As you may have read over the weekend, actor Jude Law could soon be a daddy. But the man does not seem convinced: He now wants a DNA test to be sure the baby is his.
Jude, 36, has vowed to step-up and support the new child if the alleged mother – a 24-year old model named Samantha Burke [whom no-one had heard of last week] – is proved to be pregnant by him. But his request for DNA proof has upset the Burke family, who are clearly eager that Jude should just shut up and pay, “To say this family is mad at that man is an understatement,” says Samantha’s grandma. ‘He has behaved as less than an English gentleman.”
The DNA test could be carried out now, but as the mother is already seven-months pregnant there’s apparently some risk to the baby. And the process might also induce early labor – which would cut short her fame. So for eight weeks there’s no proof either way, “At the moment Jude doesn’t know he’s the father; He thinks he is, but he wants to be sure,” a friend of the actor told the UK’s Daily Mail. “If it is his baby, he’ll be there for her every step of the way.”
With typical earnings of $3-million a movie, that could cost Jude a fortune. Samantha’s newly-hired attorney has already said she now wants ‘a sizable payout,’ plus a cut of his income for the rest of his life. And that would be in addition to the $6-million he’s just had to pay to get ex-wife, Sadie Frost’s talons removed from his neck.
Jude has told friends he did have a brief fling with Samantha while on location in New York for his new film, ‘Sherlock Holmes’ last December. But he said they only went to bed once, and that he was too drunk at the time to remember much else.
Samantha, however, is not so confused; In a statement read to the press by her new attorney, she says the family “can affirm that Jude has been responsive and supportive, and we know he will remain so once the baby is born.” The statement goes on to say that, “Jude and Samantha remain committed to the health and well-being of this child.”
And if all goes to plan, Samantha may soon get the chance to display that commitment. Every single month when she picks up her mail.
Maybe it’s me, but I think this is odd: The ‘health and well-being’ of any child is more certain with two loving parents both there in the home; But neither Samantha nor Grandma want the actual Jude – They don’t ask for marriage, commitment or a father who’s there — All they are after is a big slice of his cash.
At seven months pregnant, there are eight weeks to go. Then she either earns millions of dollars, or worldwide contempt. Let’s just wait and see how that goes…
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