Madonna’s human cargo may have arrived early in the morning on 10/17, but she had plenty of time to take off to go to pilates class that day. She couldn’t be bothered to hire a trainer to come over to her place so that she could avoid the publicity of going out to the gym. She could have even popped in an exercise DVD or ran on one of the many treadmills scattered throughout her mansion. Instead she had to follow her workout routine and give the paps more fugly pictures to print. What a great mom she’s going to make.
(In case you haven’t noticed, I enjoy stirring up controversy. Obviously I don’t like Madonna, but whether I personally vilify her or not for handing off her precious half-orphan to a nanny so she can go to the gym on his first day in London is up to debate.)
She should have skipped the Pilates class and headed sraight to the beauty salon to touch up those roots.
after a 14 hour flight and all the stress of travelling with unknown people, the baby probably slept 20 hours straight. is she supposed to watch him 24/7 and stop having a life?
She is rough, I have never quite “got” madonna, doesnt appeal at all.
She should be the first person he sees….
I still watch my son sleep I love him so much. If it was his first day with me I would stay home with him even when he was sleeping.
amen clarimonde.. my thoughts exactly! not to mention how totally disoriented that baby’s gonna be after having been packed off to some entirely new universe.. only to find out his new “granny”, i mean “momma” had to do fake exercises instead of spending time helping him adjust..
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect her to stay home with him on his first day in the damn country!
And as far as I’m concerned, a brand new baby should be your life. Unless, of course, your brand new baby is a human publicity stunt and you’ve hired an army of nannies to take care of him.
i hate madonna. shes such a hypocrite.
Tom, the answer to your question is: YES. Yes, as a mom, it is her job to watch her child. And as a mom, you’d think she’d want to be around on his very FIRST day in her home and in her country.
And as a mom, I’d give her a D- in this case due to poor judgement and bad decision making skills.
Is it at all possible that the baby was with the daddy? Would everyone be up in arms if daddy stepped out to go to the gym? I think its good that she’s still taking care of herself…its not like she went clubbing or out to drinks…
Madonna goes to Pilates class on Davie’s first day in London…
Madonna’s human cargo may have arrived early in the morning on 10/17, but she had plenty of time to take off to go to pilates class that day….
Yes, I would be up in arms if daddy would go out to the gym his NEW BABY came home for the first time. I really hope that the baby was with daddy TOO, not to the exclusion of of mom.
Baby’s first day home is a BIG DEAL and should be treated as such with all family members in attendance.
I think it’s great that Madonna takes care of herself and she has a routine, but I think that ‘baby’s homecoming’ was a bad day to go to the gym.
Yes, just shows you how precious and special adopting that child is for her. She’s a shallow, shallow bitch.
And, her obsession with exercise goes way beyond just ‘taking care of herself’. Its a manifestation of her obsessive need to control everything in her life, including her body.
TAKEN FROM THE BBC WEBSITE
Father angry at Madonna’s critics
Father speaks out
The father of the one-year-old boy Madonna is hoping to adopt has hit back at rights groups who are aiming to challenge the singer’s plans in court.
“Where were these people when David was struggling in the orphanage?” Yohane Banda told the AP news agency.
“These so-called human rights groups should leave my baby alone,” he added.
The boy is now in London with Madonna. He will be monitored by Malawian officials over a period of 18 months before the adoption is approved.
Mr Banda said he was forced to give his baby up to the Home of Hope Orphanage in a Malawian village.
His wife died a week after giving birth to David and the couple had two other sons who died in infancy from malaria.
The child arrived in the UK on Tuesday morning
“I was alone with a baby, I had no money. I couldn’t buy him milk. That’s why I surrendered him to the orphanage,” he said.
“Orphanage life is no good. We leave kids there because we can’t look after them properly ourselves. Now my son has been taken by a kind-hearted woman, these people want to bring him back to the orphanage,” he added.
The child’s grandmother, Asianati Mwale, 56, backed Mr Banda.
“Where were they when I and my son were trying to get someone to look after this child? Do they even know what we have had to go through to save the life of David?,” she said.
“We trust that Madonna will look after our child well and he will have a better life,” she added.
Malawi’s Human Rights Consultative Committee (CHRR), a coalition of about 40 organisations, launched a legal challenge to the adoption on Tuesday.
Residency permit
Earlier this week it said it had deferred the move, saying it wanted to interview an unidentified uncle of David’s who was “said to be opposed to the adoption plan”.
Madonna said she wanted to help Malawian children orphaned by Aids
CHRR believes the government in Malawi has relaxed the usual ban on adoptions by foreigners and a requirement that prospective parents have to stay with the child in Malawi for 18 – 24 months before the adoption is approved.
Chair Justin Dzonzi said it plans to approach the courts next week.
“We will meet the judge sometime next week and proceed with an injunction pending the process of adoption granted to Madonna last week by the High Court,” he said.
He said the group was not against the adoption but wanted Malawi’s laws adhered to.
“If Madonna really wants the child, she has to apply for a residency permit in Malawi,” he said.
But a government official told AP that the laws the group referred to were “archaic”.
“These laws date back to the 1940s; things have changed now,” said Penston Kilembe, director of the Child Welfare Services in the Ministry of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services.
“Madonna and her husband have broken no laws as far as the government is concerned. They have followed all the legal steps,” he added.
Caz please just post a link next time.
by the way she is not a single mother. there is a dad and a brother and a sister old to watch over him. so what is the fucking problem that she leaves wow 2 hours. it is so hypocrite. by the way i have 2 kids, so dont tell me how to raise them.
She didn’t even pick him up in person. She sent an assistant and a body guard to get him from Africa. I guess UPS couldn’t overnight him to London.
fake exercise? pilates can be pretty tough, now. really, she could’ve done them @ home, but the boy is better off w/ her in my opinion.
Tom, I hope you don’t teach your kids about grammar! Hopefully mom helps with that one.
Um, the issue here is that it was her babies first day at home! It’s not like he’s been with them for two years and she went to the gym, it was his FIRST DAY in the country!
I’m pretty sure that Madonna could’ve managed to work out at the facilities in here sprawling multi million dollar estate for one day. This is disgusting and I can’t believe people are defending it.
She looks exhausted to me. maybe kind of depressed.
I agree with Clarimonde–her first stop should be at the salon-God she looks a mess.
We are talking about Madonna here, people-you can’t be surprised by this. She adopted this little boy for publicity reasons. She is a self-absorbed publicity hound.
She knows she isn’t relavent anymore and is trying to get some press.
Glad to see that Madonna got her priorities straight…