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MADGE GETS SON-BURNED

The biological father of Madonna’s adopted son said his boy might be “better off” with him in Malawi now that the Material Mom is headed for Splitsville.

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“I am still a poor farmer with nothing to offer, but maybe he would be better off back with us,” said Yohane Banda, little David Banda’s natural dad.

He told The Sun newspaper in London that his natural son shouldn’t be in the middle of a messy divorce now that Madonna and Guy Ritchie have announced their plans to part ways.

“This woman, Madonna, told me herself that David was beautiful and made her happy and she promised to take good care of him,” Banda said.

“Now I see him in a big bewildering crowd in the street with people pushing and shoving, and many cameras around, and without a mother and father to hold his hand. I’m feeling bad for him.”

The Sun also re ported that Madonna told friends that Ritchie never wanted to adopt David and that she handled most of the process herself. But she later acknowl edged that Ritchie became close with him.

Since Madonna’s adoption of David two years ago, Banda’s life has taken a turn, as well.

He has moved into a thatched hut with his new wife, Flora, her 3-year-old daughter, Tiyamike, and their 7-month-old son, Dingiswayo – David’s half- brother.

“I have the joy of a new family and I even have a new son,” Banda said. “But now, when I think of David in danger of living outside a family life, I find it unbearable.”

Madonna and Ritchie are close to finalizing a deal that would net the moviemaker nearly $36 million in cash and other assets, bringing his total payout close to $60 million, The Sun said.

The Daily Mail, also of London, reported that Madonna will have custody of their children, although Ritchie will be given visitation rights.

Madonna and Ritchie have two sons, Rocco, 8, and David, 3, and she has a daughter, Lourdes, 12, from her relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon.

The couple has been drifting apart for months, and Ritchie blames on Madonna’s nonstop workout obsession and devotion to kabbalah, several British newspapers have reported.

Complicating matters this past summer was Madonna’s alleged flirtation with Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez.

Rodriguez and Madonna are preparing to go public with their relationship in December, according to the Daily Mail. With Post Wire Services

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