A-Rod "Got Pulled in by the Dark Side" (Madonna)

Alex Rodriguez's ex-trainer tells the Post that the superstar athlete is totally besotted--or something else--by Madonna, "Alex, God bless him, is lost...I think he got pulled in by the dark side, if you can say that nicely. He's totally brainwashed."

Dodd Romero, his wife, and their daughter spent the past few days in Paris with A-Rod's wife Cynthia, and his revelations supported the "Cynthia thinks Madonna brainwashed A-Rod" line previously mentioned by the Daily News, by way of Kabbalah. Romero went onto to say, "He's more infatuated with the fact he's with an icon instead of realizing what's important, which is family and truth." He also added A-Rod would "be in the gym and if a Madonna video would come on, he'd go into a trance,"

Others have said A-Rod only spent 10 minutes with baby Ella and Cynthia in Mami before heading back to NYC and Madonna, and now the layout and privacy of Madonna's full-floor Central Park West apartment are being analyzed. One resident told the Daily News' Jo Piazza, "Her apartment spans the whole floor, so he used the back entrance around the corner and the back elevator. Almost no one ever saw him until, one day, he showed up in the lobby."

C-Rod's mother told the Daily News, "I'm not mad at him, I'm sad for him. Alex has been a member of our family for 13 years. They're both our children, and I'm sad for both of them." As for Madonna, she's not talking (and reportedly wants leaks to tabloids from A-Rod's side to stop) but her brother is, in a tell-all book. While Christopher Ciccone doesn't delve into the A-Rod affair, he does say Madonna kissed a surprised Gwyneth Paltrow.

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By Jen Chung in News on July 6, 2008 12:28 PM

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Dave Hogarty

[8] Yep, C-Rod's mom is A-Rod's mother-in-law. They tend to be a touch harsher and less forgiving on straying husbands than this woman is.

slappy

I was completely uninterested in Madonna's interest in the Kabalah back then. And I am infinitly less uninterested in her interest in "A-Rod". Also, after the initial snicker, let Gawker have this stupid story. I usually don't criticize Gothamist, but Puleeeez. Waste of time. Celebrities live in the hell of "media" scrutiny. Its just not the real world. And certainly not news. Their "people" just chalk it up to free publicity. Vomit.

aprilnyc

Dave,

It is his mother-in-law speaking. Then it makes more sense.

Dave Hogarty

Skanktify My Love. I'm sensing a Madonna-Whore template in the public perception of this story, but it's getting confused by the terminology. C-Rod's mom sounds like a really nice person with a head on her shoulders and a full heart. I barely understand her.

VanessaNYC

Yeah, Madonna is obviously the devil. Give me a break.

AggieAngst

Burn the witch! Burn her!

But first check and see if she weighs more than a duck...

babyhitler

I heard that if you pull back madonna's wrinkly beef curtains there is a black hole vortex that is waiting to suck you in. Madonna has a sexy personality but is definitely not physically sexy.