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Madonna<\/a>\u2019s in a yearning mood. In her new song \u201cBizarre,\u201d it looks like she\u2019s reflecting on her relationship with Sean Penn from her late 20s. She sings about a hot-and-cold relationship, wondering whether her \u201cblue-eyed\u201d partner was jealous of her rising stardom. \u201cRoll out the carpet for us but you won\u2019t share it\/I guess you\u2019re threatened by me, you won\u2019t admit it,\u201d she sings. \u201cThe little things that you did that mad\u0435 me want you\/The fire was so int\u0435nse.\u201d The two married in 1985, when Madonna<\/a> was 27 years old, and Penn was 25. But despite the tumultuous relationship<\/a>, one that the Madonna Unauthorized author Christopher Anderson alleged was abusive \u2014 she denied the allegations \u2014 Madonna seems to still miss the chaos. \u201cNow you\u2019re gone, I feel so empty\/Why do you tempt me?\u201d she ponders. She gifted him a Shelby Cobra<\/a> for their wedding and references it later in the song: \u201cHe drove way too fast\/Shelby Cobra wasn\u2019t meant to last.\u201d<\/p>\n Madonna and Penn divorced in 1989, but thankfully, the two stayed friends. Penn told The Louis Theroux Podcast<\/a> last year, \u201cIt didn\u2019t take us long to recover after we got divorced, maybe a year, in a friendship. I have a lot of fond memories of it \u2013 it\u2019s not all jail.\u201d She attended his 2016 gala, \u201cSean Penn & Friends: Help Haiti Home,\u201d and they reunited<\/a> again at another fundraiser, where she told the crowd she would remarry Penn if he bid $150,000 for the cause. Look, if Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck<\/a> can do it (even if they ended up divorcing<\/a> again), why not Penn and Madonna? The tension is palpable.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n