Madonna’s ex chef: she spends 1/2 hour a day with her kids, tops

junebug · April 17th, 2009, 06:15 PM

Madonna’s children are lucky if they get to spend a half hour a day with the superstar, charges Eric Ienco, her former house manager and cook.
The performer’s kids are largely raised by nannies while she pursues her career, Ienco told The Enquirer.
“That’s why it’s a puzzle she wants to adopt again.
“She’s hardly ever with her children. She’s got two full-time nannies and one part-time nanny. So why adopt a kid if somebody else is raising them?”…
The 50-year-old entertainer has her day rigidly planned - and her children are not a big part of it, according to Ienco.
“She gets up and has a coffee, then she does two hours of yoga. Then there’s two hours of Pilates and exercise. That’s six days a week.
“After that, she deals with her e-mail, her calls and the rest of her business. And after that, she spends maybe half an hour with the kids.
“If Lourdes comes in and says, ‘I want to see Mom,’ she is told, ‘She’s doing yoga’ - and Lourdes knows she can’t disturb Mom.
“Madonna puts herself before her kids. When she adopted little David, he arrived at her home from Africa - and three hours later, she left to do Pilates. Wouldn’t you think she’d want to spend the entire day with her new son?..
“When she’s with her children, she is a devoted mom,” says Ienco. “She just doesn’t spend much time with them. And now that she’s extended her tour schedule, how much will the kids see her?”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition April 27, 2009]

CornFlakegrl · April 17th, 2009, 06:18 PM

Shocker.

maryk · April 17th, 2009, 06:23 PM

She needs another one as an accessory, prooves it!

aabbcc · April 17th, 2009, 06:24 PM

When she adopted little David, he arrived at her home from Africa - and three hours later, she left to do Pilates.

Well, that's 2 1/2 hours more than her birth children got that day.

HWBL · April 17th, 2009, 06:49 PM

She's made of the same fabric as Octomom, except she managed to
fool the world into thinking she has a talent (which is a talent in itself)
and made millions so at least the kids natural and bought are more
secure than Octomom's. It's all
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me

yoyoma · April 17th, 2009, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HWBL

She's made of the same fabric as Octomom, except she managed to
fool the world into thinking she has a talent (which is a talent in itself)
and made millions so at least the kids natural and bought are more
secure than Octomom's. It's all
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me,
Me, me, ME, mE, me, ME, Me, me, mE, ME, me

chattykathy · April 17th, 2009, 06:51 PM

She would be a happier person if she spent less time working out and more time baking cookies with her children.

yoyoma · April 17th, 2009, 06:52 PM

^I think she will kill whoever tells her that on sight...
I really hope they don't give her another if it's really true that she
spends that little time with her kids....

McJag · April 17th, 2009, 06:53 PM

She is a solid wreck.

Sasha · April 17th, 2009, 06:55 PM

“When she’s with her children, she is a devoted mom,”

How hard is it to be "devoted" for half an hour?

FierceKiten · April 17th, 2009, 06:57 PM

Imagine if all her nannies wrote a tell all, that woman would probably never come out of the house again.

Bellatheball · April 17th, 2009, 06:58 PM

^^ Are you kidding? SHe'd be thrilled that someone was talking about her.

crackho · April 18th, 2009, 02:41 AM

One more second over 30 minutes and she'd be arrested for child abuse.

sparkly · April 18th, 2009, 03:29 AM

Normally I'd bash people for only spending 30 minutes a day with their kids, but in Madge's case, I think this might be for the best. She sounds like a truly horrible person from the things that have been said about her over the last few years, by the very people that were once close to her. Sure, maybe some of it isn't true, but she's proven time and time again that she's a selfish asshole with a low double digit IQ. Hopefully, the kids' nannies are raising them properly.

ETA: She does 4 hours of exercising a day, 6 days a week. Holy cow! I do between 1-1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week, and that's more than enough. No wonder she looks like Carrot Top's embarrassing Uncle from the South.