MADONNA & SEAN PENN

MARRIED FOR 4 YEARS (1985-1989)

POP icon Madonna, 60, had a volatile relationship with actor sean, 58, from the start, marred by violent outbursts — including one incident in which he was arrested for assaulting a photographer.

they met in 1985 and married the same year — only for Madonna to file for divorce two years later, withdraw the papers and then file them again in 1989.

there were allegations that he had hit her during their marriage, but Madonna branded these ‘false’ and ‘malicious’, declaring sean ‘the coolest guy in the universe’.

somehow, against all odds, the pair remained friends. At a charity fundraiser in 2016, Madonna told her ex: ‘I’m still in love with you. Yes. In fact, I think I love you more now that we’re divorced.’

she also offered to remarry him if he bid $150,000 for an auction item — which he duly did (though he was later outbid).

It seems the feeling is mutual. In 2018, sean — who later married actress robin Wright, from whom he is also divorced — declared: ‘I love my first wife very much’. EX-FACTOR: ❤❤❤