Alex Rodriguez

Cynthia Rodriguez is speaking out publicly for the first time since filing for divorce on Monday from Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

She still loves her husband, Rodriguez told New York Post columnist Cindy Adams. But his alleged infidelities - Joslyn Morse, Candice Houlihan, possibly Alicia Marie, and so on - had simply caused her too much pain.

C-Rod, who is in Miami with her two small daughters while Alex remains in New York, revealed that her husband supported her leaving town when news of his alleged affair - of the heart, or otherwise - with Madonna.

"My husband knew I was going. He encouraged it," says Cynthia Rodriguez.

"I needed to get away. With clear-headed friends. To breathe. To think how I'm going to handle my kids. I just needed a little time."

Scorned spouse Cynthia Rodriguez said that the couple's three-year-old daughter, Natasha, has been asking for her father and saying, "I miss my daddy," according to this morning's New York Post.

The All-Star's estranged wife also denied reports that she ran off to Paris with "pal" Lenny Kravitz and went on a $100,000 shopping spree just to punish her husband, leaving her girls, including 11-week-old baby Ella, at home.

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New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez was smitten with Madonna six months ago, exchanging text messages with her in Miami while dining with a friend, according to iffy unnamed sources quoted by Us Weekly.

"He kept smiling, acting as if he was a little kid," the dinner companion told the celebrity news mag. "He told me it was Madonna. I was shocked."

The highest-paid player in baseball then "proceeded to say he was in love with her," the pal tells Us. "I thought he was kidding, but he wasn't."

By February, the 32-year-old slugger had upped the ante. "He said, 'She's my f--king soulmate, dude,'" the supposed friend reports.

On Monday, Cynthia Rodriguez, A-Rod's wife of nearly five years, filed for divorce. Last week, news broke that Alex had been making late night visits to Madonna's apartment. Sources are calling it an "affair of the heart."

"Without talking about specifics of sexual conduct, there's no question [that there was an affair]," C-Rod's attorney, Earle Lilly, said in a statement. "No one very often has pictures of the actual sex itself."

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A-Rod's women are crawling out of the woodwork.

Yesterday, former Boston stripper Candice Houlihan.

Today, please welcome fitness model (and the former girlfriend of another major league baseball head case in John Rocker) Alicia Marie!

In an interview with the New York Daily News, Alicia Marie called Alex Rodriguez a "sweetheart" and insisted that while they have spent time alone at her apartment, they are "close friends" and nothing more.

Alicia Marie said the Yankees third baseman frequently visited her Chelsea apartment a few years ago and that the slugger lent his sympathetic ear "when I had just gone through a separation and divorce." That's what they all say.

"I am well aware that people will assume the absolute worst here, but Alex was, and to this day remains, just a close friend," wrote the statuesque brunette. "Friends hang out together in each other's apartments!"

Alicia Marie (with John Rocker, left), took a shot at Candice Houlihan (right), as well as Joslyn Morse and who knows how many others, declaring emphatically that "I am certainly not one of Alex's attention-seeking strippers."

Snap. While Marie denies any home runs were hit by Rodriguez at her pad, Houlihan eagerly admitted circling the bases twice with the future Hall of Famer - and said she is rooting for Cynthia Rodriguez in their divorce battle.

Looks like Joslyn Morse was just the one he got caught with.

Cheating New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was apparently a big fan of strippers, and today's Boston Herald features a story about Candice Houlihan, a former exotic dancer who had sex with him back in 2004.

Candice said A-Rod's estranged wife, Cynthia Rodriguez, "did the right thing" by filing for divorce yesterday morning.

"A leopard doesn't change his spots," Houlihan said. "Good for her, I think she's doing the smart thing. And she'll probably get tons of cash."

Cynthia Rodriguez has thrown her $275 million Yankee a vicious curveball, saying their five-year marriage "is irretrievably broken because of the husband's extra-marital affairs and other marital misconduct."

Apparently the final straw for C-Rod was her hubby's late-night visits to Madonna's NYC apartment. Cynthia's attorney stated that A-Rod and Madonna had "an affair of the heart" and that A-Rod is smitten with her.

Filed in Miami, the official divorce papers from Cynthia Rodriguez allege that Alex has "emotionally abandoned his wife and children."

According to Candice Houlihan, that's not exactly a news flash.

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With Cynthia Rodriguez filing for divorce (although not updating her MySpace page today), speculation as to the nature of the odd relationship between Madonna and Alex Rodriguez continues to dominate celebrity news.

An attorney involved with the divorce today described it as "an affair of the heart," whatever that means. We invite you to tell us, celebrity gossip readers, what words best describe the way Alex Rodriguez makes Madonna feel ...

1. Like a Virgin
2. Borderline
3. Cherished
4. Frozen
5. Into The Groove
6. Deeper & Deeper
7. Burning Up
8. Hanky Panky
9. Crazy For You
10. What It Feels Like For A Girl

Not to worry, Cynthia Rodriguez. It was only an "affair of the heart."

After putting up with her husband's liaisons with Joslyn Morse and others, Cynthia Rodriguez finally left Yankees star Alex Rodriguez over his rumored affair with Madonna - or at least his newfound interest in Kabbalah.

"Cynthia has left Alex," a source close to C-Rod confirmed. "Let's see if she goes for the divorce. He made her sign a prenup. Cynthia is a strong person, but a wife with two young children can only take so much."

Cynthia Rodriguez will file for divorce today in Florida, citing the Rod's "emotional abandonment" but not naming Madonna in the official filings.

Another source close to the slugger's wife adds:

"The embarrassment over Madonna was the final straw. [Cynthia Rodriguez] flew to Paris to get out of town before everything blew up between them. There is no affair with Lenny Kravitz. They are good friends.'"

Alex Rodriguez belted his 536th career dinger last night, but he hasn't been hitting any home runs off the field with Madonna or Cynthia Rodriguez, apparently.

Kravitz denies that his relationship with Cynthia Rodriguez is romantic, and Madonna issued a similar denial of railing A-Rod over the weekend.

However, according to the New York Post, Alex Rodriguez's former trainer Dodd Romero, the godfather to the couple's two daughters, believes the player drifted apart from his family "by the excitement of Madonna."

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While celebrity gossip pundits debate the possible relationship between Madonna and Alex Rodriguez, the Material Girl has issued a statement on her rumored fling with the Yankees third baseman:

"My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce. I know Alex Rodriguez through Guy Oseary, who manages both of us," the singer told People. "I brought my kids to a Yankee game. I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez. I have nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study."

Phew. We're glad that controversial is over with.

After all, A-Rod has an important game to focus on tonight, as he and the Yankees attempt to salvage a split with the Boston Red Sox in the final contest of a four-game series.

Sorry, Cynthia Rodriguez: Madonna says she was not responsible for breaking up your marriage to Alex Rodriguez.

You can't spell prima donna without Madonna, a bit ironic given that Alex Rodriguez - long considered a me-first baseball player - may actually be demonstrating true signs of displaying and selflessness with his recent actions.

Here's the question: Is the rumored affair between Alex Rodriguez and Madonna about sex, or lighting a fire under the mediocre, third-place New York Yankees?

Consider the fact that the last three high-profile athletes to have supposedly boinked Madonna went on to win their sport's title that year:

1. Jose Canseco, 1989 (Oakland A's won World Series)
2. Mark Messier, 1994 (New York Rangers won Stanley Cup)
3. Dennis Rodman, 1996 (Chicago Bulls won NBA Championship)

See!? Madonna is like the anti-Jessica Simpson! If A-Rod is really cheating on Cynthia Rodriguez with her, he's just doing it for the team!

But it paying dividends? Not immediately, at least. Since news of the alleged Alex Rodriguez-Madonna tryst broke on June 30, New York is just 1-3, including a 7-0 drubbing by Boston last night at Yankee Stadium.

Alex Rodriguez's wife Cynthia Rodriguez - who has been staying at Lenny Kravitz's home in Paris, France, since Tuesday - has "strong suspicions" about Madonna and her estranged husband's "friendship" with the singer.

"She doesn't believe they are just friends," says an insider quoted by Us Weekly.

"Something deeply suspicious is happening here. Cynthia did indeed leave [New York City] because she is convinced this is all true."

Cynthia Rodriguez, 34, and Alex Rodriguez, 32, have split up after "three months of problems," the New York Daily News reported Wednesday.

She stood by him last year amid his infidelity with manly stripper Joslyn Morse. But the final straw in their relationship was apparently Madonna.

Specifically, that A-Rod was making late night visits to Madonna's pad - including right after C-Rod gave birth to their second child.

Thursday, a source said: "[Alex Rodriguez] literally left 10 minutes after the baby was born (this April), and was at Madonna's. It's true. It's crazy."

Whether or not they are having affairs, Cynthia is definitely out of the U.S. She was spotted outside of Lenny Kravitz's Paris home on Tuesday.

Kravitz today denied any role in A-Rod's marriage drama, but admitted that Cynthia came to stay with him to get away from everything in N.Y.

Singer Lenny Kravitz has issued a statement denying reports of an affair and clarifying his relationship with Alex Rodriguez's wife, Cynthia Rodriguez.

In short, she's been seen with him - but has not seen Lenny Kravitz naked.

Here is Lenny's statement: "There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself. This is unequivocally 100 percent not true. Cynthia Rodriguez is a friend and is here with the godfather of her baby, who is also Alex's trainer, and his wife and their baby girl. Cynthia came here to escape from everything that has been going on in New York City. I opened my home to her as a friend and I find it extremely hurtful that I am now being referred to as an adulterer."

Wednesday afternoon, both Perez Hilton and the New York Post reported that Alex Rodriguez's wife, Cynthia Rodriguez, had left him for Lenny Kravitz.

The Post reports that she is in Paris, France, with the rocker and was spotted outside his home as recently as Tuesday.

On that same day, celebrity gossip sites were buzzing that Madonna and Alex Rodriguez were having an affair, with the Material Girl hosting repeated late night visits from the baseball star at her New York apartment.

Who to believe and who's boinking who here? Discuss!