Madonna's Younger French Boyfriend Says Pop Queen Is "A Woman Like All Others"

Madonna's new boyfriend, 24-year-old French b-boy dancer Brahim Zaibat, says things with the pop star "have not gone very fast ... but things have happened in order."

When X17online broke the news the two were dating, reports immediately criticized the couple because Zaibat is a devout Muslim and Madonna, an avowed follower of the Jewish sect Kabbalah and because of the extreme age different between the two of 28 years.

Zaibat told France's Grazia magazine the two met at a fashion show for Madonna's fashion line she created with her daughter Lourdes, Material Girl. Zaibat was hired as a solo dancer to breakdance on the runway stage. Apparently things get steadily more serious but the dancer says it wasn't premeditated to have their affair go public: "It wasn't her deliberate decision and it wasn't mine. We were in a club and we were seen dancing together ... nothing was calculated by us. We had a nice night together without thinking that there might be paparazzi there."

When asked who wears the pants in the relationship, Brahim said: "I'm learning a great deal about how she manages her own affairs. I'm an apprentice!"