The Madonna/Guy Ritchie divorce rumors have buzzing for months now, but it finally looks like the couple has shoved the barrel in the metaphorical mouth of their marriage and pulled the trigger. TMZ says

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing, their rep has confirmed.

“Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after seven-and-a-half years of marriage. They have both requested that the media maintain respect for their family at this difficult time,” says a statement given to the AP.

A quick, clean shot to the back of the relationship throat is definitely the best way to go. So much more efficient than, say, beating the relationship with a shovel and dousing it with kerosene and lighting it on fire in the back of an abandoned car you drive over a cliff, or “making a sex tape with his father” as it’s technically listed in our divorce proceeding.