Tuesday April 21, 2009

Madonna’s former chef can’t understand why the Material Girl wants to adopt another child — because she spends more time drinking coffee and doing yoga than she does tending to her family.

The singer, 50, is due in court next month to appeal a Malawi judge’s decision barring her from adopting 3-year-old Mercy James.

But according to Eric Ienco, Madonna only spends about 30 minutes a day with her current kids — Rocco, David and Lola, who are largely raised by nannies while the star pursues her career.

“That’s why it’s a puzzle she wants to adopt again. She’s hardly ever with her children. She’s got two full-time nannies and one part-time nanny. So why adopt a kid if somebody else is raising them?” Ienco told the National Enquirer.

“She gets up and has a coffee, then she does two hours of yoga. Then there’s two hours of Pilates and exercise. That’s six days a week.

“After that, she deals with her e-mail, her calls and the rest of her business. And after that, she spends maybe half an hour with the kids. If Lourdes comes in and says, ‘I want to see Mom,’ she is told, ‘She’s doing yoga’ – and Lourdes knows she can’t disturb Mom.

“Madonna puts herself before her kids. When she adopted little David, he arrived at her home from Africa – and three hours later, she left to do Pilates.

“Wouldn’t you think she’d want to spend the entire day with her new son?”

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