Call him Guy Rich-hee-hee.

Madonna’s ex-husband, director Guy Ritchie, must be smiling now that he is $76 million richer as part of his final settlement with the Material Girl.

Well, it seems that what was material to both of them was an amicable divorce — which they have accomplished.

Madonna married Guy Ritchie in 2000 and together they had Rocco 7, adopted David, 3, and took care of Madonna’s daughter Lourdes, 12, from her previous boyfriend Carlos Leon. The couple also worked out a visitation agreement.

Don’t cry for Madonna since she is still worth hundreds of millions of dollars — a reported $600 million, in fact. Paying manimony won’t make a dent in her overall assets and she will have plenty of time now to increase her financial muscles by performing on stage instead of in court.

Ritchie can celebrate his victory at his British pub which he still will own and then sleep it off at their $30 million Ashcombe House country estate in Wiltshire.

Madonna gets to keep their marital home in Marylebone, London. And natch, her New York apartment where she reportedly has been hitting some homeruns with Yankee slugger, Alex Rodriguez (though he claims they are just friends).

According to a London source, Ritchie wanted to stay in their London home and split it in two but Madonna wanted her space and independence. She then gave him $18 million as compensation.

A friend of Madonna said last night: “She is fed up at reports that Guy is walking away with no money — she has sorted his finances for life.”

Madonna is about to find out that she can’t flex her muscles when it comes to her soon-to-be ex-husband’s parenting style. The self-described control freak reportedly gave a list of rigid rules documenting what Guy Ritchie could and couldn’t do when he has sons Rocco, 8, and David, 3.

The list reportedly included a ban on TV, no Miley Cyrus for these boys, no non-organic food such as microwaved pizza and soda, nor any clothes that were not 100 percent cotton and sent by her. She even wanted her total blessings on what water they drank — Kaballah preferred — and no toys that are “spiritually or ethically unsound.”

What this sounds like is a recipe for disaster.

Divorced women tell me all the time that the hardest part of divorce is not leaving the husband but leaving the kids with him. And if you, like Madonna, are used to control, it becomes agony to realize the limited power you now have over your ex-spouse’s parenting style. It’s as though handcuffs have been put on you just when you thought you were finally liberated.

“Moms go nuts about this but all they can do is write to Dear Abby or Firstwivesworld,” says noted divorce lawyer Raoul Felder. “The courts will not mini-manage or arbitrate parenting styles unless it involves safety or basic acceptable serious judgment issues.”

Such as?

“Other than allergies like peanuts, religion and sky diving, the hand of the parent who turned the kids over for their weekend with Pop has about as much to say in what the kids do there as Bush does in the choice of the next Secretary of State,” Felder says. “But isn’t that what week-end Dads are all about? Lot’s of hot dogs, chocolate and crummy blood and gory movies.”

When you get divorced, you quickly learn who are your friends and who are your frenemies. Madonna must be smiling because Gwyneth Paltrow and Trudie Styler are publicly rallying behind their pop star pal.

And let’s face it, when you are emotionally raw, you need faithful friends to vent to, even if you are a superstar.

Paltrow, who is married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin, sounds like she is giving the cold shoulder to Madonna’s soon-to-be ex, filmmaker Guy Ritchie. “I'm supporting her in all the ways that I can,” says Paltrow. “I'm just there for her. I speak to her a lot.”

Paltrow spoke about their friendship at the premiere of her film “Two Lovers” at the London Film Festival. She, like Madonna, lives part time in London.

Producer Trudie Styler, who is married to Sting, and is responsible for introducing Madonna to Ritchie 10 years ago, confirmed that their relationship had been in turmoil for quite a while.

“I love them both,” she told Access Hollywood with the diplomacy of a U.N. ambassador. “Obviously they’ve been struggling for a while. They're both dear friends of mine and all good things sometimes come to an end.”

And then she added, “I think they're destined to become great pals.”

Every divorced woman can’t help but monitor who is in her camp and who is in her ex’s camp. Although conventional wisdom says that a friend shouldn’t be asked to choose sides, it is very hard for someone getting divorced to share their innermost thoughts, knowing that you could be talking to a spy. Friends get divided into categories.

Some are cashmere. Some are wool. Some are polyester.

The material girl is going to pay some Madonnamony. That is our term for when a female celebrity like Madonna has to pay manimony in excess of $30 million. It was reported this weekend that Madonna and her soon-to-be-ex husband Guy Ritchie are close to an agreement on assets and custody arrangements.

Ritchie, who has been married to Madonna since December of 2000, will probably get the 1,200 acre country estate in Wiltshire — worth $25 million — the English pub called Punchbowl in Mayfair, worth $4 million, and another $17 million in cash in exchange for her keeping their townhouse in Marylebone, London, the house next door and two mews cottages. It’s clear the RocknRolla director, who is now shooting Sherlock Holmes in London with Robert Downey Jr., will not be hurting financially, although reports say that in return for the money he’s agreed not to talk about his marriage to Madonna.

Madonna will keep her New York and Los Angeles homes as well as her cash — hundreds of millions — and her cachet of being such a popular and enduring superstar. According to The Sun, "the negotiations were relatively painless." Guy knew what he wanted and “Madonna knew what she was keen to keep. There was a spell when Guy was in a mood to dig his heels in, but he decided this arrangement seemed reasonable and a long battle over money would make life unbearable."

Although Madonna’s publicist said that the details are not final, reports in The Sun and The Daily Mail indicate that Madonna is likely to get custody of her son with Ritchie, Rocco Ritchie, 8, and David Banda, the 3-year-old they adopted from Malawi. Ritchie will have liberal visitation rights with the boys, who will live with Lourdes Leon, 12, Madonna's child with Carlos Leon.

Guess what Lourdes, Rocco and David Ritchie may get for Christmas? Their parents – pop star Madonna and movie director Guy Ritchie – are hoping to make their divorce final before Santa arrives. Oh what a treat for the kids!

Madonna, who took a break from her Sticky and Sweet world tour to premiere her film Filth and Wisdom in New York on Monday, clearly didn’t want to stick it out any more with Ritchie. The film, which has negative buzz, will open on Friday.

Ritchie has had a lackluster film career of late himself. His latest film, the gangsta saga "RocknRolla," has struck out with the public as well. (It opens in America later this year.)

Meanwhile, the Mrs. was reportedly striking up a relationship with Yankee superstar slugger Alex Rodriquez, who recently settled his divorce from his wife, Cynthia.

The split rumors have swirled for months, but the couple's press reps have now confirmed that it is true. With Madonna on tour, it's understandable for her to be so busy that she didn't miss the routine of married life. People hover around her, catering to her every whim. Each night after a performance is a party.

Unlike women who are trapped in their marriages because of personal finances and the bad economy, high-income women like Madonna are free to go their own way when they are not happy.

She's not the only high-powered woman to find her marriage did not survive her career: Think Pink, Reese Witherspoon, Christie Brinkley. In each case, the woman ended up paying substantial manimony.

So money is one reason why studies in "Social Forces" and "The Journal of Marriage and Family" say that women who are more successful than their husbands have higher divorce rates.

The actress Maria Bello, 41, just announced an interest in marriage, thanks to her 28-year-old artist-waiter boyfriend, Bryn Mooser. Ladies, it's our turn.

An AARP poll of 3,500 single people found that one-third of women between 40 and 69 were dating younger men. And not just a few months younger — at least eight years younger. (More than half of the women in the 2003 poll were divorced or separated.)

Move over Samantha and boy toy model/actor Smith.

What do younger men have to offer? You have to ask?

Oh, what do older women have to offer? Just about everything: experience, sense of humor, good income, nice home, oh, an experience. As several young men said, “They know what they want in bed.”

And it’s not women who are prowling like cougars for younger men. It’s usually the man who makes the moves.

In last week's episode of "Weeds," the cult hit starring Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin, her teenage son hangs around a cheese shop and then seduces the attractive cheese-monger-ess, who says, predictably, that she's old enough to be his mother.

Mary-Louise Parker, who turned 44 last week, is an object of some obsession for many young men, including some in their teens. And she’s a practicing “older” woman. She had a child with her boyfriend of seven years, Billy Crudup, who was four years her junior, and most recently was engaged to Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is two years younger.

Demi Moore, who turns 46 in November, and Aston Kutcher, who just turned 30? They've been married for three years now. No biggie.

There are websites with names like gocougar.com and dateacougar.com that match older women with younger men.

Do wealthy celebrities and athletes get divorced more often than the rest of us? Sure seems like it. The Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez, and his wife, Cynthia, have announced their separation after six years of marriage. She gave birth to their daughter Ella in Miami just this last April. Ella joins their first daughter, Natasha, 3.

Cynthia has been licking her wounds with Lenny Kravitz, a friend represented by the same agent, in Paris. No hanky-panky there, Kravitz says, just a shoulder to lean on. You go, girl! And A-Rod has been said to share an interest in, shall we say kabbalah, with the Material Girl herself, who is or is not separated from her husband, Guy Ritchie.

Meanwhile, we’ve had Kobe Bryant splitting with Vanessa, Michael Jordan splitting with Juanita, Jason Kidd splitting with Joumana, Dwayne Wade splitting with Siohvaughn. Bill Murray, Robin Williams, Reese Witherspoon. Hmmm, what do athlete couples and actor couples have in common?

They are beautiful physically, and/or celebrities.
They spend a lot of time away from home, usually without their spouses.
They have oodles of money, and extra time on their hands.

Most women can’t do anything about changing No. 1 and No. 3. But, girlfriend, if your husband is away from home a lot, you might check out the 2006 book “THE SCRIPT: The 100% Absolutely Predictable Things Men Do When They Cheat.”

Or if you really want to feed your suspicions, try the 2002 book “Is He Cheating on You: 829 Telltale Signs,” which includes, among other things, 27 signs about travel and 39 signs about absences.