Madonna Wants to Diversify Her Brood

If there's one thing Madonna is good at, it's marketing herself. She knows to never allow the public to grow tired of you. That's why she changes her image every eighteen months. Variety. And apparently she takes the same approach when it comes to her family. She and Lourdes represent North America, Guy and Rocco Europe, David Africa. Now she wants to expand to Asia via the Indian subcontinent. After she blazes through South America and Australia, though, she's kind of screwed, as there probably aren't too many orphans wandering around Antarctica, unless you count penguins. Our gossip genealogist, FemaleFirst, reports:

Madonna is set to adopt a baby from India.

The '4 Minutes' singer - who is in the final stages of formally adopting two-year-old Malawian son David Banda - is keen to open her home to a disadvantaged Indian tot after she fell in love with the country following her visit this year.

During the trip - on which Madonna was accompanied by husband Guy Ritchie, David and her two other children Lourdes, 11, and seven-year-old Rocco - the family spoke to Bollywood choreographer Sandip Soparrkar, who has adopted an Indian baby.

Sandip said: "We spoke about how there are so many children in India who need homes."

Madonna - who has given up her attempt to adopt a little girl from Africa after growing frustrated with the process - and Guy initially clashed over the idea but they have now decided it will be good for the family.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Madonna was very taken with Sandip. He told her there were orphans who would melt her heart. Guy was against the idea, but when she wants something, she gets it.

"After the stress of adopting David, Guy thought Madonna was mad to want to go through it all again. But they talked and talked and decided adopting a baby from India would be easier."

Why is that when Angelina Jolie pulls this whole "global citizen" thing we buy it, but when it's Madonna it seems completely inauthentic? It's not like Angie has a proven track record of sticking with her trendy character quirks. She's abandoned lesbianism, gothiness, incest. That's worse than Madonna abandoning cone bras and cross burning. And Madonna has stuck with this whole Kabbalah thing for a really long time, so there seems to be a better-than-average chance that Madonna won't tire of her Indian baby in a year and half and try to pass it on to Sharon Stone or someone.


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