Madden denies marriage rumor

He and Richie have two young children together.

"I keep getting e-mails from old friends and family asking about a wedding," Madden, 30, wrote Wednesday on the Web site of his band Good Charlotte. "NO we didn't get married."

Richie, the 28-year-old daughter of singer Lionel Richie, is a former reality television personality.

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