Madonna says Jesus Luz is “the love of her life,” femalefirst.co.uk reports. The singer praised the 22-year-old Brazilian model in a speech at her 51st birthday party in Portofino, Italy, on Sunday before running across the room to passionately kiss him.

As friends looked on, Madonna gushed: “He’s the love of my life. He has been so strong around me. I can’t thank him enough.”

The next morning, the couple looked blissfully happy as they boarded a luxury yacht with Madonna’s children — Lourdes, 12, Rocco, eight, Mercy, four, and David, three.

As the children relaxed on the deck, the pop superstar and her lover frolicked in the ocean.

An onlooker said: “She and Jesus looked madly in love and it was great to see her looking so happy. They just looked like any normal family enjoying a holiday together.”