Hugh Grant impregnated a woman named Tinglan Hong in 2011. Tinglan ended up giving birth to a daughter, named Tabitha Grant, later that year. It was epic because it seemed like Hugh and Tinglan merely had a brief affair, and Hugh was (and is) such a famous bachelor. At the time he was famous for being a childfree bachelor. Once Tabitha was born, Hugh bought Tinglan a new house. It’s believed that he completely supports his baby-mama, and that he spends time on dad-duty. So much time, in fact, that Tinglan got pregnant again in 2012 and gave birth to Hugh’s second child, a son they named Felix Chang Hong Grant. All was well with the world.
But now things are getting a bit more scandalous. It seems that Hugh impregnated ANOTHER woman, a woman who was pregnant around the same time Tinglan was pregnant with Felix. Oh, Hugh.
Hugh Grant has become a father again for the third time, according to reports. The 53-year-old actor allegedly welcomed a baby boy into the world in September 2012 following a relationship with Swedish TV producer Anna Elisabet Eberstein. His arrival was just three months before the birth of his second child with lover Tinglan Hong, son Felix, according to The Sun.
A source told the paper: ‘They were pregnant with Hugh’s children at the same time. It’s an unusual arrangement.’
However it is unclear whether Tinglan and Anna were aware of the fact they were both expecting the About A Boy star’s child. Hugh’s involvement with Anna’s child was only revealed when his full name – Hugh John Mungo Grant – appeared on the birth certificate after it was re-registered in December 2013.
According to the paper, the space for the father’s name was left blank on the first certificate.
The source told the paper: ‘Anna is being supported by Hugh all the way. She lives in a very comfortable property in West London and knows that Hugh is there for her. Anna’s parents in Sweden know all about the relationship and she has their blessing.’
Tinglan, who is the mother of Hugh’s daughter Tabitha, gave birth to Felix on December 29 and registered the new arrival on Valentine’s Day 2013. According to the birth certificate, Felix Chang was born at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, West London .
At the time the actor tweeted: ‘In answer to some journos. Am thrilled my daughter now has a brother. Adore them both to an uncool degree. They have a fab mum.’ He added a short while later: ‘And to be crystal clear. I am the Daddy.’
Felix’s arrival came almost 17 months after Miss Hong gave birth to the couple’s first child, daughter Tabitha Xaio Xi Hong Grant, at London’s Portland Hospital, in September 2011. In an interview with American chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, Grant admitted that while coming as something of a shock, fatherhood had had a very positive ‘life-changing’ effect on him.
He said: ‘Everyone was right all these years, saying: “Hugh, why don’t you have some children? It changes your life.” Now that I have a child, it is life-changing. I recommend it. Get some. I can’t pretend it wasn’t a little bit of a surprise. But it’s a very nice surprise. In fact, the baby’s name in Chinese, because the mother’s is Chinese, means ‘happy surprise’.
Miss Hong, who was born in Zhejiang province in eastern China and moved to Britain in 2003, is understood to have met Grant in a Chelsea wine bar in 2008. The pair struck up an unlikely friendship before embarking on a relationship in January 2011. Tabitha’s arrival was kept secret for two months until the actor’s spokesman released a statement confirming the birth but adding that Grant – who rose to fame in Four Weddings And A Funeral in 1994 – was no longer in a relationship with Miss Hong.
It read: ‘I can confirm that Hugh Grant is the delighted father of a baby girl. He and the mother had a fleeting affair and while this was not planned, Hugh could not be happier or more supportive.’
Hugh dated Elizabeth Hurley for 13 years and remains close to the model – he is the godfather to her son Damien. Following their amicable split he then started dating Jemima Khan for three years. He is currently believed to be single. A spokesperson for Hugh Grant has been contacted for comment.
On one side, it really doesn’t seem like he’s lying to or cheating on these women at all. Like, he’s not a relationship guy and he tells you that upfront. Apparently, he also tells you upfront that he doesn’t use condoms and so be it. If he’s fine supporting multiple baby mamas and having a pleasant – although physically distant – relationship with his children, I guess that’s what works for him. To say one nice thing about him… this really doesn’t seem to be a money issue at all. Like, he’s not bitching about child support or anything. He seems generous on that front. But dude… stop getting women pregnant. He became the father of three within less than three years.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
hahahahha
awww Big Daddy.
Who would have ever thought that Hugh Grant would be the father to three children! Crazy world.
+1 and in more he seems to like being the father of 3 kids
Certainly not the people who thought he was gay!
Yup. “HughMungo Grant” lol.
That just made me laugh out loud 🙂
Oh good catch. I totally messed the hughmungo implied name.
Awesome catch.
I just had my third baby two weeks ago, but if Hugh wanted me to have another one with him I’d be all over it!! I have and will always love him. 🙂
This made me smile 🙂
So, no drama whatsoever here apparently. People may not approve of the way he conducts his private life but he doesn’t court publicity and nobody (in the press) seems to know the full story. The Mail is only reporting this to make him look bad to get back at him for being so involved with Hacked Off.
Team Hugh!
I suppose we’ll never know for sure whether Hugh leads them on or is upfront with them. But I agree the Fail only wants revenge for his Hacked Off involvement.
I’m not on Hugh’s side of that argument, despite all the hacking, but I have to give him props for a proper, well thought out position that isn’t just your usual celeb whining and for putting himself out there to present it. American readers won’t know but Hugh is very visible on UK talking head and politics shows. He’s even put himself up for an audience pasting on Question Time. So I don’t think he’s the type to duck responsibilities or consequences.
No drama unless you are a woman with children from multiple fathers then we will judge you until the cows come home. Lol.
This, and I admit I side eyed Kate Winslet for the same thing, and I really really like her. I really wanna like HG because he’s so dashing in that English Gentleman way, but he just won’t stop being sleazy!
+1
I only side eye people w/kids from multiple parents (my mom has five kids w/three different men–she’s married to the last one) is if the main parent—which is usually the mom–is just having kids when she can’t afford them, doesn’t take care of them, and is clearly picking men who aren’t going to be there for the kids AND/OR if the other parent–usually the dad, isn’t taking care of their kids, and impregnating women @ the drop of a hat.
In my mom’s case–she was first engaged to a guy who was Italian (they were in Italy), and as soon as they got engaged, she became his ‘wife’, not his girlfriend–there’s a huge difference–he became very controlling, etc. She got pregnant because he said he wanted to have a baby and marry her, and then right after she got pregnant, HE started freaking out on her, saying he wasn’t ready, etc.
The second dude–my sperm donor–lied to my mom about being married w/kids (they were both in the navy), and when she got pregnant, that’s when he told her….
And then the third one she got married to and had two more kids….
So sometimes it’s just life—my mom only planned to have two kids (having twins the second time ruined that *evil grin*). As long as you are taking care of the kids that YOU brought into the world (both of you, not just the mom), then have as many as you want.
I don’t like Kate anymore because it seems she’s letting out her snooty side……apparently she’s not as nice as she once was.
If a guy tells you upfront he doesn’t use condoms(!), I can’t get my head around thinking ‘fuck it’ and sleeping with him anyway. Yuk.
+1 I was never lets wing it sort of girl. I am too organised and neurotic I could NOT have any suprises I don’t care how ££ he had.
I think I would only say “fuck it” if he also JUST got screened for STDS and came out clean. And then of course I was on birth control.
Some STDS percolate and geminate for months, even years – see AIDS. You should always wear a condom even if you are on birth control.
Could it be that getting them pregnant was the plan? Like, he wanted kids, but not a relationship?
That’s what I’m wondering too. It seems VERY strange that someone who professed to never want children, all of a sudden has 3 kids in such close proximity in his 50s. He went all those years being a “playboy”, never getting a woman pregnant (that we know of), so now all of a sudden we’re supposed to believe they were all accidents? Maybe the first… But to have 2 more? I think they were planned. Just my opinion though.
That’s what I was thinking–that he wants to have kids, but maybe not a traditional relationship. Which, as long as he’s paying for and seeing his kids, and being their dad (which he seems to be doing, in a non-famehoish way), then I see no issues with it.
Exactly! So gross! Also, as we see here, these are the types of men who have “happy surprise” babies with one or more women, so you are courting having a baby mama possibly come out of the woodwork at any time. No thanks. Hugh may be taking care of these mamas and children, which is very good, but this whole thing is messy as hell. Hugh better be careful, because he’s getting closer and closer to rivaling NBA player statistics! 🙂
I don’t think he’s ‘physically distant’ the paps daily take pics of him visiting his children – they all live in London and he seems quite involved in their lives.
Wow. He’s got some super sperm.
Interesting. Only because he’s a late-in-life father.
I agree with others — people only know because he let them and as long as the women & children are happy, who cares what I think?
I guess we’re supposed to be impressed that he supports them and spends time with them. Look, I know many families with a mother and father who aren’t happy, and many “unconventional” families that are. I’m not saying it has to be one way, or that accidents don’t happen. But it seems that no one takes having children very seriously anymore. Or tries to wait until they’re in a good place in their relationship. Sleep with whomever you want. But shouldn’t you make a decision with someone you’re committed to about such an important thing? Children aren’t toys or accessories or meal tickets. Or at least they shouldn’t be.
DITTO.
It’s good that he’s not abandoning them I guess, but this is just sad all around.
Speaking of ….Children aren’t toys or accessories or meal tickets…., I know several women, two very good, who wanted and had a child, where the father played no role whatsoever in their planning. And it was not about a meal ticket. A child, nothing else mattered. Very sad.
Goodnamesalltaken I’m with you! Of course stuff happens and we can’t all have perfect family units. But ideally kids should have a mom and a dad (or two moms, or two dads) who are both present. It’s a hella lotta work for a single parent, and kids learn different things from each parent who is a steady part of their lives. It is optimal if the parents love each other a lot, enjoy being together, and extend this love into a family. Hugh doesn’t seem… mature. Daddy dropping by after visiting his other family has got to be tough on the mothers AND the kids. But the mothers have enough money to buy nannies and be secure so maybe that’s all they want.
Just UGH!
Yup. I know the women knew what they were letting themselves in for, and I accept that he seems to care about and support his children. But impregnating two women around about the same time can never be anything other than tacky in the extreme.
Hugh’s got a rather patriarchal attitude, doesn’t he: it’s all a merry whirl of babies and mothers? He “supports” them all. The Swedish woman’s family “gave her their blessing.” Grant lives in a rom-com.
LOL I bet her family ‘gave him their blessing’. She’s made for life! Which, I’m sure, had nothing whatsoever to do with her decision to have a baby with a multi-millionaire.
@Sumodo1
That is the impression I get. Kids, mothers and dad has fun and family.
Not on the patriarchal attitude, though I am getting philosophical.
Mother has no monetary problems, mother can raise the kids on her or their standards, father is present, mother can choose her own sexual satisfaction?
Hm.
Ok? How trashbaggerrific of him! (I still remember that press release basically saying that he was just boinking the chick and she just feel pregnant!, what a dick!)
he’s just leaving it in everyone isn’t he?
Never understood his appeal and the stuttering routine which is obviously schtick.
What is wrong with Kate Winslet, Ulrika Johnson,Katie Price,Kerry Katona (cant think of any males) having children by multiple fatthers all the time. I just feel they should know better, they are suppose to be educated and less reckless.
Why start blaming women on a post about a man? AFAIK, all of these women were in serious relationships with the fathers of their children when they became pregnant. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Grant, who got two women knocked up almost simultaneously. Surely his behaviour is much more worthy of criticism, if we are going to criticise the procreation habits of celebs.
Wanted to mention just people in general,Like i said couldn’t think of any males, if you can please bash ahead.
Kate Winslet had her 3 kids within marriages that she obviously must have thought were for life. I forget what happened with hubby 1, but hubby 2 cheated and shes still married to hubby 3. I dont know who these other people on your list are.
Hubby #1 died of cancer.
@Renee – are you sure about that? His name is James Threapleton and he seems to still be alive.
I can name a few guys off the top of my head and some of them are even British: Hugh Grant, Jude Law, Collin Farrell, Ryan Phillipe, Clint Eastwood, etc.
Colin Farrell is a case in point. When he openly admitted to starting a ‘romantic relationship’ with Liz Taylor right at the moment when his girlfriend was pushing out his son, many people here were falling over themselves to say how ‘cute’ and ‘sweet’ it was.
I suppose he’ll either get a vasectomy or start using condoms once he’s done fathering children, but as long as he’s taking care of them, I have no quibbles.
I adore Hugh and always will. I don’t get him getting the second woman pregnant though. Hugh went far too long not getting anyone pregnant. I do believe Felix was planned. Tabitha wasn’t, but I think he and Tinglan get on so well and he loves his daughter so much that he thought having another child with her was what he wanted and she wanted. Why do people think he’s physically distant from his children, especially Tabitha and Felix. He bought Tinglan a house right down the street from him and he doesn’t work and travel the way he used to when in movies all the time. Just because no one sees him with his kids doesn’t mean anything and certainly isn’t proof he doesn’t see them a lot.
Now the third child I don’t know anything about, whether he’s really close or not. She might have told him she was on birth control. Hugh drinks more than he used to and I think that’s where some of his more reckless behavior is coming out, like fathering a third child.
I once read an article about fatherhood and bonding and many fathers I read don’t feel a strong bond to children when infants the way the mothers do and say when the child is a little older when they can relate more the bond is very strong. And these are fathers that live in the same house as the mother.
It’s funny; I’m not going to sit here and judge Hugh because if he was up-front about his choices to not wear condoms and not be a family man and his partners were okay with that then fine, but…
Can you imagine the drubbing a woman would take for this kind of thing? If she made known she wasn’t in the market for a relationship, and she was fine having a few different kids by a few different men, and just leaving them for their fathers to pretty much raise (however involved she might be)? The idea that mothers have some kind of special, irreplaceable bond with their children makes the act seem “unnatural” to a lot of people if committed by a woman, but when it comes to a man, the response is generally just a shrug.
Not only a shrug, but people are actually praising Grant for providing financial support and seeing the kids from time to time. As though it were an act of kindness for a very wealthy man to support his own children.
* see Charlie Sheen posts. Obvious double standards at play.
I don’ t think anyone on here thinks Hugh only sees his children from time to time beyond CB. I thnk as many others do that Hugh sees a lot of his children with Tingland. She lives right down the street and there’s no evidence that he is a distant father. I have no idea about the third child. And so the comments were in response to CB’s comment in the article that he was a distant father.
I don’t think he is praised for providing for the kids. I think he was praised on here for thinking the mothers who are the primary caregivers of the children deserved to be ably supported by him with beautiful homes and generous support compared to all of these celebs you see in child support fights trying to give as little as they have to. These are the mothers of his children and at least he treats them with respect as such. I would expect him to do as much, but it’s always surprising how people will act about their money. It was just never a factor to him and does seem to be generous in that respect. That’s all.
Yeah, that’s true! Like it’s some kind of magnanimous act on his part.
Preach, grayze! The double-standard is appalling.
Go look at the Sienna Miller post and then come back here.
NOTED: no mention of the words “whore” on this thread. He cheated on Hurley right? Now fathered three kids by three different women and….he’s a “good father for financially supporting his own spawn”.
This is why the term “slut-shaming” (which is so often misused BTW) exists. The double-standard is just appalling.
Women are usually hardest on other women. We twist ourselves into pretzels trying to excuse men’s questionable behavior, but when a woman does something that is (in their opinion) “a man thing”, then the knives and claws really come out. There must be some evolutionary reason for it, because otherwise it makes no sense to me at all.
The examples people are giving in this thread are blowing my mind, too. It really is the most ridiculous double-standard. And a maddening one.
If this were a woman it would be a free for all of finger pointing. If Aniston suddenly got impregnated three times in three years, let the kids live with their fathers while she continued her own life and considered herself “single”, (but making sure she was papped visiting all the time!), all while financially supporting everyone, I guarantee she would be excoriated as a horrible mother.
Hell, Kate Winslet MARRIES her children’s fathers, raises her own kids and is side-eyed for her choices.
I honestly think Hugh is a someone who, while not selfish with money, is selfish with his time. I don’t know whether he’s a distant father but he doesn’t seem to live with any of these baby mamas or any of the kids – he drops in to “play”. He sends the check. I’m not sure that qualifies him for father of the year. It doesn’t even qualify him for the faint praise he receives. What he is doing is the least I would expect of him.
Kate Winslet was exactly who I was thinking of when I wrote this – and you’re right, she’s hardly similar to Hugh Grant, but she gets every kind of side-eye for her choices. The Aniston example is AMAZING, and you’re so right about it.
Selfish with his time is I think a great way to think of it.
First of all, I’m surprised that he didn’t get a vasectomy years ago. I always got the vibe that he wasn’t the kid type. I don’t think he deserves praise for taking care of his responsibility. When you have a child you need to step up and support them in every way. As long as you’re doing that then you’re fine. But use a condom dude if you don’t it could be costly and not just monetary.
This story makes me vaguely uncomfortable. Can’t put my finger on it, since there seems to be no real “scandal” here. But something about it just seems off, maybe because we’re so used to seeing women get impregnated by famous men in order to secure their own future. Kids are conceived so casually these days, almost like an afterthought or a means to an end.
I wonder how they will all turn out.
LOL, another one??
Maybe it was deliberate? From what I understand, the two women are not in their twenties. Baby making actually requires planning and such. Perhaps he wants more children?
Well, sometimes baby making does not take more than 5 minutes or less, hopefully more.
That’s a lot of unprotected sex.
Seriously, these are only the two he impregnated…….
They all eventually get got, l mean if Simon Cowell is going to be a daddy anything is possible next up Clooney.
Wouldn’t that involve him actually having sex?
With a woman.
oh come on……………..George definitely would have had a vasectomy.
I would think a man like him, who was never into serious relationships or fatherhood, would have had himself snipped long long ago! Decades of messing around n nothing, then suddenly 3? Weird! But best wishes to him and his kids.
LOL.
“Father”? Oh, please, sperm donor.
Not into the whole old men fathering children thing; advanced age of the father poses health risks to the child and old men don’t have the energy for young kids (though in his case, it won’t matter since he prob doesn’t spend much time with them anyhow).
Also, let’s not forget to call him a whore like people would with a woman who has children with several men!
I still hope for him and Elizabeth Hurley to reunite.
Despite their then hotness, Liz and Hugh always seemed rather platonic to me. Almost brother and sister-ish. The fact that they’re still close friends years after they split up adds to the impression that theirs was a relationship based on friendship rather than sexual passion.
I’m not sure what to think about this. While Tabitha was obviously a surprise, no way do I believe Felix was. So why get another woman pregnant? Maybe he just really wanted more kids.
I’m not going to shade their family choices though. Nothing about this sounds haphazard. The two mothers seem committed to their children and Hugh seems committed to the kids. I didn’t get the impression that he was a distant figure in the kids’ lives at all and paparazzi photos don’t support that. As long as both sides are doing everything they can to have safe, loved, happy and healthy kids, which it currently seems they are, I’m not going to shade them for their family setup.
or maybe he likes sex, gets horny, likes to bang random women, and babies tend to result from sex.
Thats just what I was thinking, Toody…
He better be careful. One of these days he may get the “wrong” woman pregnant… Oh the drama that will ensue…
Which Celeb has the best swimmers?
Jude Law
Hugh Grant
K-Fed
Bob Dylan( I believe 9 kids with 5 woman)
I’m pretty sure Bob Dylan has 6 kids with 3 women. He had 4 with his first wife. Still gross either way.
Eh? So he doesn’t wear condoms but managed to go 30+ years without impregnating anyone, then he has 3 in 3 years? Don’t buy it, sorry.
Wouldn’t be surprised if TL was an escort (they met in a “Chelsea wine bar” and struck up an “unlikely friendship”? Please.) thus him having a contemporaneous relationship with the Swedish TV presenter.
So I guess I’m the only person who thought Felix was a sperm-donor type situation? (Either actual donation or purposeful sex.) I thought the mother wanted her child to have a sibling and asked Hugh if he’d be willing. And he said yes, because they had a good situation established.
Isn’t Luke Wilson about to become a father with a woman with whom he doesn’t have a romantic attachment?
I don’t even know what to think about the Swedish baby. But I didn’t think Felix was a sign that Hugh and Tinglan were still romantically together, so mostly I’m just wondering what Hugh’s actual relationship to the Swedish mom is. I don’t think it’s a cheating situation in this case.
I’m guessing the pregnancies with Hong were planned and the third was unplanned. It’s a win win for these women. They probably wanted a baby and now they have what they want with a rich man who supports them financially. They are doing better than most women who have unplanned pregnancies with broke losers. Whatever works for them.
His agent specifically said that the first pregnancy was unplanned (see the quote above). I’d guess the son he later had with the same woman was planned, as they wanted their daughter to have a sibling, but not so sure about the baby with the Swedish woman. I do think it’s odd though, as others have said, that Hugh only managed to get ‘caught out’ at least once when already in his 50s.
LOL at him and his entire life.
I’ll always like him though, epic dude.
That whole “befuddled Brit” thing has really worked out for him.
I find this all very icky. I’m trying to imagine his children’s coming to awareness years over their father and doubt it will be pretty.
I find the situation more confusing than anything else. Men who don’t use condoms and who aren’t especially committed to monogamy don’t generally make it to 50 without having had any children at all, and then have 3 in 2 years. Someone like that is more likely to have a pattern like Jude Law’s – a few children from a marriage or serious relationship, a child from a less serious relationship, and various rumors about terminated pregnancies.
I’m going to say that either Hugh has a few more children out there or that something about his behavior changed pretty radically in the past few years.
I think it’s odd, too. Then again, I have heard of people who suddenly really want kids when they realize “Hey, I’m not getting any younger.”
To me, the news was that he had a baby with the TV presenter over a year ago. That’s quite some time to keep that sort of news quiet.
I second that about condoms – unless you plan to get pregnant, feeling OK about sex with with a guy who doesn’t use protection is just odd.
I can understand that choice for a woman who’s using some sort of birth control method she’s confident in.
The part that boggles me is feeling okay about having sex with a guy who doesn’t use condoms and who’s had a decent number of partners is the potential exposure to sexually transmitted infections.
I agree with other commenters, I just don’t get how he was with Liz Hurley for 13 years and no babies and now all of a sudden has 3 in 3 years? Maybe he is more careless with these older women thinking they are past baby-making stages (are they older women even?)I only use condoms at the beginning of relationships, once they get serious, I take bc religiously and haven’t had any issues ***knocks on wood*** and I am nearly 33. I can’t imagine sleeping with a celebrity without a condom.
I don’t think Liz wanted children back then and was on the pill probably. She was all career. His next serious girlfriend was in her late 30s, I think, Gemma, and she had several children. She probably didn’t want any more or maybe she couldn’t.
Oooooh I so want him to have baby #4 with Liz Hurley.
Sigh. If only. I really liked them as a couple.
Liz is 48, and her son is already middle school age. I’d be very surprised if there were any babies on her mind these days.
He IS Daniel Cleaver.
He probably can’t keep it up with a condom on & he gets bored easily… So…
You win the internets today!!!!
Although, I couldn’t have predicted he’d have a “secret” child, the real shock is that I’m NOT surprised by this.
I wouldn’t touch Grant with a hundred foot pole. His senselessness regarding safe sex makes him a ticking time bomb where stds are concerned. HIV/AIDS and Herpes haven’t been cured yet you know. Just icky.
I wish he’d bag the thing because his genetic pool doesn’t impress me as being particularly worthy of propagation.
Umm .. condoms??? Is this a foreign idea for him???
Well isn’t it great that this works for him. “Physically distant” isn’t great for children. This is an unhealthy situation. Good thing he’ll be able to afford the nanosecond of therapy it will take to figure out why they grow up to be unhappy, insecure adults, even with all that monetary support. Ick.