Oh Mercy!

Madonna’s spokeswoman has shot down British newspaper reports that she is “on the very cusp” of adopting a second child from poverty-stricken Malawi.

The 3-year-old girl’s name, according to the Sun: Mercy James.

“Madonna’s representatives have been visiting the girl. The adoption is now advanced” the newspaper quotes Malawian adoption minister Penstone Kilembe as saying today. “Then Mercy will be able to leave the country for a new life.”

Simply not true, says Madge’s longtime flack Liz Rosenberg.

“I don’t know how official the Malawian offical can be because there are no plans for Madonna to adopt another child from Malawi,” Rosenberg told the Daily News. “She is getting ready to start her tour in l0 days.”

Madonna turns 50 Saturday and is kicking off a world tour the following week. She be in New York in early October and sold out three shows at Madison Square Garden.

Rosenberg said she found the new adoption reports in the Sun, and another in the Daily Mail, baffling.

“I heard this same rumor a year ago. I don’t know why it’s back because it simply isn’t true,” the spokeswoman said.

Madonna took home little David Banda from Malawi in 2006 - and the adoption was okayed in May. She has funded several day care centers and orphanages for the impoverished African nation.

The singer and director husband Guy Ritchie have two other children: Lourdes, from her relationship with trainer Carlos Leon, and Rocco.

The Sun and The Mirror both reported that Madonna decided to go ahead with the adoption after she and Ritchie patched things up in their marriage.

Madonna had been romantically linked with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez earlier this summer when his marriage fell apart.

Source

WENN

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