Madonna said the 13-month-old boy she plans to adopt from the African country of Malawi is thriving in her London home, in an interview that aired Wednesday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
David Banda flew to London last week after Malawi's High Court granted Madonna and her husband, director Guy Ritchie, an interim adoption order.
"David is amazing," the pop star said.
"What really surprises me is how great my children (daughter Lourdes, 9, and son Rocco, 6) are with him, and how he's transitioned so easily from living in Africa in an orphanage."
" But in an interview posted Tuesday on Time magazine's Web site, Banda said he will not contest the adoption. "I don't want my child, who is already gone, to come back. I would be killing his future if I accept that.
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Madonna said she was worried the firestorm of publicity that surrounded the adoption may dissuade other parents from adopting children from Africa.
"I'm disappointed because more than anything it discourages other people from doing the same thing," she said.
"I feel the media is doing a great disservice to all the orphans of Africa, period, not just the orphans of Malawi.
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