Some celebrity love children aren't exactly well-kept secrets. Everyone knows that Liv Tyler was the passion product of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler and model Bebe Buell, and we all know about the formerly secret son Arnold Schwarzenegger had with his housekeeper. Still, there are a ton of other stars whose illegitimate tykes somehow flew under the radar. Here are some secret celebrity love children the public may not know about.
#1 Sean "Diddy" Combs
In 2007, P. Diddy had a daughter that ended his relationship. His affair with Atlanta-based photographer Sarah Chapman yielded a child. When Kim Porter, his long-term girlfriend and the mother of his three children found out, the two of them split up. Porter was pregnant with Combs' twin daughters, D'Lila Star and Jessie James, when she learned about the love child he was expecting. The twins were born in December 2006 and a girl named Chance, with Chapman, was born just five months later.
#2 Jay-Z
Wanda Satterthwaite claims that she had an affair with Jay-Z in the early 1990s, way before he became Jay-Z, but was known by his birth name of Shawn Carter. Satterthwaite claims the rapper is the father of her adult son, aspiring rapper Rymer Satterthwaite. However, Jay-Z has reportedly refused to take any paternity tests, despite two separate civil suits from the Satterthwaite family. Maybe Jay Z's daughter, Blue Ivy, with wife Beyoncé is keeping his hands full.
#3 Minnie Driver
British Actress Minnie Driver gave birth to son Henry in September 2008, but no one had a clue who his father was and she wouldn't name him. Although she never named him outrightly, she has in recent years admitted that he was a writer on her former, short-lived television show The Riches, producer Timothy J. Lea. Her revelation was served up with a hint of bitterness. "I don't need to protect him anymore. He can fend for himself," she told the Daily Mail. "He's a grown-upHe's figuring it outI mean, he hasn't been that involved; his choice. But he is now."
#4 Bow Wow
The rapper formerly known as Lil Bow Wow revealed in 2011 that he had a child, Shai Moss, which he had deliberately chosen to keep secret from the public. "I waited so long to tell y'all the truth because I was nervous on how y'all would look at me," he said in a letter to fans on his website. Prior to his admission, he firmly denied any involvement with her mother, video model Joie Chavis.
#5 Eddie Murphy
In 2006, Eddie Murphy had a brief affair with Melanie Brown, better known as "Scary Spice" of the Spice Girls. This resulted in the birth of Angel Iris, and shortly afterward a paternity test was done which confirmed that Murphy was in fact, the father. A legal battle between Brown and Murphy ended with Murphy being ordered to pay millions in child support.
#6 Owen Wilson
Wedding Crashers star Owen Wilson is allegedly crashing marriages now, too. He allegedly had an affair with a very married personal trainer, Caroline Lindqvist, and fathered a son named Finn Lindqvist Wilson in January 2014. Wilson also sired a son named Robert Ford Wilson in January 2011 with ex-girlfriend Jade Duell. Lindqvist is filing for a divorce from her estranged hubby and she has been seen on the town with Wilson.
#7 Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher, singer in the rock band Oasis, fathered a child with Liza Ghorbani. Though he has never confirmed this fact, the New York Post reported that a DNA test revealed that Gallagher is the father of Ghorbani's daughter and that he attempted to get her to sign a confidentiality agreement to keep certain personal details of their relationship out of public view.
#8 Dwyane Wade
Just less than two weeks after announcing his engagement to now-wife, Gabrielle Union, basketball star Dwyane Wade confirmed reports that he fathered a child in 2013 with ex Aja Metoyer while he and Union were reportedly on a break. However, Metoyer said that they had sex plenty of times while the two were still together. The two still got married, and apparently he has accepted his child and they are all happy with the arrangement.
#9 Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant is the king of love children. Not only does he have two offspring with his lover (read: unwed) Tinglang Hong, but he also has a third love child with Swedish TV producer Anna Elisabet Eberstein, a son named Felix. And that'snot all. Soon after Felix was born, he then welcomed another daughter with Eberstein in December 2015. Grant has been caught cheating on numerous occasions and was in a sex scandal with a prostitute in LSA while with then girlfriend, renowned supermodel Elizabeth Hurley.
#10 January Jones
Like Minnie Driver, January Jones refuses to say who the father of her child is. Many people believe that the father of her son, Xander, born in 1011, was a married man with whom she had an affair. Jones' tight lips have led to speculation that Xander's dad may be X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn or celebrity chef Bobby Flay. However, insiders believe the real father is Jason Sudeikis, whom she dated just up until 7 months before the baby was born. The one thing she will confirm is that the father of her son has no place in her life.
#11 Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris' secret daughter was so secret that she was even a secret to Chuck Norris himself. Dina was born nine months after the tough guy icon and martial arts actor had a brief fling with a woman named Johanna back in 1962. He first learned of his daughter's existence when he received a note from her sixteen years later. Norris agreed to meet with her. As he says in his autobiography "I didn't need DNA or blood tests. I went to her, wrapped my arms around her, and we both started crying. At that moment, it was as if I had known her all my life."
#12 Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson, the father of ten, known as The Jackson Family, didn't stop at ten with wife Katherine. Jackson calls himself "The Hawk" because he has such a good eye and "kill rate" with younger women, so odds are there may be more than one unknown baby out there. But he is the proven father of JohVonnie Jackson as a result of a 1974 affair.
#13 Eric Clapton
In 1985, while married to Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton had an affair with studio sound assistant Yvonne Kelly. Nine months later, Kelly gave birth to their daughter, Ruth, who was a secret to both the public and Clapton's wife, who eventually divorced him. However, it appears that Clapton and his daughter have managed to maintain a close relationship. The legendary rocker even walked Ruth down the aisle at her wedding in 2011. Afterward, he treated the wedding party to an hour-long performance.
#14 Jude Law
Jude Law has a history of indiscretions. While separated from his wife Sienna Miller in 2006, he conceived a child with model Samantha Burke while filming Sherlock Holmes in New York in 1999. He currently supports little Sophia but it
s reported that by the time it's done, Law would likely shell out more than $2.5 million in a child support settlement.
#15 Beyonce
This is filed under the "allegedly" file. There is a conspiracy theory out there that says that Solange Knowles is not Beyonce‘s sister but instead she is Beyonce's daughter. A Texas government official recovered a birth certificate saying Beyonce was actually born in 1974, making her 13 years older than Solange and not five years older. Gabrielle Union, who's in her forties, once said she and Beyonce were friends as teenagers. This could mean that Queen Bee got pregnant very young and gave birth to Solange, then the family just pretended they were sisters. Conspiracy theories are fun!
