Mad as a Donna

If in doubt, blame the media. I dare say Heather Mills-Macca will when her time in court comes, but in the meantime, it's been left to Madonna to make use of the world's most pitiful excuse.

You see, as any new adoptive mum would within days of welcoming the latest addition to the family home, Madonna jumped on a plane from her London home and jetted to America to open her heart on TV about the weighty issue of foreign adoption.

And who did she have this high-brow discussion with? Oprah bloody Winfrey. And we thought Tony Blair was getting good at avoiding grillings by swapping Radio 4's Today programme for 'You Say, We Pay' on Richard and Judy.

Her main bug appears to be that the media have shown a massive interest in her adopting a young lad from Malawi. And she claims the media have done all the orphans in Africa a great dis-service with their reporting on the issue.

How so Madge? Because it's pointed out that you don't appear to have jumped through the same hoops as anyone else seeking to adopt from the country? Surely pointing out such loopholes exist can only serve to protect orphans in Africa from rich people whose motives are much more sinister than yours.

Or is it because they've got to little David's dad? Hmmm, an orphan with a Dad, that doesn't quite ring true, does it? If the Dad is to be believed, David was in an orphanage just until he got money together to look after him. Madonna doesn't buy into this version of events.

But what of Madonna's motives. She's a woman of unimaginable wealth, and much of that imaginable wealth will now be spent on one child. I can't help but think that she'd have been much better off acting as a silent donor, spending whatever money she's going to spend on David on the poor as a whole. I'm pretty sure Bono or Bob Geldof could have helped her.

It's great that she wants to give a little stranger the best possible start in life. But don't go blaming the media when they start asking questions - it's been there often enough when you've needed it.