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Mercy's Dad Rips 'Scandalous' Madge

Dad who walked out on toddler's mom blasts Madonna for lacking 'good morals'

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2009 5:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Madonna's battle to adopt a second Malawi child suffered a major blow yesterday when the toddler's father blasted the singer's loose morals and launched a battle for custody, reports the Daily Mail. James Kambewa is seeking to block the adoption because he wants to spare 3-year-old Mercy a life of "scandal" living with a woman who lacks "good morals." Kambewa walked out on Mercy's mom when she was pregnant, and has never met his daughter.

'How can a woman of 50 dance almost naked on stage? I wouldn't want my daughter to grow up like that!" he said. "How can a normal woman fall for a boy who can as well be her son?"

Madonna visits a development project in Gumulira, Malawi, early this month.
Madonna visits a development project in Gumulira, Malawi, early this month.   (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)
Madonna pauses during her visit to Salaza village near Lilongwe, Malawi, early this month as she sought to adopt a 3-year-old Malawi girl.
Madonna pauses during her visit to Salaza village near Lilongwe, Malawi, early this month as she sought to adopt a 3-year-old Malawi girl.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Madonna arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party , in West Hollywood, Calif., earlier this year.
Madonna arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party , in West Hollywood, Calif., earlier this year.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
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Derni
Apr 30, 2009 11:53 AM CDT
If I had a daughter i won't mind if she had a mother like her-nudity , sexual parcatices, morals etc. are very much determined by the culture-Amnericans iare not More Moral-they just happen to be more sexually repressed.
oldgoat
Apr 30, 2009 10:22 AM CDT
In other words Dad probably sees more money on the table for him. When the pile gets big enough then he will get out of the way.

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