Madonna Speaks About Controversy On Upcoming Interviews

Madonna talks in detail about her controversial adoption of David, a 1-year-old boy from Malawi, calling the media scrutiny surrounding it “depressing,” and a “dark moment.”

Reports of the adoption by the pop star angered some civil rights groups, and became the subject of tabloids and late-night talk show jokes for a week.

“When I had my daughter, people accused me that I did it as a publicity stunt. I expected that. I didn’t expect to be accused of kidnapping, or of doing something illegal. I didn’t expect to be demonized.”

The negative press, she says, made her feel sad about the state of the world. “With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world — the situation in Iraq, with Iran and North Korea — the fact that my adoption of a child who was living in an orphanage was the number one story for a week in the world ... to me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems, and our desire to have distractions and to be consumed with gossip.”

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• Wednesday & Thursday - THE TODAY SHOW 7:00 am
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