Queen Latifah: I'll Adopt, But I'm No Madonna

Posted Feb 12th 2007 2:00PM by TMZ Staff

Queen Latifah wants to adopt 18 kids, but unlike Madonna and Angelina, she won't be leaving the country to do it.

During a revealing interview with Ellen Degeneres, her majesty said, "I want to adopt an American baby ... there's just so many kids that could use a home." While Latifah says she completely understands why Americans would want to go outside the states, she would still rather "help a kid in the hood."

You can catch the entire interview on today's Ellen. Long live the Queen.

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1. Leave Madonna OUT of it!

Posted at 5:12PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Me,Myself,& I

2. I don't see this as a slam against Madonna - it's just that she says she's planning on taking a different angle on it, and why does her sexuality have anything to do with her desire to be a mother.

Posted at 5:17PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Morrigu

3. who ever said she was gay?

Posted at 5:27PM on Feb 12th 2007 by karen

4. Good for you Queen. I think it is wonderful that someone is going to adopt a child within the U.S. I applaud anyone who wants to give an orphan a home.

Posted at 5:33PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Danette

5. I don't know why she chooses to adopt rather than have her own baby, but that's her choice...I don't think people should call her a lesbian. She's not a lesbian. Why would anyone say that? It's all stupid rumours. Queen is a very nice woman, very kind to others.

Posted at 5:35PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Mary

6. I think that's cool. There's an orphange around here that got closed down not to long ago for abuse of the kids. Yes, it's terrible what happens to kids in other countries, but that doesn't make them any more or less deserving of a good home then the kids in America. Long Live Queen Latifah! She's an amazing artist, it seems like she's a good person too! (And even my Grandma, at 81 years old, thinks so.)

Posted at 5:59PM on Feb 12th 2007 by somebody's mama

7. Adopt American! There are plenty of kids in this country that need homes. While adoption is a very noble thing, I don't understand why people need to travel all over the world to adopt a child, when they can just go to their local welfare office and adopt a kid who needs a home. Bravo for the Queen!

Posted at 6:27PM on Feb 12th 2007 by everpissy1

8. thank you queen latifah! i am so happy to see that someone gives a damn about "our kids"! i have been a fan since the begining, you are one of the few who doesn't seem fake or forget where you came from!

Posted at 7:01PM on Feb 12th 2007 by cindy

9. What does her sexuality have to do with anything?? Thats just an ignorante comment!

I say good for her. I think that too often, everyones money, and everyones attention is on all these other countrys. Personally, I think we need to take care of the people in our own country, before we start trying to save the world. Im sorry that the other countries are so devasted,but someone has to start giving a sh*t about the orphans and homeless and everything like that... thats in our OWN backyard.

Posted at 7:24PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Jen

10. I am so glad to hear her say that she will adopt a child from America! There are lots of children here that need to be adopted, but I think the red tape that goes with it is stopping everyone...the home visits, the waiting, etc...and some people would rather adopt than have their own kids, but who really knows why she wants to adopt? Doesn't matter to me why, I'm just glad she wants to do it here! You Rock, Queen Latifah!

Posted at 8:01PM on Feb 12th 2007 by junglegirljlt

11. SHE IS A LESBIAN! COME OUT OF THE CLOSET LATIFAH DEAR, THE WATER IS FINE!!!!! WHEN WAS THE LAST, OR FIRST TIME YOU SAW HER IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN. LET ALONE FRIGGIN' PICTURED WITH ONE!

Posted at 9:10PM on Feb 12th 2007 by SHE'S A MUFF DIVER

12. I am so glad that someone in the Industry is standing up to adopt children in the US instead of outside our country. There are children and families living on the streeets in every town we live in. Live on the Queen as she will make sure a big difference in the childrens lives that she is going to adopt. I applaud her.

Posted at 9:25PM on Feb 12th 2007 by melody

13. Who cares!

Posted at 9:32PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Nina

14. well queen it is your problem. you are crazy. first of all every body have the right to do what ever they feel like doing it is their money. if you choose to have a child from the project then go ahead. No matter what, we are the same people in the eyes of God. chill out queen you've forgotton your mother land shame on you. I bit you, you are pissed with Opera too for building a school in Africa. all of you get over your stupid selves

Posted at 9:38PM on Feb 12th 2007 by queen

15. Let's see how understanding you'll be if she goes to Kentucky and adopts some like tow-headed WHITE babies. She can afford it, it will look good on her arm!

Posted at 10:19PM on Feb 12th 2007 by Fashion Accessory

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