10 Unbelievable Celebrity Baby scandals
There is no shortage of baby-related scandals in Hollywood, from secret love children, child support battles, paternity challenges, extramarital affairs resulting in pregnancies.
Trust me, and the list can go on and on.
For sure, celebrities are human too and make mistakes just like we do, sometimes even worse.
So today, we will be looking at some celebrity baby related-scandals that got our attention.
Unbelievable Celebrity Baby scandals
- Linda Evangelista & François Henri-Pinault
French billionaire François-Henri Pinault was already married to actress Salma Hayek when supermodel Linda Evangelista took him to court for child support in what soon turned an ugly trail.
He did not publicly know his child’s knowledge with the supermodel, François already had a child with Salma Hayek, and the two kids were the same age.
According to Pinault, he had ended things with the supermodel after she announced she was pregnant and starting dating Salma Hayek four months later.
Pinault and Salma Hayek got married in 2009 and are still together to date.
- Mel B. & Eddie Murphy
In 2006, Mel B announced that she was carrying the baby of her ex-boyfriend, Eddie Murphy.
The comedian didn’t take the news well, and he claimed the child wasn’t his until they did a DNA test.
In June 2007, the former “Spice Girls” delivered her daughter Angel Iris and did a DNA test; it confirmed that it was Murphy’s child.
After that, a bitter child support and custody battle followed.
- Elizabeth Hurley & Stephen Bing
When billionaire movie producer Stephen Bing’s ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley, announced in 2001 that she was pregnant for him, he doubted the child’s paternity.
According to Bing, their relationship has been non-exclusive throughout their 18 months together.
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In July 2002, the British model and actress had a son Damian, and DNA confirmed Bing to be the father.
- Simon Cowell & Lauren Silverman
It was one controversial pregnancy news because the “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell was expecting a baby with his friend’s wife, Lauren Silverman.
The exciting part of this pregnancy was that it wasn’t due to a one-night stand but from a four-year-old affair.
Lauren got divorced in 2013 and got together with Simon. The couple has been inseparable to date. They welcomed their son Eric on February 14 in 2014.
- Ludacris
Rapper Ludacris had a love child with his high school friend Tameka Fuller while on a break from his longtime girlfriend Eudoxie in 2013.
Eudoxie forgave his indiscretion and married him in 2014. Amazingly they are still going strong to date.
5. Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade
While with his longtime love Gabrielle Union, Dwayne Wade hooked up with another woman and had her pregnant with his third son, Xavier.
Six weeks later, Dwayne Wade proposed to Gabrielle Union and said yes. Many assumed that the NBS player was trying to do some significant damage control. However, the couple got married in August 2014.
They are still to and have a daughter too.
- Hugh Grant
In the span of 15 months, American actor Hugh Grant had fathered three children with two different women, wow right?
In September 2011, Grant had a daughter, Tabitha, with his lover Tinglang Hong and four months later, Tinglang was pregnant again for him, giving birth to his son Felix.
In 2014, Grant earlier had a son born the same month with daughter Tabitha to Swedish TV producer Anna Eberstein.
Amazingly the two women lived within walking distance from—Grant’s London townhouse.
- Kourtney Kardashian
Keeping up with the Kardashian’s drama can be pretty hard. In 2013, Model Michael Girgenti claimed to be the father of Kourtney Kardashian’s son Mason, so he filed a paternity suit against her.
The result showed that the claim was false when the DNA result proved Scott Disick to be Mason’s father.
Gavin Rossdale
Two years after his marriage to pop star Gwen Stefani, in 2014, Gavin Rossdale took a paternity test that revealed that his teenage goddaughter Daisy Lowe was actually his biological daughter.
The pop singer stood with Gavin and went on to have three kids together. However, Gavin Rossdale had an affair with their son’s nanny, something the singer couldn’t take. It led to their separation.
Mathew Knowles
Matthew Knowles’s marriage of 30 years ended in 2009 when he learned that he had a child with actress Alessandra Wright and a DNA test confirmed this rumor to be true.
In 2014, TaQoya Branscomb claimed that she was pregnant in 2010 for Matthew Knowles after a fling.
A paternity test confirmed this to be accurate, and their dad gave Beyonce and Solange new siblings.
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