JOELY RICHARDSON - RICHARDSON REFUTES AFRICAN ADOPTION REPORTS

RICHARDSON REFUTES AFRICAN ADOPTION REPORTS

NIP/TUCK star JOELY RICHARDSON has denied reports she is set to follow in the footsteps of MADONNA and ANGELINA JOLIE and adopt a baby orphan from Africa.
The British actress recently admitted she was considering adoption after visiting an African orphanage.
But the 43-year-old claims she came away from the trip with a new perspective about adoption.
She says, "I spoke to a woman who works at an orphanage and she said that they encourage as much help and support for the orphanage as we can give, but ideally they like a child not to be taken out of their natural environment. And that stuck with me.
"I just think it's about what's in the child's best interests."
But Richardson - who has a 16-year-old daughter, Daisy - has praised Madonna's adoption of Malawian tot David Banda and her subsequent fundraising for other Malawian orphans via her Raising Malawi organisation, insisting her selfless efforts are heroic.
She adds, "There are exceptions, obviously, as in Madonna's case, when you have a great support system and can reinvest a lot in to a country, the way she has done."