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POP superstar MADONNA opened her heart about her painful adoption struggle yesterday comparing it to natural childbirth.
The 49-year-old singer, talked openly about her and husband GUY RITCHIEs controversial battle to adopt Malawian child David Banda, two.
Madonna said: It was painful and a big struggle and I didnt understand it.
In the end I rationalised that when a woman goes through natural childbirth, she suffers an enormous amount.
Consent
I went through my own kind of birthing pains dealing with the press on my doorstep, accusing me of kidnapping or whatever.
But I had to go through some kind of process and in the end it made me stronger so I cant complain.
Madonna also hit back at accusations that David was adopted without his fathers consent and that his mother had not really died of Aids.
She said: Yes his mother did die of Aids and yes, I met his father and he absolutely agreed to the adoption.
There is nothing controversial about the adoption. It is just theres a lot of bureaucracy and administration. This adoption essentially was the beginning of the creation of adoption laws in Malawi.
She said she now sees herself as the role model for future adoptions there.
Madonna was speaking at a press conference about her new documentary I Am Because We Are which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
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The film, featuring David, paints a stark picture of life in Malawi and shows kids orphaned by Aids.
Ex-US president Bill ******* and Archbishop Desmond Tutu appear in the movie.
POP superstar MADONNA opened her heart about her painful adoption struggle yesterday comparing it to natural childbirth.
The 49-year-old singer, talked openly about her and husband GUY RITCHIEs controversial battle to adopt Malawian child David Banda, two.
Madonna said: It was painful and a big struggle and I didnt understand it.
In the end I rationalised that when a woman goes through natural childbirth, she suffers an enormous amount.
Consent
I went through my own kind of birthing pains dealing with the press on my doorstep, accusing me of kidnapping or whatever.
But I had to go through some kind of process and in the end it made me stronger so I cant complain.
Madonna also hit back at accusations that David was adopted without his fathers consent and that his mother had not really died of Aids.
She said: Yes his mother did die of Aids and yes, I met his father and he absolutely agreed to the adoption.
There is nothing controversial about the adoption. It is just theres a lot of bureaucracy and administration. This adoption essentially was the beginning of the creation of adoption laws in Malawi.
She said she now sees herself as the role model for future adoptions there.
Madonna was speaking at a press conference about her new documentary I Am Because We Are which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
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The film, featuring David, paints a stark picture of life in Malawi and shows kids orphaned by Aids.
Ex-US president Bill ******* and Archbishop Desmond Tutu appear in the movie.
