Action star Vin Diesel, 40, and his girlfriend, 24 year-old model Paloma Jimenez, had a baby girl on April 2 and are just announcing it now.

Am I the only one who assumed that Vin Diesel was gay? You would think that if he had a steady girlfriend he would bring her to events and paparazzi target restaurants to make it known, but Diesel is a private person and prefers to stay out of the tabloids. Maybe that’s how those rumors that he’s of the other persuasion got started.

Congratulations to Vin and Paloma, and their new arrival. People Magazine notes that Diesel is starring in and producing Fast and Furious, which will be out in June of next year, and that he also has Babylon AD coming out at the end of August.

Here are some pictures of Diesel’s hot girlfriend and the mother of his baby, Paloma Jimenez, who was born in Acapulco, Mexico. [via Fashionmodeldirectory.]
Vin Diesel is shown at One Race Global Film Foundation at The Bellagio on 1/18/08.