Madonna is now being called a "guinea pig" who is paving the way for people who want to adopt impoverished children from third-world countries! OK! Magazine says:
Madonna has been called many things in her life, but guinea pig?
The singer, who is at the Cannes Film Festival to present her documentary I Am Because We Are, says she's happy to be a trail blazer for those wishing to adopt from impoverished countries like Malawi.
"Up until this time there wasn't an adoption law, so consequently I'm sort of the template or the role model, so to speak, for future adoptions," the singer told a news conference in Cannes.
The film recounts the story behind Madonna's efforts to adopt David Banda, a boy whose mother died in childbirth in Malawi. Since she began the adoption proceedings in 2006, critics have attacked her from every angle, claiming the singer used her celebrity to by-pass laws normally restricting adoptions by non-residents. Madonna says she just tries to keep everything in a positive light."
The singer, who is at the Cannes Film Festival to present her documentary I Am Because We Are, says she's happy to be a trail blazer for those wishing to adopt from impoverished countries like Malawi.
"Up until this time there wasn't an adoption law, so consequently I'm sort of the template or the role model, so to speak, for future adoptions," the singer told a news conference in Cannes.
The film recounts the story behind Madonna's efforts to adopt David Banda, a boy whose mother died in childbirth in Malawi. Since she began the adoption proceedings in 2006, critics have attacked her from every angle, claiming the singer used her celebrity to by-pass laws normally restricting adoptions by non-residents. Madonna says she just tries to keep everything in a positive light."
Yea, it would make sense that you were some kind of "guinea pig" or "pioneer" in the "adopting impoverished foreign kids" department if Angelina Jolie hadn't beaten you to the punch with her very own collection of under privileged foreign children. Sorry Madonna, you're just not as cool as you think!
Madonna out looking hot at the amfAR soiree last night in Cannes:
