2008 Woodie Awards
Trendy Madonna adopts
n Superstar Madonna, is baffled by overwhelming attention by the press regarding her adoption of a Malawian boy.
Lisa Vargas
Issue date: 11/9/06 Section: Opinion
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The general public loves to hear about celebrities in the news.
Lately, the big trend is celebrities adopting babies from third-world countries.
Recently, Madonna adopted a baby boy from Africa.
This is all fine and dandy, but when the media started covering this, and making a big spectacle out of it, Madonna played dumb.
On the Oprah Winfrey show, she said that she had no idea that it was going to turn into such a big news story.
I guess she doesn't remember Angelina Jolie's adoption of two children.
There were so many stories about that that there could have been whole magazines dedicated to each adoption.
Madonna is by far a bigger celebrity than Angelina Jolie, and for her to think the press would not go nuts over her adoption is just ridiculous.
Yes, the tabloids were making a big deal out of this and swarming her with cameras, but these tabloids knew that getting stories and pictures about that is what is going to sell papers.
I'm not trying to defend these tabloids just because I am a part of the media, I just feel these celebrities need to accept the fact that this is going to happen when they do something so drastic.
The press is a part of a celebrity's life.
Madonna is one of the many celebrities who know how to work the press.
If she really didn't want the media to find out about her adoption, I'm sure she could have hidden it somehow with all of her money.
I also find it funny that she has been complaining about the media so much and the first thing she does is uses the media to complain about it.
She goes on talk shows to talk about the media and how terrible they are.
First off, she should be at home taking care of her new baby.
Secondly, if she hates the media so much, why is she talking to any of them?
If it were not for the media, Madonna would have never been such a big pop star.
She needs to shut up and accept the fact that overwhelming attention to her adoption of that Malawi baby was bound to happen, or she could at least act less shocked about it.
Madonna should be thankful that, after all these years, the public still cares about her, because if it were not for all of her publicity stunts, she would be completely washed up.
Lately, the big trend is celebrities adopting babies from third-world countries.
Recently, Madonna adopted a baby boy from Africa.
This is all fine and dandy, but when the media started covering this, and making a big spectacle out of it, Madonna played dumb.
On the Oprah Winfrey show, she said that she had no idea that it was going to turn into such a big news story.
I guess she doesn't remember Angelina Jolie's adoption of two children.
There were so many stories about that that there could have been whole magazines dedicated to each adoption.
Madonna is by far a bigger celebrity than Angelina Jolie, and for her to think the press would not go nuts over her adoption is just ridiculous.
Yes, the tabloids were making a big deal out of this and swarming her with cameras, but these tabloids knew that getting stories and pictures about that is what is going to sell papers.
I'm not trying to defend these tabloids just because I am a part of the media, I just feel these celebrities need to accept the fact that this is going to happen when they do something so drastic.
The press is a part of a celebrity's life.
Madonna is one of the many celebrities who know how to work the press.
If she really didn't want the media to find out about her adoption, I'm sure she could have hidden it somehow with all of her money.
I also find it funny that she has been complaining about the media so much and the first thing she does is uses the media to complain about it.
She goes on talk shows to talk about the media and how terrible they are.
First off, she should be at home taking care of her new baby.
Secondly, if she hates the media so much, why is she talking to any of them?
If it were not for the media, Madonna would have never been such a big pop star.
She needs to shut up and accept the fact that overwhelming attention to her adoption of that Malawi baby was bound to happen, or she could at least act less shocked about it.
Madonna should be thankful that, after all these years, the public still cares about her, because if it were not for all of her publicity stunts, she would be completely washed up.
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