Mercy's Dad Rips 'Scandalous' Madge

Madonna's battle to adopt a second Malawi child suffered a major blow yesterday when the toddler's father blasted the singer's loose morals and launched a battle for custody, reports the Daily Mail. James Kambewa is seeking to block the adoption because he wants to spare 3-year-old Mercy a life of "scandal" living with a woman who lacks "good morals." Kambewa walked out on Mercy's mom when she was pregnant, and has never met his daughter.

'How can a woman of 50 dance almost naked on stage? I wouldn't want my daughter to grow up like that!" he said. "How can a normal woman fall for a boy who can as well be her son?" (More Madonna stories.)