Singer Madonna and her husband are reportedly at odds when it comes to Madonna's plan to adopt a child from Africa.
Guy Ritchie allegedly fears that his wife wants the child as a symbol of celebrity status and that she has not considered the problems that may come along with the adoption, Britain's The Sun reported Monday.
Ritchie, 38, has experience in the problems that can arise from adoption. His mother, Amber Leighton, had to give up a baby boy for adoption when she was 17-years-old and hid the secret for years, The Sun said.
Also, his stepmother, Shireen Ritchie, fought a battle to find the truth behind her own mother's adoption, the newspaper account reported.
But Madonna, the mother of two, doesn't seem to be taking Ritchie's warnings and spent last week visiting adoption agencies in Malawi.
Charity officials in Malawi announced that Madonna has adopted a one-year-old baby boy, but the singer's publicist said October 5 that she hadn't adopted any African children, dismissing the reports as "completely inaccurate."
"She has not adopted a child," Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg said in a statement. "She went on a private visit to Malawi to participate in the building of an orphanage and several other initiatives that are all under the auspices of an organization called Raising Malawi."
Although her visit is private, she was greeted by government officials on her arrival in a private jet before touring a new orphanage. The singer and actress is scheduled to meet a senior minister, Chimunthu Banda, for talks Friday in the administrative capital Lilongwe.
Madonna, husband differ over adoption
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