Madonna angers adopted son’s biological father
Madonna has infuriated the biological father of her adopted Malawian son David Banda by insisting the child would be dead if she hadn’t rescued him.
The Vogue hitmaker and her director husband Guy Ritchie caused outrage in the African country in 2006 after she brought two-year-old Banda back to Britain, amid claims the couple side-stepped the official adoption process.
And the singer is set for more controversy after saying in the upcoming issue of Interview magazine: “He (David) wouldn’t have lived if I hadn’t taken him. It’s not even a possibility.”
But the remark has reportedly left Yohane Banda, the toddler’s peasant farmer father, “stunned”, with a source close to the Malawian family telling U.K. newspaper The People: “Madonna should choose her words a bit more carefully. To say these things about David’s life before she adopted him is just not right.”
It is possible Madonna’s comment could be examined at next month’s hearing at a Malawian court, where an official decision over the adoption case will be made by a human rights panel.
WENN
Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 2:14pm
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March 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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March 10th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
i think she looks great because at least she’s ecouraging natural body definition and not plastic surgery, which we all know a lot of our latina sisters have resorted to ummm, ninel conde come to mind? Seems she is also on interracial dating service mixedfriends dotcom. I saw some pics looks like her very much at that club. Maybe you want to check it out.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Someone explain to me how a Malawian “peasant farmer” has access to any magazine let alone Interview magazine. I find it hard to believe he even knows what’s been said unless he too is being hounded by the press (which is deplorable). Quit stirring stuff up and leave that little boy alone.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Seriously the press needs to lay off Madonna and David. Everyone knows that child had no chance until Madonna came along and I HIGHLY doubt that Davids biological father has ANY qualms about Madonna adopting his child. I am sure although saddened he is elated.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I really think that the press needs to back off and let madonna and little david alone. If she did say that it was probably because she was very mad or upset. Which it doens’t give her the right but when we’re mad we do say bad things… we do need to consider this.