OlderWed, 18 April 2007 at 12:41 am
Madonna’s Family Portrait
Madonna poses with daughter Lourdes, 10, and David, 1, at the Home of Hope orphanage in Mchinji, Malawi on Tuesday.
Video footage was taken at the church-run orphanage, where children sang and recited lessons for the Queen of Pop and her two kids.
Back in the states, Madonna has helped for H&M push revenue up 17% and sales up 29% in the month. Shouldn’t other retailers be grabbing celebrity designers too?
35+ pictures inside of Madonna family portraits…
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Photos: Bauer-Griffin, AP
Posted to: Celebrity Babies, David Banda, Lourdes Leon, Madonna
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ohmigod pipol, Madonna’s children n Brad n Angelina’s children r all beautiful n happy kidz, smiling or not, peace y’all
Congratulations to Madonna for re-inventing herself one more time in her dotage. But unlike her big 80’s lace fingerless gloves, bangles and black roots, THIS TIME, she’s only FOLLOWING someone else. We all KNOW who that someone else is, Angelina Jolie. Don’t take my word for it - try to google a Madonna adoption article without Angie’s name in it - hard to do. Don’t get me wrong - better Madonna be aiding Africa like Angelina, Bono, Brad Pitt, One.org, Ashley Judd, Matt Damon, etc. - rather than coming out with a dance album at damn near 50, or God forbid making another shi*eous movie. But don’t you dare start sh*t about Angelina and her beautiful family, and suddenly get a case of amnesia when it comes to that young woman’s influence - which is far and wide…show some respect, because it’s CLEAR after setting trends for the last 20 years on all that is superficial (from leggings, to neon socks to bad movies) Madonna FINALLY has a role model of her own, and for something that actually MATTERS.
Yeah, she can thank Angelina Jolie later. Angie won’t hold her breath though.
Unlike me, and her other fans, AJ is not interested in arguing with you haters, nor is she competing with anyone. She stands alone. I’m sure it makes her happy seeing other people experience what she has through adoption. Besides, it seems the media knows it’s much more profitable to make Jolie and everything she does into a controversy rather than Madonna…I think they finally got a clue, when they saw how everyone was attaching Angie to Madge’s story anyway - so they were just lying in wait for Jolie’s next adoption to come through so they could be on the attack with her.
This time however, in Madonna’s case, it appears she has her PR people on the case (Liz Rosenberg was communicating with the press before Madge stepped onto a plane), is doing good damage control, and using her kids as shields (some of the harsher criticism is suspended when children are around and are exposed to new cultures and the less fortunate, something that didn’t happen Madge’s first trip)
As the mother of a 5 yr old girl and a 3 yr old boy, I can tell you my kids are happy and well adjusted. But I’ll be damned if we don’t have a hard time getting them to smile for the camera. They are more interested in the camera. Or one smiles and the other is pissed. They get especially cranky when 100 strangers are yelling their names and taking their picture.
I know I will take heat for this and Lourdes is a beautiful girl. But we all KNOW she needs her unibrow waxed. Certainly she is old enough for that and God knows Madonna can afford it. I remember a girl in grade school who had a gnarly unibrow and a lot of kids made fun of her and called her Catepillar Cathy. Kids that age can be especially cruel, and I don’t know why Madonna wouldn’t want to spare her embarassment.
Ok, this is how you raise kids.
Look at the look on Lourdes’ face, so full of happiness and comfort where she is.
So many wanna be upwardly mobile parents stick their bratty kids in their upper crust suburban neighborhoods and don’t expose them to the outside world.
Her is a 10 year old girl who is set to inherit over 300 million dollars one day (if not more) and where is she? In Malawi visiting orphans.
Note to all parents: You don’t have to be millionaires to do this. Instead of buying Little Johnny yet another game boy. Save the money. Travel with your kids. Expose them to different people around the world. This can ensure they will have less chance of growing up with hate in their hearts.
I think the chances of Lourdes growing up to be a respectfl, well rounded, and unbiased little girl are greater because of what her mother is exposing her to.
Just because you are rich does not mean you have to insulate your children so that they are not tainted by the woes of the outside world.
Actually, the more comfortable you are, the easier it should be to expose your kids!
I give kudos to Madonna for taking Lourdes on this trip. There are grown adults who have never been outside of New Jersey (eve if they can afford it).
Lourdes will be more sophisticated than many adults.
The same with the wonderful Jolie-Pitt kids.
This is all wonderful to see. And Lourdes is hands down the prettiest little celebrity girl in her age range. As for David, he is a cutie. it is amazing how much he looks like Madonna’s other son, Rocco.
#24 Lola Galore Hypocrisy:
Look, I really am not that concerned about whether people hate on Angelina Jolie or not and I am certainly not as angry as you seem about this whole situation. Yes, it is great that Madonna is bringing attention to the people of Malawi. But I am no longer a fan of Madonna’s and I personally think that everything she does is a PR move. I think Lourdes and David do look happy and they are beautiful children. I was simply pointing out that there are cameras EVERYWHERE so they (well Lourdes anyways, cause David is too young to understand what is going on) were probably on their best behaviour.
The only reason I said this about Madonna is because it certainly seems like a media cirucs EVERY time she goes to Malawi. Angelina (and a lot of other celebs, actually) have gone to third world countries in a much more quieter fashion. It is great that she is filming a documentary about Malawi but I just think she could have done it with a little less publicity at least until the documentary was actually released.
Sorry I got your name wrong: I meant to say Hypocrisy Galore Lola
In Photo #18 (Madonna reaching out to the uniformed girl with VERY short hair), Madonna has such a compassionate look on her face; that feeling can’t be manufactured.
I think some people really don’t like when celebs try and do anything that involves helping others.
Lola,
How would you know what is and isn’t for PR? I’m really amazed at how everyone has become such PR experts. I mean do you even work in the field to know what you are talking about?
Madonna is such wonderful lady. I love her for doing this. She does wonderful work there with all the people from Raising Malawi who are helping with shelter, education, food, clean water. Her motives are so sensere. I wish more celebs would do this. And Lourdes is beautiful young girl who will take all these experiences further when she grows older. She will only learn for the better.
Great family. Keep it up.
Really great pics. Madonna and her family are beautiful people. And kudos to Madonna for helping all of those other children. — and still being able to stay at the top of her game career-wise! Shes incredible
She is one hairy lil’ girl. Poor thing. Madonna has enough money to make her look more glamorous. That stache has to go!
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