Madonna Says She Experienced Suicidal Feelings During Custody Battle Over Son Rocco

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68dbacd6180000b5925d0a13.jpeg?cache=o1IecNxfkf&ops=crop_766_1876_4746_3431%2Cscalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Madonna in Paris earlier this week" data-caption="Madonna in Paris earlier this week" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Madonna in Paris earlier this week</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/madonna/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Madonna</a> has shared that she contemplated taking her own life after becoming embroiled in a public custody battle over her then-teenage son.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">Almost a decade ago, the Grammy-winning musician <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/03/madonna-guy-ritchie-custody-battle-rocco_n_9371388.html">found herself at the centre of a legal spat</a> with her ex-husband <a href="news/guy-ritchie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guy Ritchie</a>, after their eldest son <a href="news/rocco-ritchie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rocco</a>, who was 15 at the time, said he wanted to live with his dad in the UK rather than joining his mum at their family home in the States.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The Like A Prayer singer was on a world tour during the early stages of this custody battle, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/06/madonna-rocco-custody-battle-guy-ritchie-breaks-down-on-stage_n_9393068.html">at one point breaking down in tears</a> as she talked about Rocco during a one-off stand-alone show in Australia.</span></p><p><span styl