Showing posts with label Madonna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madonna. Show all posts
9/17/2009
Madonna went to see The Steady Rain on Broadway with Jesus Luz
The Material Girl went to see The Steady Rain, starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, with her young boyfriend Jesus Luz.
6/13/2009
Malawi judges reverse court order to allow Madonna to adopt Mercy
U.S. pop star Madonna has won her bid to adopt a 4-year-old girl from Malawi, the appeals court in the southern African state has ruled.
"I am extremely grateful for the Supreme Court's ruling on my application to adopt Mercy James," the pop superstar said in a statement. "I am ecstatic. My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her."
Madonna’s application to adopt Chifundo was initially rejected by a lower court in April because the singer is not resident in Malawi, and because a judge decided that the young girl would fare perfectly well in the orphanage where she has lived.
The lower court had also pointed out that the residency rule had already been bent when Madonna adopted her son David, now 3, from Malawi last year.
But at Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal Friday a panel of three judges said that the singer’s commitment to helping disadvantaged children should have been taken into account. The singer has founded a charity, Raising Malawi, which helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's one million-plus orphans.
"In our view, Chifundo James is better taken care of by being adopted by foreign parents who will give her love and affection," said Supreme court Chief Justice Lovemore Munro.
"In this global village a man can have more than one place at which he resides," Munlo said in the ruling. "The matter of residence should be determined at the time of application of the adoption. In this case, Madonna was in Malawi not by chance but by intention. She is looking after several orphans whose welfare depends on her. She can therefore not be described as a sojourner."
"Madonna has shown that she is bold and compassionate enough to come forward to adopt Chifundo [Mercy] James," he said.
Madonna phoned Mercy from New York in floods of tears after hearing the court’s verdict at 4am.
She read her a “letter of motherly devotion” written with daughter Lourdes, 12. The Material Girl told Mercy, four: “Today is your new birthday, my darling daughter, as it is the day you came to me.
“It is a new beginning for us all. The world is ours to change together now. I promise I will love, protect and guide you with my every breath.
“I can’t wait to welcome you to your new home, my beautiful child. You are part of us now — of me, Lola, Rocco and David. You are so loved.”
Madonna, 50, had stayed up all night praying in her New York home. A close source said: “I’ve never seen her so emotional or so happy. She was giddy.”
Her lawyers are now preparing immigration papers so Mercy can fly to America.
Mercy's father said Madonna should not be allowed to adopt Mercy. "No one wants to listen to me, I have protested this all along ... I want my child back but I don't know what to do now," James Kabewa told Reuters by telephone from his poor township.
He added: “I have not seen my child in a long time since the mother died. When I learnt that Madonna wanted her, I was stopped from seeing her at the orphanage. I have completely been left out in all this and it’s unfair.”
Mr Kabewa blamed his mother-in-law, Lucy Chekichewa, and his daughter’s uncles. “They never consulted me, they hid my child at an orphanage and never allowed me access,” he said.
But one of the infant’s uncles, Peter Benenti, accused Mr Kabewa of abandoning his responsibilities as a father.
Alan Chinula, Madonna’s lawyer, said in an interview that Mr Kabewa’s comments would have little impact. “It’s too late now . . . where was he all this time? His protests cannot legally change anything now, it’s done, it’s over,” Mr Chinula said.
Maxwell Matewere, executive director of a children's rights group called Eye of the Child, said he was disturbed by the court's ruling. There was no evidence that the government had looked for local families who might be willing to adopt Chifundo, and the court had failed to consider this point, he said.
“They should be able to show that adoption is the last resort,” he said. “Exporting these children is not the best solution.”
The court ruling will discourage local families from adopting, while making it easier for foreigners to adopt Malawi's children, Mr. Matewere said. “Orphanages could look at it as a business, and it could encourage child-trafficking. The demand could be very high. There could be a process of auctioneering.”
Undule Mwakasungura, chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Committee, a coalition of Malawian groups that opposed the Madonna adoptions, said he was surprised and disappointed the court allowed Madonna to be considered a resident of Malawi.
“It means that anyone can come here tomorrow and give money to an orphanage and then say that they want two or three children from that orphanage,” he said. “As long as you're supporting some projects in Malawi, even if you're not a resident, you'll be entitled to any child that you want. As long as you have money, you can bypass the rules, and that's what Madonna has done.”
Africa is already one of the fastest-growing sources of international adoptions by Canadians. The latest Madonna saga is likely to stimulate more interest in Africa by prospective parents in Canada, experts say.
“Next week, we will probably get a number of calls from people wondering whether they can do this,” said Roberta Galbraith, executive director of a Manitoba-based adoption agency, Canadian Advocate for the Adoption of Children. Her agency has helped many Canadians adopt children from Ethiopia, where film star Angelina Jolie adopted a daughter in 2005. The latest statistics show that Ethiopia has become the second-biggest foreign source of adoptions by Canadians, behind China.
“There's a celebrity factor associated with Africa, and I don't think that's necessarily good,” Ms. Galbraith said. “Before Angelina Jolie and Madonna, did anyone think of those countries? Some people even have the mentality of going in to ‘rescue' children. We have to be really careful with that. You have to think of the child.”
Because of the AIDS epidemic, an estimated 560,000 children in Malawi have lost at least one of their parents. But many Malawians object to the notion that these children would benefit if they were sent abroad to wealthier parents, far from their home culture. If poverty is the justification for adoption, almost the entire country could be adopted, they say.
"I am extremely grateful for the Supreme Court's ruling on my application to adopt Mercy James," the pop superstar said in a statement. "I am ecstatic. My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her."
Madonna’s application to adopt Chifundo was initially rejected by a lower court in April because the singer is not resident in Malawi, and because a judge decided that the young girl would fare perfectly well in the orphanage where she has lived.
The lower court had also pointed out that the residency rule had already been bent when Madonna adopted her son David, now 3, from Malawi last year.
But at Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal Friday a panel of three judges said that the singer’s commitment to helping disadvantaged children should have been taken into account. The singer has founded a charity, Raising Malawi, which helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's one million-plus orphans.
"In our view, Chifundo James is better taken care of by being adopted by foreign parents who will give her love and affection," said Supreme court Chief Justice Lovemore Munro.
"In this global village a man can have more than one place at which he resides," Munlo said in the ruling. "The matter of residence should be determined at the time of application of the adoption. In this case, Madonna was in Malawi not by chance but by intention. She is looking after several orphans whose welfare depends on her. She can therefore not be described as a sojourner."
"Madonna has shown that she is bold and compassionate enough to come forward to adopt Chifundo [Mercy] James," he said.
Madonna phoned Mercy from New York in floods of tears after hearing the court’s verdict at 4am.
She read her a “letter of motherly devotion” written with daughter Lourdes, 12. The Material Girl told Mercy, four: “Today is your new birthday, my darling daughter, as it is the day you came to me.
“It is a new beginning for us all. The world is ours to change together now. I promise I will love, protect and guide you with my every breath.
“I can’t wait to welcome you to your new home, my beautiful child. You are part of us now — of me, Lola, Rocco and David. You are so loved.”
Madonna, 50, had stayed up all night praying in her New York home. A close source said: “I’ve never seen her so emotional or so happy. She was giddy.”
Her lawyers are now preparing immigration papers so Mercy can fly to America.
Mercy's father said Madonna should not be allowed to adopt Mercy. "No one wants to listen to me, I have protested this all along ... I want my child back but I don't know what to do now," James Kabewa told Reuters by telephone from his poor township.
He added: “I have not seen my child in a long time since the mother died. When I learnt that Madonna wanted her, I was stopped from seeing her at the orphanage. I have completely been left out in all this and it’s unfair.”
Mr Kabewa blamed his mother-in-law, Lucy Chekichewa, and his daughter’s uncles. “They never consulted me, they hid my child at an orphanage and never allowed me access,” he said.
But one of the infant’s uncles, Peter Benenti, accused Mr Kabewa of abandoning his responsibilities as a father.
Alan Chinula, Madonna’s lawyer, said in an interview that Mr Kabewa’s comments would have little impact. “It’s too late now . . . where was he all this time? His protests cannot legally change anything now, it’s done, it’s over,” Mr Chinula said.
Maxwell Matewere, executive director of a children's rights group called Eye of the Child, said he was disturbed by the court's ruling. There was no evidence that the government had looked for local families who might be willing to adopt Chifundo, and the court had failed to consider this point, he said.
“They should be able to show that adoption is the last resort,” he said. “Exporting these children is not the best solution.”
The court ruling will discourage local families from adopting, while making it easier for foreigners to adopt Malawi's children, Mr. Matewere said. “Orphanages could look at it as a business, and it could encourage child-trafficking. The demand could be very high. There could be a process of auctioneering.”
Undule Mwakasungura, chairman of the Human Rights Consultative Committee, a coalition of Malawian groups that opposed the Madonna adoptions, said he was surprised and disappointed the court allowed Madonna to be considered a resident of Malawi.
“It means that anyone can come here tomorrow and give money to an orphanage and then say that they want two or three children from that orphanage,” he said. “As long as you're supporting some projects in Malawi, even if you're not a resident, you'll be entitled to any child that you want. As long as you have money, you can bypass the rules, and that's what Madonna has done.”
Africa is already one of the fastest-growing sources of international adoptions by Canadians. The latest Madonna saga is likely to stimulate more interest in Africa by prospective parents in Canada, experts say.
“Next week, we will probably get a number of calls from people wondering whether they can do this,” said Roberta Galbraith, executive director of a Manitoba-based adoption agency, Canadian Advocate for the Adoption of Children. Her agency has helped many Canadians adopt children from Ethiopia, where film star Angelina Jolie adopted a daughter in 2005. The latest statistics show that Ethiopia has become the second-biggest foreign source of adoptions by Canadians, behind China.
“There's a celebrity factor associated with Africa, and I don't think that's necessarily good,” Ms. Galbraith said. “Before Angelina Jolie and Madonna, did anyone think of those countries? Some people even have the mentality of going in to ‘rescue' children. We have to be really careful with that. You have to think of the child.”
Because of the AIDS epidemic, an estimated 560,000 children in Malawi have lost at least one of their parents. But many Malawians object to the notion that these children would benefit if they were sent abroad to wealthier parents, far from their home culture. If poverty is the justification for adoption, almost the entire country could be adopted, they say.
4/04/2009
Madonna loses her second adoption bid in Malawi
Pop star extraordinaire Madonna lost a bid Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi, rejected by a judge who said she would not bend the country's strict residency rules even for a wealthy celebrity.
Noting that Madonna had last visited Malawi in 2008, the judge said the pop star "jetted into the country during the weekend just days prior to the hearing of this application."
"In my opinion, this would completely remove (Madonna) from the definition of `resident,'" the judge said.
Judge Esmie Chombo said in the original hearing that granting an interim adoption and allowing Madonna to take Mercy from the country would set a dangerous precedent. "Anyone could come to Malawi and quickly arrange for an adoption that might have grave consequences for the very children that the law seeks to protect," she said.
Malawi requires prospective parents to live in the country for 18 to 24 months while child welfare authorities assess their suitability — a rule that was bent when Madonna was allowed to take her now 3-year-old son David to London in 2006 before his adoption was finalized two years later. Madonna has two other children, Lourdes, 12, and Rocco, 8.
"It is necessary that we look beyond the petitioner ... and consider the consequences of opening the doors too wide," Chombo said. "By removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children, the courts ... could actually facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals."
The judge also made clear she was not questioning Madonna's intentions, and even praised the "noble" work the singer's charity has done to feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's more than 1 million orphans, half of whom have lost parents to AIDS.
It is "my prayer" that Mercy would benefit from such programs, Chombo said.
She noted the girl was receiving "suitable" care in an orphanage and contrasted that with David's situation in 2006, when the boy was about to be returned to his father, who had been struggling to care for him.
Madonna was not present in the courtroom for the ruling, and there was no immediate comment from her spokeswoman in New York. The pop star's lawyer filed notice he would appeal, but no hearing date was set.
Meanwhile, actress Angelina Jolie said Madonna should never have visited an impoverished African country with the sole intention of choosing an infant.
Her comments follow accusations that Madonna used her fame and money to speed the adoption of one-year- old David Banda late last year.
"Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he was born," said Miss Jolie, who has adopted two Third World youngsters of her own. "It's a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption."
"Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place where adoption is illegal." Miss Jolie, 31, also made clear she was shocked by Madonna's decision to take David from the country where his father still lives.
Despite her own harsh words, Miss Jolie said she still felt sorry for Madonna, 48, who has been harshly criticised since taking David back to London to live with her husband Guy Ritchie and her own children, Lourdes and Rocco. Asked if the saga would put her off adopting more children of her own, Miss Jolie said: "I have been horrified by the attacks she's been subjected to. All that should count is the happiness of her little David."
In the interview with French magazine Gala, Miss Jolie ruled out marriage to her partner Brad Pitt, the father of her sixmonthold daughter Shiloh. But she said she wanted him to become legal father to their adopted children Maddox, five, and Zahara, almost two.
Asked about Pitt, whom she met on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith while he was still with exwife Jennifer Aniston, she said: "Don't go repeating it whatever you do but, yes I love him. I love him a lot. After I met him my life seemed more harmonious. At 20 I was nervous about the most trifling things. As the mother of a big family I'm not able to have these worries, I have too many responsibilities. Today the good health of my children is all that's important."
Noting that Madonna had last visited Malawi in 2008, the judge said the pop star "jetted into the country during the weekend just days prior to the hearing of this application."
"In my opinion, this would completely remove (Madonna) from the definition of `resident,'" the judge said.
Judge Esmie Chombo said in the original hearing that granting an interim adoption and allowing Madonna to take Mercy from the country would set a dangerous precedent. "Anyone could come to Malawi and quickly arrange for an adoption that might have grave consequences for the very children that the law seeks to protect," she said.
Malawi requires prospective parents to live in the country for 18 to 24 months while child welfare authorities assess their suitability — a rule that was bent when Madonna was allowed to take her now 3-year-old son David to London in 2006 before his adoption was finalized two years later. Madonna has two other children, Lourdes, 12, and Rocco, 8.
"It is necessary that we look beyond the petitioner ... and consider the consequences of opening the doors too wide," Chombo said. "By removing the very safeguard that is supposed to protect our children, the courts ... could actually facilitate trafficking of children by some unscrupulous individuals."
The judge also made clear she was not questioning Madonna's intentions, and even praised the "noble" work the singer's charity has done to feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi's more than 1 million orphans, half of whom have lost parents to AIDS.
It is "my prayer" that Mercy would benefit from such programs, Chombo said.
She noted the girl was receiving "suitable" care in an orphanage and contrasted that with David's situation in 2006, when the boy was about to be returned to his father, who had been struggling to care for him.
Madonna was not present in the courtroom for the ruling, and there was no immediate comment from her spokeswoman in New York. The pop star's lawyer filed notice he would appeal, but no hearing date was set.
Meanwhile, actress Angelina Jolie said Madonna should never have visited an impoverished African country with the sole intention of choosing an infant.
Her comments follow accusations that Madonna used her fame and money to speed the adoption of one-year- old David Banda late last year.
"Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he was born," said Miss Jolie, who has adopted two Third World youngsters of her own. "It's a country where there is no real legal framework for adoption."
"Personally, I prefer to stay on the right side of the law. I would never take a child away from a place where adoption is illegal." Miss Jolie, 31, also made clear she was shocked by Madonna's decision to take David from the country where his father still lives.
Despite her own harsh words, Miss Jolie said she still felt sorry for Madonna, 48, who has been harshly criticised since taking David back to London to live with her husband Guy Ritchie and her own children, Lourdes and Rocco. Asked if the saga would put her off adopting more children of her own, Miss Jolie said: "I have been horrified by the attacks she's been subjected to. All that should count is the happiness of her little David."
In the interview with French magazine Gala, Miss Jolie ruled out marriage to her partner Brad Pitt, the father of her sixmonthold daughter Shiloh. But she said she wanted him to become legal father to their adopted children Maddox, five, and Zahara, almost two.
Asked about Pitt, whom she met on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith while he was still with exwife Jennifer Aniston, she said: "Don't go repeating it whatever you do but, yes I love him. I love him a lot. After I met him my life seemed more harmonious. At 20 I was nervous about the most trifling things. As the mother of a big family I'm not able to have these worries, I have too many responsibilities. Today the good health of my children is all that's important."
3/29/2009
Pop diva Madonna wants to adopt another Malawian child
US pop star Madonna arrived in impoverished Malawi Sunday, airport officials said, to file documents allowing her to adopt a second Malawian child.
An employee said Madonna had checked into an exclusive lodge, accompanied by her son David Banda, whom she adopted in 2006 from the same Mchinji Home of Hope orphanage where 4-year-old Mercy lives. Madonna took David when he was 13-months-old after his father had placed him in an orphanage following the death of his wife.
The luxury lodge where Madonna normally stays in Malawi has been fully booked and visitors are being turned away. The employee said David's biological father Yohane Banda was at the lodge to see his son.
The local Nation newspaper this month quoted Madonna, 50, as saying Malawian friends had told her David needed a brother or sister and that she would consider adopting another child, but only with the support of the Malawian people.
Madonna toured an impoverished village in Malawi Sunday, the central African nation where officials said she was expected to begin proceedings this week to adopt a young girl called Mercy James.
Madonna, casually dressed with a white fedora, walked through the village of Chinkhota holding the hand of her 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes. Dozens of reporters looked on.
The family of Mercy James say they did not want her to go. Her uncles, who live in a remote rural area and are her closest relatives, said they had no idea who Madonna was.
The singer has an appointment with a judge in Malawi on Monday in the hope that the adoption papers will be signed.
But the uncles said they would agree only if Mercy was returned to them once she had completed her education and had a career.
The uncles have been persuaded over two years since Madonna first fell in love with the girl at the Kondanani children's village that giving Mercy up for adoption would be in her best interests.
But the child's family said they had been given no clear idea of what the future would hold for Mercy, whose mother died at 18, five days after giving birth to her, and whose father cannot be traced.
Mercy's uncles, Peter Baneti and John Ngalande, cannot read or write but will attend the court hearing in Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, which is a five-hour trip from their home.
Mr Baneti, a fisherman, said: "We never wanted to let Mercy go. She is part of our extended family and our culture.
"My mother, my brother and I all said no three times to the orphanage, which was pressing us on Madonna's behalf.
"Now we have been persuaded that Mercy can have a better, healthier life somewhere else in the world with this rich white woman."
Some Malawians opposed David's adoption, accusing the government of skirting laws that ban non-residents from adopting children. Critics say Mercy's adoption would also violate Malawi's laws.
Austin Msowoya, legal researcher with Malawi's Law Commission, played down concerns that a second adoption by Madonna would violate any laws.
He said the best interests of the child needed to be taken into account - whether that was staying in an orphanage in Malawi or getting "an education with Madonna."
"When you look at these two options, then perhaps it becomes in the best interests of the child to allow the adoption if the parents and the guardians consent to it," he told Associated Press Television News on Saturday.
But Save the Children UK said the recently divorced superstar risked sending the wrong message by going through with the second adoption.
"International adoption can actually exacerbate the problem it hopes to solve," spokesman Dominic Nutt said. "The very existence of orphanages encourages poor parents to abandon children in the hope that they will have a better life."
Nutt said he was not suggesting that Madonna was doing anything wrong — but he said the whole process of international adoptions was often flawed and sometimes linked to criminal activity.
He said, barring exceptional circumstances, children should be kept in the care of their extended families or within their communities.
Save the Children UK asked the queen of pop to think before adopting oversees. "We urge any celebrity to set an example, to follow internationally agreed procedures to protect the child, and to ensure that the child in question has no other options in their home community."
Madonna's spokeswoman in New York, Liz Rosenberg and her lawyer in Malawi, Alan Chinula could not comment on the charity’s call.
If the adoption goes through, Madonna would become a single mother of four. She also has two biological children - Rocco, her son with former husband Guy Ritchie, and Lourdes, whose father is Carlos Leon. Ritchie's and Madonna's divorce was completed in November.
Meanwhile, Madonna has ditched her 22-year-old model boyfriend Jesus Luz and told fans on social networking website Twitter that she's glad to be single again. Madonna was linked to Alex Rodriguez last year, before she and hubby Guy Ritchie announced their divorce. Since their split, she's flaunted a relationship with Brazilian model Jesus Luz, 22.
An employee said Madonna had checked into an exclusive lodge, accompanied by her son David Banda, whom she adopted in 2006 from the same Mchinji Home of Hope orphanage where 4-year-old Mercy lives. Madonna took David when he was 13-months-old after his father had placed him in an orphanage following the death of his wife.
The luxury lodge where Madonna normally stays in Malawi has been fully booked and visitors are being turned away. The employee said David's biological father Yohane Banda was at the lodge to see his son.
The local Nation newspaper this month quoted Madonna, 50, as saying Malawian friends had told her David needed a brother or sister and that she would consider adopting another child, but only with the support of the Malawian people.
Madonna toured an impoverished village in Malawi Sunday, the central African nation where officials said she was expected to begin proceedings this week to adopt a young girl called Mercy James.
Madonna, casually dressed with a white fedora, walked through the village of Chinkhota holding the hand of her 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes. Dozens of reporters looked on.
The family of Mercy James say they did not want her to go. Her uncles, who live in a remote rural area and are her closest relatives, said they had no idea who Madonna was.
The singer has an appointment with a judge in Malawi on Monday in the hope that the adoption papers will be signed.
But the uncles said they would agree only if Mercy was returned to them once she had completed her education and had a career.
The uncles have been persuaded over two years since Madonna first fell in love with the girl at the Kondanani children's village that giving Mercy up for adoption would be in her best interests.
But the child's family said they had been given no clear idea of what the future would hold for Mercy, whose mother died at 18, five days after giving birth to her, and whose father cannot be traced.
Mercy's uncles, Peter Baneti and John Ngalande, cannot read or write but will attend the court hearing in Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, which is a five-hour trip from their home.
Mr Baneti, a fisherman, said: "We never wanted to let Mercy go. She is part of our extended family and our culture.
"My mother, my brother and I all said no three times to the orphanage, which was pressing us on Madonna's behalf.
"Now we have been persuaded that Mercy can have a better, healthier life somewhere else in the world with this rich white woman."
Some Malawians opposed David's adoption, accusing the government of skirting laws that ban non-residents from adopting children. Critics say Mercy's adoption would also violate Malawi's laws.
Austin Msowoya, legal researcher with Malawi's Law Commission, played down concerns that a second adoption by Madonna would violate any laws.
He said the best interests of the child needed to be taken into account - whether that was staying in an orphanage in Malawi or getting "an education with Madonna."
"When you look at these two options, then perhaps it becomes in the best interests of the child to allow the adoption if the parents and the guardians consent to it," he told Associated Press Television News on Saturday.
But Save the Children UK said the recently divorced superstar risked sending the wrong message by going through with the second adoption.
"International adoption can actually exacerbate the problem it hopes to solve," spokesman Dominic Nutt said. "The very existence of orphanages encourages poor parents to abandon children in the hope that they will have a better life."
Nutt said he was not suggesting that Madonna was doing anything wrong — but he said the whole process of international adoptions was often flawed and sometimes linked to criminal activity.
He said, barring exceptional circumstances, children should be kept in the care of their extended families or within their communities.
Save the Children UK asked the queen of pop to think before adopting oversees. "We urge any celebrity to set an example, to follow internationally agreed procedures to protect the child, and to ensure that the child in question has no other options in their home community."
Madonna's spokeswoman in New York, Liz Rosenberg and her lawyer in Malawi, Alan Chinula could not comment on the charity’s call.
If the adoption goes through, Madonna would become a single mother of four. She also has two biological children - Rocco, her son with former husband Guy Ritchie, and Lourdes, whose father is Carlos Leon. Ritchie's and Madonna's divorce was completed in November.
Meanwhile, Madonna has ditched her 22-year-old model boyfriend Jesus Luz and told fans on social networking website Twitter that she's glad to be single again. Madonna was linked to Alex Rodriguez last year, before she and hubby Guy Ritchie announced their divorce. Since their split, she's flaunted a relationship with Brazilian model Jesus Luz, 22.
11/24/2008
Madonna feels sad about her personal life, yet lucky and blessed professionally
Madonna has broken her silence about her split from Guy Ritchie - revealing her gruelling tour schedule is helping her through her personal troubles.
In an interview with the Associated Press, she says her intense schedule "provides a distraction that keeps me going", adding, "I'm sad about my personal life, but I feel very blessed and very lucky that I have the opportunity to do what I do in my professional life. It would be horrible if I was just thinking about getting a divorce and had nothing to do."
In addition to wrapping up her worldwide Sticky & Sweet tour, the star is currently promoting her documentary I Am Because We Are, about the poverty stricken African nation of Malawi.
Madonna and Ritchie were rumored to have split as early as this summer, but have kept quiet about details of their divorce despite relentless media attention.
They have agreed to share custody of son Rocco, eight, and adopted David, three, while Madonna's 12-year-old daughter Lourdes, from a previous relationship, will live with her mother.
In an interview with the Associated Press, she says her intense schedule "provides a distraction that keeps me going", adding, "I'm sad about my personal life, but I feel very blessed and very lucky that I have the opportunity to do what I do in my professional life. It would be horrible if I was just thinking about getting a divorce and had nothing to do."
In addition to wrapping up her worldwide Sticky & Sweet tour, the star is currently promoting her documentary I Am Because We Are, about the poverty stricken African nation of Malawi.
Madonna and Ritchie were rumored to have split as early as this summer, but have kept quiet about details of their divorce despite relentless media attention.
They have agreed to share custody of son Rocco, eight, and adopted David, three, while Madonna's 12-year-old daughter Lourdes, from a previous relationship, will live with her mother.
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