Dave M. Benett/Getty Madonna recalled "sobbing" every night amid her custody battle over her son Rocco During the Monday, Sept. 29 episode of Jay Shetty'sOn Purposepodcast, the pop icon said it felt like "the end of the world" Madonna and Guy Ritchie were in a months-long custody battle over Rocco began in December 2015 Madonnaopened up about how difficult it was for her during her custody battle with ex-husbandGuy Ritchie. During the Monday, Sept. 29 episode ofJay Shetty'sOn Purposepodcast, the seven-time Grammy winner recalled "sobbing" every night amid hermonths-long custody battleover her son Rocco. "Probably one of the most painful moments in my life where I honestly couldn't see the forest through the trees was when I went through a custody battle with my son," Madonna, 67, told the podcaster, 38. Dave M. Benett/Getty She added, "And even though my marriage didn't work out, I mean, a lot of people's marriages don't work out. They marry the wrong people, they're not aligned, they're not meant for each other. Someone trying to take my child away from me was like...they might as well just kill me. That's really how I was thinking." Jay Shetty Podcast/Youtube At the time, Madonna was on tour, which was even more challenging. "I had to go on stage every night. I would just be lying on the floor of my dressing room, sobbing. I really thought it was like it was the end of the world. I couldn't take it. I just couldn't take it," she said. Beginning in December 2015, Madonna and Ritchie, 57, were involved in atransatlantic custody squabblefor eight months over their then 15-year-old son Rocco, who quit traveling with his mom on her Rebel Heart Tour to live with his dad in the U.K. The former couple — who were married from 2000 to 2008 — settled their legal battle in June 2016, and there was "no appearance" in court regarding the matter, according to New York Supreme Court documents. Perthe Associated Press, Ritchie's lawyer, Peter Bronstein, gave a statement outside the court that Rocco, then 16, would continue to live in London. Madonna's attorney declined to comment at the time. Madonna/Instagram In December 2015, ajudge orderedthat Ritchie return Rocco to Madonna in New York; however, Rocco continued to live in England. By March 2016, a New York judgeruled that Rocco would stay in the U.K.with his father and attend school while urging his parents to settle the battle out of court. By June, the custody battleappeared to come to a close, as court documents listed the case as "motion pending." Madonna has six children:Lourdes, 28;Rocco, 25;David, 20;Mercy, 19; and twinsStella and Estere, 13. Read the original article onPeople
