After Madonna fired the Malawian president’s sister as the head of her charity, the government accused the Material Girl of exaggerating her charitable contributions to the country, revoked her VIP status at the airport, and issued a statement accusing her of expecting the red-carpet treatment. President Joyce Banda claimed no prior knowledge of the statement, but declined to apologize for it. Madonna countered with her own statement saying the “ridiculous allegations” about her conduct and accomplishments were lies and vowed to continue improving education standards in Malawi.