Most kids hate the embarrassing baby throwback photos that their parents post on social media. However, in the case of "Material Girl" singer Madonna, it appears it is the embarrassing images of her teenage son that made Rocco Ritchie flee to London to his father.
Examples of photos of Rocco that Madonna posted on her Instagram account are videos of the 15-year-old in pigtails and performing a back flip into a pool. Since Madonna has 5.5 million followers on Instagram, she just embarrassed the teen before 5.5 million Instagram account holders.
On Christmas Day, in an attempt to win back Rocco's affection, despite a pending lawsuit, Madonna posted another photo on Instagram with a non-embarrassing photo and the caption "Merry X-mas to the Sun-shine of my Life!" In turn, Rocco told a friend he is remaining in London even if the Manhattan Supreme Court ordered the teen last week to return to his mother. After that post, Rocco blocked from public view his Instagram account, reports Pagesix.
Besides her photo with Rocco, Madonna posted more images of her other kids, 19-year-old Lourdes, 10-year-old David Banda and nine-year-old Mercy, on Friday.
Aside from the lawsuit in Manhattan that Madonna won, she has a separate court proceeding in the UK where Rocco is staying with his father, Guy Ritchie, the new wife Jacqui Ainsley and the couple's three children.
Daily Mail reports that the battle between the ex-couple, who divorced in London in 2008, is no longer just in the courtroom but also on social media after Ainsley posted her July wedding photo showing Rocco beside her smiling. Ritchie's new wife caption it "Happy holidays with love from the Ritchies."
Included in the photo is David, the boy from Malawi they adopted before their divorce.