Madonna: "I’ll never forget meeting my son"
When Madonna traveled to Malawi, Africa in April of 2006 to film her documentary I Am Because We Are, she knew she would face children whose futures looked bleak. What shedidn’t predict, however, was that she’d fall in love with one child inparticular, her son David Banda, now 2 ½.
Of her movie, Madonna tells Jeanne Wolf of Parade.com that she was asked by locals to bring attention to the helpless children in the AIDS-ravaged country.
I was approached by a woman who lived there who said, ‘Look, youhave children; you’re a mother; you write children’s books; you donatemoney to children’s charities, so we know that you care. There’s astate of emergency going on here, over a million children orphaned byAIDS. People pay attention to what you do and what you say, so couldyou please help?’ I just thought, ‘How can I say no?’
Stricken by the pain and suffering she saw, Madonna was taken not only with David, but other orphans as well.
If I could, I would have adopted 10 more children. There’s just somany that need parents and one’s more beautiful and lovely than thenext.
Since adopting David, Madonna, already a major target of the paparazzi, has felt the attention on her family — husband Guy Ritchie, daughter Lourdes Maria, 11, and son Rocco John, 7 ½ — majorly increase. With information about her adoption battles leaked publicly, she’s felt pressure from reporters and photographers alike, calling it "a constant battle."
I try to avoid places where I think mykids are going to get inundated by paparazzi. In England, there’s a lawagainst photographing children. So it’s a little bit easier there.Airports we can’t avoid. Sometimes it’s just unavoidable….I don’twant to live my life behind closed doors. I want to be out in the worldand I want to be free.
Source: Parade; Photo by Splash News.
Thanks to CBB reader Kate.
