Madonna hates that Rocco Ritchie is close with his stepmom, Jacqui Ainsley

February 3rd. Keep that date in mind. That will be the day that Madonna, Guy Ritchie, Rocco Ritchie and their lawyers all meet up in a New York court to hash out the major Teenage Dramz that is Rocco’s custodial arrangement. Until February 3rd rolls around, Team Madge and Team Guy are going to be lobbing insults and planting stories in media outlets far and wide. They’ve already started, because of course they have. For every TMZ plant, there’s an Us Weekly plant. For every Daily Mirror plant, there’s a People Magazine

plant. And on and on. This is more about Guy and Madonna than Rocco, I fear.

Anyway, People Magazine’s story today is sort of a recap of what we heard yesterday, that Madge is a slave to her children’s education and she’s going crazy because Rocco is not in school in NYC right now. People’s sources say Rocco still has not returned to NYC and he will not be returning until the February 3rd court date. A source tells People that Rocco has already missed several days of school: “He should have been home already. Madonna is a devoted mother, and a big priority is her children’s education.” My question is still: why can’t Rocco go to school in London? There are plenty of good schools in England, and if he wanted to continue with his Lycée Français education, there’s another Lycée Français school IN LONDON. Meanwhile, the British papers have more dirt (Team Ritchie is working overtime):

His parents are reportedly preparing for a custody fight over his living arrangements. And now as Madonna and Guy Ritchie gear up for court, further details have emerged about 15-year-old Rocco’s alleged fights with his superstar mother. The teen quit Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour a month ago, according to insiders speaking to The Mirror, with the final straw coming as the 57-year-old reportedly took his mobile phone away.

‘Madonna is quite firm with Rocco and she took his phone from him when it interfered with his studies,’ the source claims. ‘She is stricter than Guy and Rocco doesn’t like it. When she took the phone away, it pushed him over the edge.’

Rocco is said to have left the tour a month ago and refused to return to his mother with Guy said to have hired a lawyer in preparation for a legal battle to continue care of his son. The teen is alleged to prefer his ‘normal family life’ with his filmmaker Guy, stepmum Jacqui Ainsley and their three young children, spending weekends at Guy’s Grade II listed Ashcombe House in Wiltshire. An insider told The Sun: ‘When Rocco is in England he gets to live a low-key life. He can go about his business and talk to girls without paparazzi stalking him.’

Meanwhile, friends believe the Material Girl singer – who split from Guy in 2008 – wasn’t pleased when her ex married model Jacqui in August.

‘She was unhappy that Jacqui had cemented her role in Rocco’s affections’, a source told the paper.

[From The Daily Mail]

As if there was any doubt about this whole thing being absolutely normal teenage drama. The breaking point was about his PHONE!! GOD, MOM. You just don’t understand you don’t get it I hate you I’m going to live with dad he understands me no one will ever understand my pain because my phone is everything to me. As for the Jacqui Ainsley situation… um, I believe it. Jacqui and Rocco seem close. And that probably pisses off Madonna.