10 Famous men who fathered illegitimate children (With Pictures)

6. Eddie Murphy

Sometimes, fathers embrace their illegitimate children almost immediately, only pausing to perhaps take a paternity test before handing over thousands every month for child support. And then there are celebrity dads like Eddie Murphy.

When Mel B, a former member of popular 90s girl group the Spice Girls, became pregnant and claimed Eddie Murphy was the father, he immediately denied it. Again and again. After a court-ordered DNA test confirmed what he had been denying, Murphy finally had to admit he was the father, and he had to pay Mel B a big chunk of change. Mel is happily married now and likely doesn’t care if Murphy is involved in her life whatsoever, but she’s probably relieved he stepped up for her child’s benefit.