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"I want to take care of her, and I'm capable to take care of my baby," James Kambewa says in an interview with CBS News' The Early Show. "Mercy, she is a Malawian -- so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian as well with our culture."
Madonna 's appeal in her attempt to adopt the girl will begin Monday, the same day that Kambewa's interview will air in a three-part series about the star's adoption process.
(After a judge rejected the singer's application to adopt Chifundo "Mercy" James earlier this month because she did not meet residency requirements, Alan Chinula, Madonna 's Malawian lawyer, told Usmagazine.com last week they are "confident" things will work in their favor with the appeal.)
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Kambewa, who wears a necklace he made bearing his daughter's name, has never held or even met Mercy and says that he has only seen her "in newspapers and TV -- not face to face."
Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg said she doesn't know if Kambewa is the girl's father, the Associated Press reports.
Lucy Chekechiwa, Mercy's 61-year-old maternal grandmother, remains conflicted about who should care for the girl, whose single teenage mother died shortly after childbirth at the age of 18.
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"I did not want my granddaughter to be adopted, but because they have been persistent enough, I have been forced to let my granddaughter go," she says, adding that the orphanage has been determined to find a new home for Mercy.
The interview with Kambewa will air Monday at 7 a.m. EST.
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Totally Taleyhreport abuseposted May 14, 2009 1:20 PM PDT
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JJyou said it all stephanie!!!!!report abuseposted May 7, 2009 3:09 PM PDT
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cajunmammaI was looking on the internet at the Time portfolio of the children here in America and my heart breaks for the teens who need a parent. I can't believe that woman can be so insensitive to break up a family to suit her needs, it's like a guilt with food obsession trip...oh, look at me how good I am. I wonder how many child psychologists that child might need to feed that womanreport abuseposted May 5, 2009 12:45 PM PDT
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annmariegcome on Madonna leave this child alone-if she is being cared for and the family is aginst it -leave the child alone... there are pleanty of children with out ANY family she can adpot!report abuseposted May 4, 2009 10:18 AM PDT
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NikkyTHERE ARE BABIES HERE IN THE USA THAT NEED ADOPTING!!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH THE KIDS HERE? ARE THEY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL THESE CELEBS TO ADOPT? NOPE I DONT WANT AN AMERICAN BABY I WANT A FOREIGN BABY THAT WAY I LOOK COOL AND I LOOK LIKE I DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR THAT COUNTRY!? I THINK THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS FIX THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU RUN OFF FIXING OTHER COUNTRIES PROBLEMS!!report abuseposted May 4, 2009 9:20 AM PDT
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NikkyTHERE ARE BABIES HERE IN THE USA THAT NEED ADOPTING!!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH THE KIDS HERE? ARE THEY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL THESE CELEBS TO ADOPT? NOPE I DONT WANT AN AMERICAN BABY I WANT A FOREIGN BABY THAT WAY I LOOK COOL AND I LOOK LIKE I DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR THAT COUNTRY!? I THINK THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS FIX THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU RUN OFF FIXING OTHER COUNTRIES PROBLEMS!!report abuseposted May 4, 2009 9:19 AM PDT
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NikkyTHERE ARE BABIES HERE IN THE USA THAT NEED ADOPTING!!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH THE KIDS HERE? ARE THEY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL THESE CELEBS TO ADOPT? NOPE I DONT WANT AN AMERICAN BABY I WANT A FOREIGN BABY THAT WAY I LOOK COOL AND I LOOK LIKE I DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR THAT COUNTRY!? I THINK THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS FIX THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU RUN OFF FIXING OTHER COUNTRIES PROBLEMS!!report abuseposted May 4, 2009 9:19 AM PDT
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NikkyTHERE ARE BABIES HERE IN THE USA THAT NEED ADOPTING!!!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH THE KIDS HERE? ARE THEY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ALL THESE CELEBS TO ADOPT? NOPE I DONT WANT AN AMERICAN BABY I WANT A FOREIGN BABY THAT WAY I LOOK COOL AND I LOOK LIKE I DID SOMETHING GOOD FOR THAT COUNTRY!? I THINK THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS FIX THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU RUN OFF FIXING OTHER COUNTRIES PROBLEMS!!report abuseposted May 4, 2009 9:18 AM PDT
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HCWhy does she keep trying to adopt kids that have parents? Why doesn't she go to a 3rd world country orphanage and adopt a child from there. Then she isn't fighting with the biological parents over the kid.report abuseposted May 4, 2009 9:03 AM PDT
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Rena Wthis appears to be about power and money...if the family does not want her to be adopted, WHY!!!! is madonna pushing the issue...to show how money can buy anything. They are other kids she can adopt...she is only doing this to prove she can...sick woman...let it go already.report abuseposted May 4, 2009 7:29 AM PDT
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