it, say witnesses who attended the recording.
from London, for airing tomorrow. It was the first time she had spoken publicly in depth about the adoption.
According to a member of Oprah's talk show audience, Madonna said she was startled by press reports about the toddler's father, Yohane Banda, who was quoted last week as saying he did not realise he was signing away custody of his son, David, "for good."
"She said she met with the father, she looked him in the eye," audience member Sheryl Lewis recounted.
Madonna, she added, said she acted according to the law and had to him," Lewis said.
In an interview posted today on Time magazine's website, Banda said, for his son's sake, he would not contest the adoption.
"I don't want my child, who is already gone, to come back," he said. "I will be killing his future if I accept that.
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Madonna told the Oprah audience that she and her husband, British film director Guy Ritchie, had been thinking about adoption for more than two years, said Lewis.
adopt."
Madonna, 48, travelled to Malawi on October 4 with Ritchie.
her charity.
granted Madonna and Ritchie an interim adoption order.
Madonna has two children - daughter Lourdes, 9, and son Rocco, 6.
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