Despite rumors today that their divorce is getting very messy and that Alex Rodriguez was ditching out on his family to spend Thanksgiving with Madonna, A-Rod, his wife, and their two children made a very public appearance at Houston’s in Miami on Tuesday night, making damn sure the photogs were aware that they would be there.

Quick damage control!

What do you guys think???

Are they really the happy family they seem to be??

And more importantly: Why the hell would you take kids that young to Houstons?

Hmmm …

A-Rod’s soon-to-be ex-wife, Cynthia Rodriguez, has reportedly written a scathing email to a friend which “leaked” to the press:

My 6-foot-3, 220-pound soul-less, soon-to-be ex-husband is abandoning his kids on Thanksgiving to be with Madonna … She called and he ran on her command back to New York City … Gross!

Listen, I don’t claim to know much in this world, but I can say with a fair amount of certainty that A-Rod’s wife is nowhere near that adept with a hyphen. This shit was written by a publicist.

It may, however, be true that Alex is ditching his fam to spend Thanksgiving with Madonna and her kiddos, which might be shitty, unless there’s some sort of agreement in place that Cynthia gets the kids this holiday and is just trying to make A-Rod look bad in the press.

Either way, I don’t really give a shit.

So now A-Rod’s wife is all like, “My husband didn’t have sex with Madonna, but he was in love with her.” Basically, The Sun says she’s denying that his affair with her was sexual, but basically accuses him of emotional cheating. Cynthia Rodriguez says she has copies of text messages sent between Madge and A-Rod, and a source says the messages “were instrumental in convincing her that he was besotted. The messages could be released if things get really ugly.” My British-to-Americanese translator thinks that “besotted” means “in love” or “crushing.” British readers, please correct me if I’m wrong.

A friend of Alex says he acted like a “smitten schoolboy” while exchanging text messages. Um, I love it when British newspapers make up quotes. Somehow I don’t think anyone who’s friends with Alex Rodriguez has ever used the term “smitten schoolboy” ever ever ever.

Is emotional cheating as bad as physical cheating?

IMHO, it’s worse.

This is gonna come back to haunt me, but I’d way rather have my boyfriend or husband get wasted one night and pork some random chick at a bar who he doesn’t care about than be secretly falling in love with another woman and not acting on it while it slowly chips away at your relationship and sense of self-worth.

I’m sure you guys have your own opinions.