Madonna 'Back on Track' With Akeem Morris After Holidays (EXCLUSIVE)
Madonna and boyfriend Akeem Morris are back on again after she took him back over the holidays, but it’s still hanging in the balance as the handsome model has a ways to go before re-earning the pop superstar’s long-term trust, a source exclusively tells Life & Style.
“Things are totally back on track and going great right now, but Madonna is a very unpredictable person, all it takes is one little thing and she can totally change her mind so to say he’s got any sort of guarantee of sticking around would be off base,” the source tells of the notoriously demanding diva, 66.
Over the Christmas holiday, the “Hung Up” singer posted pictures of her and her daughters, Lourdes, 28, Mercy, 18, and twins Stella and Estere, 12, as well as boyfriend Akeem, 28, despite rumors of their breakup that surfaced in October 2024. A source had told DailyMail that the Material Girl “ran into the same issue with this boytoy as she has with all of her recent men – the age difference became an issue,” and that, “They come from different time periods. Madonna felt Akeem had a wandering eye because he did.”
However, the Queen of Pop and the former footballer, 28, were seen strolling down the street in New York City just weeks after the gossip broke. Though, that doesn’t necessarily mean they hadn’t split – just that Madonna has an on-again-off-again temperament. According to the first insider, it was more about Madonna’s mood than serious considerations of their relationship.
“She’s mercurial and she does get paranoid,” the first insider confirms, “She worries about people using her, and for good reason.”
“This guy is 38 years younger than her; he might claim to be madly in love, but of course he’s in this for all the many perks of being with a superstar.”
And many perks there are. Before their first rumored split, Madonna took Akeem with her on a trip to Italy, where the two were pampered to no end. The pop star, “spoils Akeem with clothes and gifts and first-class travel, but everything is always on her terms,” a second source previously told Life & Style.
But while the Jamaican-born model is enjoying all of the finer things in life courtesy of his hit-making girlfriend, the first source says there’s an issue: “Problem is she likes to believe it’s the real deal and she does let herself get swept up, until the reality comes crashing in and then she typically has a fit and replaces the guy with a new model.”
“That’s what happened with Akeem, only she didn’t find a replacement, she couldn’t get over him so when he reached out for the holidays they started talking again and she gave him another chance.”
Apparently, Madonna has been following this M.O. since she divorced Guy Ritchie in 2008 and began pursuing flings with her other young men, notably Josh Popper before Akeem.
“She’s talking like this is totally back on and a legit relationship, but no one around her expects it to last forever.”