mail On Sunday, “It is absolute rubbish, worse than that. Guy will be furious at me talking to you but I feel I can’t just let these reports go unanswered as they make me so angry and they are hurtful intrusions into their private lives.

“They are no different to most other couples and we all know that being together can be hard sometimes and marriages are not always a bed of roses.

“But like other couples they work at keeping their relationship happy and fresh and they are a close and loving couple who have a family to bring up.

“I spoke to Guy this morning, not about divorce but about a new feature film project he has got under way.

“There’s no conversation about divorce because there is no divorce. Madonna is in New York at the moment finishing off a tour and he will join her there after the weekend.

“That is not a couple splitting up. I’ll say it one more time, they are not getting divorced; the speculation is TT – that’s total tosh.”