Madonna's son David Banda, 18, forced to defend 'scavenging' for food in Bronx claims

Madonna 's 18-year-old son David Banda got candid about the realities of living by himself away from home.

The star, who recently graduated from the University of Southern California, made headlines earlier this week when he implied to his 53,000 Instagram followers that he was "scavenging" for food after moving out of his family home to The Bronx with his girlfriend, Maria Atuesta.

“I love it. I'm not on my own, I’ve got my girlfriend. But I love it," he said in an Instagram Live. "It’s lovely to experience it being nine o’clock at night, me being hungry and realizing that I don’t have enough money to get food and scavenging. It's fun to be young."

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However, the Hung Up hitmaker's son was forced to clarify he was indeed not "starving" after fans raised concerns for his welfare.

"I am very happy in my life and I am not living out on the streets, starving!" the 18-year-old wrote on his Instagram Story on Monday. "Please stop worrying, everything is good."

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David also clarified that his mother Madonna, 65, has always been "very supportive" of him and his decisions, which include moving to the Bronx with his girlfriend and making money by teaching guitar lessons.

Madonna's epic $32.5m home that David left

Considering his mother's worldwide fame, David's claims he was struggling to afford food came as a surprise to many of Madonna's fans.

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The Vogue singer lives in a $32.5 million Upper East Side home in Manhattan, which boasts 13 bedrooms, as well as a drawing room and impressive kitchen.

Madonna shares an incredibly close relationship with her children, and even asked many of them to join her on stage during her Celebration World Tour earlier this year.

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"Because the Celebration Tour is a retrospective of my life, I thought it made perfect sense to include all of my children still living with me in the show; they all dance and play musical instruments, and have been doing so for years," said the mom-of-six.