It sure is good to be Madonna. According to reports, the penultimate ‘material girl’ has plunked down nearly $12 million dollars to purchase the house next door to her London residence with the intention of turning the property into a gym.
After the appropriate permits are secured, Queen Madge (as the British press calls her) apparently intends to physically join her primary residence with her latest real estate acquisition so that she can avoid the twenty yard stroll from one to the other. However, until then she will be forced to brave the out of doors and the onlookers who gather daily to watch the pop icon make her daily fitness pilgrimage. Oh the trials of fame and fortune!
As a side note, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie reportedly bested offers from Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders and famed photog Mario Testino to score the swank Georgian style manse.
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