I was looking at the sordid collection of photos of Madonna and Jesus Luz, on the handful of occasions they’ve been photographed out together, and I just noticed something interesting. Madge consistently makes Jesus walk several paces behind her. Now, she might be doing that on purpose, so that photographers won’t get that many shots of them in the same frame. She might also do it so that her head will look bigger, and thus, she will “engulf” the frame. Or should could just do it because Jesus is her bitch. A little from column A, a little….

Anyhoodle, according to British sources, Madge is flying down to Rio de Janeiro to meet Jesus Luz’s parents. Well… let me say it a different way. Madge is definitely flying to Brazil, but I don’t really know what is on Madge’s agenda. What I do know is that Jesus’s mom is 15 years younger than Madge. I know I should be all rah-rah-feminist about that, and generally I’m all “live and let live” with the whole cougar thing, but when your girlfriend is 15 years older than your mom, clearly there are deeper issues. And I would say that if the genders were reversed too! In any case, The Sun is reporting that this whole meeting-the-parents junk could signal Madge and Jesus’ engagement. For real.

MADONNA is set to fly to Brazil to meet the parents of her toyboy lover JESUS LUZ for the first time – fuelling talk she’ll marry him.

Pals say the star, 51, is “slightly on edge” as his mum Cristiane Regina da Silva is 15 YEARS her junior.

But they reckon Madge meeting the devout Christian and Jesus’s dad Luis Heitor Pinto da Luz is a sign that “an engagement could be on the cards”.

A close family pal added yesterday: “Madonna really does love and need Jesus – and she does not hold all the power in their relationship. He grew up with strong Christian beliefs.

“He wants to marry and be taken seriously. She doesn’t want to lose Jesus and so the visit to his parents is her way of saying she will make this relationship permanent.

“He wants proof of commitment and he wants her to make an honest man of him.”

The couple are said to have had a series of rows after Madge said in a recent TV interview that she’d “rather get run over by a train” than marry again, following her divorce from Brit Guy Ritchie, 41.

Jesus, 23 – who abandoned his Christian beliefs to convert to her Kabbalah faith – “begged her to reconsider”.

He also insisted she meet his hairdresser mum and hospital worker dad in Rio de Janeiro – where the couple met – and she has now applied for a visa. She is due to arrive tomorrow, say locals. Twice-wed Madge’s biographer Randy Taraborrelli has insisted the pair will marry.

He said: “Madonna is telling close friends and family that ‘I definitely see myself marrying him. It’s on the table’.”

[From The Sun]

Yeah, I don’t really buy the general “they’re getting married!” story, mainly because when last asked (by David Letterman) about getting remarried, Madge said she would “rather get run over by a train than marry again.” And I believe her. I will buy that Madge is meeting his parents and I’ll buy that she might be a little nervous. Madonna is self-aware enough to know how badly she comes across to people at times, so hopefully she’ll tone it down if she wants to make a good impression on her boyfriend’s parents. Who are younger than her.

UPDATE: Page Six has Madge denying that she’s in Brazil to meet Jesus’s parents: “I am going there strictly for fund raising and humanitarian purposes.” Madge also will meet “with the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, and will sponsor a documentary about kids living in the squalid hillside slums.” Seriously? And Madge couldn’t fit in one dinner with Jesus’s parents?

Madonna and Jesus Luz (walking behind her!) are seen leaving a downtown club in New York City on November 3, 2009. Credit: INFphoto.com