Posted by Adam

Friday January 16, 2009

Madonna is determined to get her reputation back on track following her recent divorce from Guy Ritchie – and is clearly trying to make herself out to be the good guy in the doomed relationship.

The Material Girl‘s popularity plummeted in 2008 – her recent song Miles Away was Madonna’s first ever single not to crack the UK Top 20 – as details of her private life to the Snatch director were leaked to the world’s media. She was painted as a domineering, controlling beast. Nothing new, really.

And now Madonna is fighting back – by getting her employees to say nice things about her to the British media.

The star’s Equestrian coach was recently quoted in the media as saying the star was “really fun,” etc.

“She’s really good fun and very driven, listens to what you say and just wants to do it and improve,” said Daisy Trayford. “You can always get somewhere with someone like that. When I started teaching her she hadn’t jumped at all and now she can jump a course of 1.05m. Jumping and hacking are her two favourite things.

“She’s very friendly and we have been to things like Christmas drinks and her 50th birthday party and met lots of stars.”

Makes her sound so warm and cuddly and normal!

And today, Madonna’s fitness trainer, Tracy Anderson – who also works with the singer’s pal Gwyneth Paltrow – is mouthing off to the media. Painting good ol’ Madge in a positive light, of course.

Some little excerpts from the interview, with British tabloid the Daily Mirror, below:

Madonna’s “consistent and she doesn’t ever make excuses. Nothing has changed since the divorce, Madonna hasn’t changed.”

“I never trained Guy and I wouldn’t want to.”

“Madonna will never look her age. She doesn’t even look half her age – she looks 19.”

“She’s so motivated. She organizes her time so she can train – she makes an appointment to do it and she keeps it, but two hours is the most she ever exercises in a day.”

“She relaxes but she’s smart, she knows that if she stops exercising she will have loose skin tone. Why should we criticize someone who works hard, is consistent and gets results because they’re smart with their time?”

“I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it’s possible to be ageless – people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticizes her is just jealous!”

“If you see her live she looks unbelievable, she’s a one-off, but what puts people off is that she does it all with hard work. It’s not expensive creams or treatments.”

Now, if you’re on Madonna’s pay roll, you don’t go speaking to the media about her unless she says you can, do you!