Alex Rodriguez goes "into a trance" if one of Madonna's videos comes on at the gym, the Yankee's former trainer claims.

Alex Rodriguez goes "into a trance" if one of Madonna's videos comes on at the gym?

"Alex, God bless him, is lost," Dodd Romero, 46, told the New York Post Sunday. "I think he got pulled in by the dark side, if you can say that nicely. He's totally brainwashed.

"She believes it's what ruined her marriage," Romero said.

"He's more infatuated with the fact he's with an icon instead of realizing what's important, which is family and truth," added the trainer. "Alex [is acting like] he wants a divorce," from wife of five years, Cynthia, US reports.

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