GWYNETH PALTROW: I’M SUPPORTING MADONNA “IN ALL THE WAYS THAT I CAN”

Gwyneth Paltrow is helping Madonna get through her divorce from Guy Ritchie. "You know, she's a dear friend, and I'm supporting her in all [the] ways that I can," Paltrow, 36, told Usmagazine.com at the Two Lovers Premiere in London Monday. "I'm just here for her," Paltrow added. "I'm just here on the other end of the phone, really." Paltrow says she's been in constant contact with her pal. "I speak to her a lot," she said.

Madonna, 50, and Ritchie, 40, announced their split after seven years of marriage on Oct. 15. The Material Girl has been traveling the world on her Sticky & Sweet tour, while Ritchie has been working on his flick, Sherlock Holmes near London.

Over the weekend, British papers reported the couple had struck a deal over their finances (they're worth a reported $525 million) and how to split their four properties. They do not have a prenuptial agreement. The Mail also claims they've agreed to a custody agreement of their children, Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3, who was adopted in Malawi in 2006. Madonna also has a daughter, Lourdes, 12, from a previous relationship with fitness instructor Carlos Leon. But Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's rep, tells the Associated Press: "I will not be commenting on the various reports regarding the divorce or of the settlement which has not been finalized."

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