Hugh Grant’s second baby mama is pregnant with Hugh’s 4th child in 4 years

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Hugh Grant is like the Tori Spelling/Kristin Cavallari of aging English actors: he just keeps having babies. All of a sudden, over the past four years, he’s been having babies nonstop with two different women. The first woman to have his baby was Tinglan Hong, a sometime lover/girlfriend who became pregnant when she was definitely NOT Hugh’s official girlfriend or anything. They welcomed their daughter Tabitha back in 2011. Then Hugh got Tinglan pregnant again (!!) and they had their son Felix two years ago. In between those babies, Hugh also knocked up a Swedish woman named Anna Eberstein and they welcomed their son, John Mungo Grant, back in September 2012.

For what it’s worth, I think Anna is closer to being Hugh’s official girlfriend than Tinglan ever was. Even though he got Anna pregnant when Tinglan was pregnant with Tabitha (this is giving me a headache), he actually goes out in public with Anna and they seem to have some kind of (open?) relationship. Also, for what it’s worth, I think he bought fancy houses for both women and their children and by all accounts, he spends time with all of his kids… although he lives separately from the mothers and maintains his own space, and the kids live exclusively with their mothers. Anyway, the photos in this post are of Hugh and Anna spending time together last year. Guess what? He got her pregnant again. For the love of God!

Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein is pregnant and it could be Hugh Grant’s fourth child, it has been claimed. The 35-year-old, who already has a three-year-old son with the actor, was spotted with what appeared to be a baby bump while walking in Chelsea, west London, on Thursday. Her outing prompted speculation the British star, who also has two children with another woman, is set to become a father again.

The Sun claimed a source confirmed the news and said the actor, 55, has told friends the baby is a girl. They said: ‘He is very happy. He loves being a father and is now getting used to it.’

But representatives for Mr Grant are yet to comment on the claims. Mr Grant and Ms Eberstein were pictured together multiple times over the summer. They were spotted watching a tennis match in Paris in May and the pair also watched the Wimbledon Men’s Final together in July. Their first child, John Mungo Grant, was born in September 2012.

Mr Grant’s involvement was only revealed when his full name appeared on the birth certificate after it was re-registered in 2013. The actor also has two other children – Tabitha, four, and Felix, two – with Chinese-born receptionist and actress Tinglan Hong.

[From The Daily Mail]

Is this the new normal? The thing is… everyone involved is an adult, and there’s no indication that Hugh has lied to these women or misrepresented himself to them in any way. I think he just happened to find two women (at the same time) who wanted to have babies and didn’t really care if he ever married them or even wanted to be in a serious relationship. There’s no indication that either woman was or is looking for a more “traditional” life with him. They have the babies, he buys them nice homes and seems to financially support them so they don’t have to work and they can be full-time moms, and he gets to be a dad without a lot of muss or fuss. It all seems to work out rather beautifully, and the ladies seem happy enough because he keeps getting them pregnant. So… even though it’s super-messy, it’s probably healthier than what a lot of people have. Isn’t that weird?

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  1. OSTONE says:

    Hugh Grant and his character in Bridget Jones are basically the same person haha. I watched the movie yesterday, and he was so pretty then. Still I would have chosen Mark Darcy!!!

    • MoxyLady007 says:

      Take notes Charlie Sheen.

    • Chloe says:

      Hugh’s character makes those Bridget Jones movies, he’s so hilarious in them! I’m bummed he’s not going to be in the next one…it won’t be the same without Daniel and Mark having an epic throw-down! haha

    • raincoaster says:

      He admits this himself in interviews.

      I gather he really is more serious about this woman, because Mungo is one of his middle names. You only give someone a family name if you’re serious and not just dropping sperm.

  2. minx says:

    Eeww, come on, Hugh.

  3. Mrs. Darcy says:

    But….what happens when the kids are grown? Hugh will be in his 70’s and onto newer younger models. The kids will be paid for. Will these women regret not forming a more solid family unit/having nothing to fall back on?

    • Betsy says:

      Do a lot of these high-flying folks have solid family units ever? I’d have to struggle to think of a famous marriage that sticks (I could do it, but I don’t care that much), you know? Although for myself I am an old school traditionalist (dating-marriage-babies, in that order), for other people if it’s stable and healthy, meh. Plus, money makes stability possible. It’s not a guarantee, obviously – look at the Kennedys of yore! – but money can make things sail smoothly.

    • byland says:

      I’ve never felt that urge to go “but what about the children!” about a father’s age. Or a mother’s even. But my first thought reading that title was “but he’s rather old, what happens to those kids if he dies?” Obviously they’ll be taken care of financially, but what about emotionally? He’s two years younger than my father. He died last week, Thursday to be exact. I’m 28 and I just want to find a dark corner to curl up and sob in. I can’t imagine losing my father even younger. Here’s hoping Hugh takes his health seriously.

      • Veronica says:

        I’m so sorry for your loss.

      • Jaded says:

        Byland so very sorry, it’s so hard to lose a parent but 53 is just so young. My sympathies to you and your family.

      • Chloe says:

        @byland: Sorry for your loss, hugs and prayers for you and your family at this time.

      • I Choose Me says:

        So sorry for your loss byland. My dad had a heart attack scare a couple of weeks ago and I was so scared. My heart hurts for you though I can only imagine a tenth of the pain you must be feeling. Warm hugs and I hope you and your family are getting all the comfort you need while you grieve.

      • AtlLady says:

        byland, when my parents died, Mom in ’96, Dad in ’11, I started thinking about how empty my life would have been without the opportunity to know and love them. If you look back carefully, the joy your Dad brought to your life by far outweighs the pain you are feeling now. Missing your Dad will never go away but there will come a time when your thoughts of him will bring smiles. This seems like small comfort to offer in your time of grief and sorrow but you will understand what I mean as time goes on. Hugs and condolences to you and your family.

      • byland says:

        Thank you, guys. My dad was in Congestive Heart Failure, but he seemed to be doing better after a scare a month or so ago. He worked right up until the second he died, which is fitting as he was the hardest working person I’ve ever known. I just can’t believe it really. We’ve been figuring out funeral details, choosing songs, writing obituaries and eulogies. It’s terrible, terrible busy work that keeps your mind focused solely on why your heart hurts so badly. I keep trying to remember when the last time I told him I loved him was and I just can’t. Random things upset me, like Looney Toons characters and Jurassic Park being on TBS. I’ll keep living, I know, but I’ll never get over the way this happened. He deserved so much better than to die this way.

        I’m in my head constantly about it, so I came back here to read gossip and the insanity helped me for about five minutes on some stories, so thanks Celebitchy.

      • Crumpet says:

        Oh byland, I’m so sorry for your loss.

      • sensible says:

        Byland I am sorry for your loss…my Dad passed this Febuary and he was in his early 70’s and that still feels young. Everybody has these ideas these days that most people into their 90’s and its just not true, I have lost 4 people close to me in the last 12 months and not one of them made it to the 80’s. My point being, I agree with you, there are consequences to having your kids so late and no one can predict the future. I worry about my daughter, an only child and wish we could have had her a decade earlier but life is what it is and you have to just have to do your best. Maybe that is what Hugh is doing? He is messy though!

      • Zingara says:

        Dear byland, I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope you and your family are coping well.

        Next week is the anniversary of my husband’s death. It will be a very emotional day for our 3 grown children, especially my daughter, the youngest. He also had CCF, but survived that. It was the Big C that got him in the end. It’s particularly upsetting for our girl, who just battled a very freaky (oncologist’s description) 2nd-stage melanoma, and completed chemo 12 months ago. She’s forever battling the guilt that, so far, she survived, but others haven’t.

        My husband was quite older than me. I’d had all the same questions as people ask. They didn’t mean much, when, long before he died after a protracted illness, my darling brother died suddenly from a heart attack. He was 35. His wife had a new boyfriend, literally within weeks. Both his boys had a terrible time after that and still don’t have a good relationship with their mum. I’m glad to say my little family is very close, caring and supportive of me and each other.

        Life really is like a lottery, so best regards to all of you.

    • Chloe says:

      Hopefully he’ll be around for a while (only the good die young and all that 😉 ) but single moms have children whose fathers aren’t around all the time. I divorced my ex when my kids were 5 and 1, and he was never really around for them. They grew up just fine (more than fine, they are wonderful men!) I think my ex regrets not being around more now. Ironically, his favourite song was always Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle” which perfectly describes his life.
      I do understand it will be harder for Hugh’s kids who do have (presumably) good relationships with him though.

  4. Esteph says:

    I have a headache, I think I need some wine after reading this story and it’s barely going to be 8:30AM!

  5. BendyWindy says:

    I’m not into regularly swapping the D with others, so this wouldn’t work for me.

    • Lori says:

      Yeah……that’s the gross part. he’s a polygomist with the illegal marriages.

      • Betsy says:

        There’s no marriage here…

      • Sabrine says:

        He must want all these children or he’d be at the Urologist’s for a vasectomy, a 20 minute procedure that works beautifully to prevent any more procreation of the species. Maybe after this 4th one, he’ll think that might not be such a bad idea.

      • WinnieCoopersMom says:

        I wonder if TLC has been contacting him for a show – the cool, new version of Sister Wives.

      • Bored suburbanhousewife says:

        Yeah I think he should move to rural Utah and come out officially as a Mormon polygamist.

  6. Don't kill me I'm French says:

    I remember when he said he was allergic to the kids and suddenly he discovered he loved to have some kids ( Hugh,do you know the vasectomy or the condom exists?)

    • frisbee says:

      He really does need to put a knot in it doesn’t he?

      • qwerty says:

        I feel like this is intentional (he woke up, realised he’s no spring chicken anymore and imagined his life in 20 years when he can’t get it up anymore and has nothing cause really,seems like women are his only interest) and decided to make up for the lost time and do it fast. Jude Law for example, I’ll never buy that he wanted those kids.

    • Betsy says:

      This is what I was thinking. As in, if you asked me to name some people who I identified as childless/free/unchilded, I would say George Clooney and Hugh Grant. It’s odd to me that Hugh, who really did seem allergic to kids, will have four in short order!

      The gray is doing great things for his appearance. I never thought he looked great, but now I do.

      • perplexed says:

        If I were Elizabeth Hurley I’d be upset he didn’t want have my kids. They seemed well-suited to each other, except with respect to the kid issue.

        I don’t get why he just can’t have the kids with one woman, instead of two, but I feel he keeps having them on purpose — like, somewhere along the way, he had an epiphany, and realized he loves babies.

      • Christin says:

        Old school reference here, but Cary Grant fathered his only child in his 60s. He was quoted as saying he would have had many more children if he could go back in time. I think it was along the lines of his having a ranch full of children.

        Hugh is working on two houses full of children. 😃

      • amarie says:

        Agree. There are several British actors not the fatherly type, and to me, he was at the top of the list. I thought he had taken surgical steps years and years ago. But if he changed his mind and is happy, then good for him. Hope he continues to enjoy his children, they are more fun once they can talk and do things with him.

        also agree he is looking handsome in an outside golfer, weatherbeaten way! Saw him on the Graham Norton show last fall and he was hilarious

      • elle says:

        Same here, Betsy. The gray really does something for him.

        But still, wrap that thing up, Hugh.

      • Birdix says:

        I was a college student with Jennifer Grant–she was lovely, so kind, and adored her father. An amazing childhood with his full attention. But he died when she was a college student.

      • Mayamae says:

        I wouldn’t say he looks awful, but in the close- up he has the skin of a seven year old.

      • delorb says:

        I don’t know where you guys are getting that he loves kids. He doesn’t LIVE with them. He spends time with them, yes, but that’s not the same as being in the same household. He can come and go as he pleases, whenever he pleases.

        But I am heartened to read the people calling for his sterilization. Statements that only seem to be made when the baby-daddy is a POC. Brought a tear to my eye. Thanks guys for being equal opportunity ball nippers.

      • Bridget says:

        I thought those statements only seemed to be made when the baby-daddy is named Charlie Sheen, Jude Law, and Dean McDermott.

    • belle de jour says:

      Theory: it’s a twist on the classic male middle-age freak out… not so much interested in parenting, perhaps, but suddenly feels the biological imperative to get those seeds out there and leave his mark, so to speak.

      I can’t believe I have or even just typed a theory about Hugh Grant.

      • JenniferJustice says:

        I agree with your theory. He wants to leave a legacy more than he wants to be a parent.

    • aurelia says:

      What a prick this guy is. He hated the idea of marriage, cohabitation and children but then realised he could just have kids to random women if he paid them enough. He can now have as much or as little to do with his children and the glorified surrogate mothers as he chooses. Perfect situation for him. Rotten for the children.

  7. silken_floss says:

    Is he competing with Jude Law for The Most Virile British Man??

    • Mrs. Darcy says:

      Ha! He’s got a ways to go, what’s Jude on now, like 8 kids? That said Hugh does seem to be on a mission!

      • Lori says:

        I don’t know why but I think I find Hugh less disgusting than Jude?!?

      • perplexed says:

        I think Hugh seems less disgusting because he appears to be having the children on purpose and wants them, whereas Jude keeps having “accidents.” If Hugh isn’t wearing a condom, I think that’s because he’s making an active choice to impregnate these women and have babies bouncing on his knee. Whereas Jude is either dumb, lazy, or both.

    • FingerBinger says:

      I think Mick Jagger has that title.

  8. MP says:

    What about what the children want? Is a dad who wants no muss or fuss and only sees the kids when he feels like it good for them?

    • LAK says:

      They all live close to each other. Walking distance close. It’s very sister wives.

      • lucy2 says:

        LOL I got kind of a sister wives impression too. Alternating baby mammas and all.

        I don’t really understand it or want that sort of thing for myself, but if they are all happy in the situation and the kids are well loved and cared for, whatever!

      • PennyLane says:

        Sister wives are almost all on welfare (do the math – one middle class man cannot possibly support four households, ever).

        In comparison, Hugh Grant seems to be footing the entire bill for what appears to be a nice, comfortable lifestyle for everyone. Big difference!

    • Betsy says:

      To be fair, a lot of fathers who are ostensibly more involved, by virtue of actually living with their kids, seem even less involved than Hugh sounds to be. I can think of sooooo many dads who know basically nothing about their kids. (Not my husband, thank god!)

    • Emily says:

      This was my thought, too. Great for mom and dad that they’re getting what they want out of the arrangement, but at some point the reality that your dad is only around when it’s convenient for him and he didn’t care enough about your mom to stick with her (or stick with just sticking it to her) for the duration of the time she was pregnant with you is going to make you feel a certain way. Plus, it would be hard for the children to avoid competing with each other for dad’s attention as they get older, I’d think, especially all being so close in age.

      • LAK says:

        I actually disagree with this assessment. The way the kids feel depends on how they are parented. The world is full of families where the parents don’t live together because they can not and have gone on to produce other families or to parent other children and the end result isn’t catastrophic as predicted here. Heck look at polygamous families across the world. The kids are fine. It all depends on how the adults choose to parent them.

      • Emily says:

        @LAK – I didn’t mean to imply that it’s impossible for children to grow up well-adjusted with out living with both parents. Just that if the arrangement is dad wanted to hang out with kids sometimes, or dad was with a woman who wanted his baby and didn’t care if he was around, and that theme continues for their whole lives, it’s going to be hard on the kids. Their being so close in age I would think makes it even more difficult.

      • GreenieWeenie says:

        you know, basically ANYTHING can be hard on kids. I had a dad who lived with us but was a crap father and that did damage. You can have a great dad who doesn’t live with you and that can do damage. You can have a great dad who lives with you but has a crap relationship with your mom, and that does damage. You can have a great dad who doesn’t provide, and that does damage.

        I mean, you’ve just got to minimize the opportunity for damage in whatever arrangement you have rather than trying to set up ideal arrangements.

    • FingerBinger says:

      Whatever arrangement he has with these women is working ,it shouldn’t bother us. He can afford it.

  9. LAK says:

    I think this arrangement is the best way for someone like him to have a serious relationship. The one to one committed, living together type of arrangement would make him skittish and bolt.

  10. Keddie says:

    Whatever works for them. He may well see the kids more than lots of other fathers do and must be getting along with their mums better than many seperated/divorced couples do.

  11. Jenns says:

    Your move, Jude Law.

  12. Sam says:

    I think the women know exactly what they’re into with Hugh. He does seem to be a decent dad who provides for his kids’ material needs. But kids have needs beyond material ones, too. However, there are far worse dads in the world, I’m sure. I can’t judge him without knowing the specifics. But yeah, it certainly raises my eyebrows, simply because it seems like they “share” him and I certainly couldn’t do such a thing.

  13. Tig says:

    Hope he has spelled out in very clear terms in his will who gets what- otherwise, can’t see either woman being too “share-y” in that scenario.

    • kai says:

      I thought the same! I also see his other girlfriend/ex/whatevertheyare is an “actress” now. so she wants the fame, too? I smell trouble. (Unless the Daily Mail is full of sht, which is possible, of course)

    • Chrissy says:

      I wonder how they deal with Christmas and other holidays? Does everyone get togeher in one place or does he visit everyone separately? It seems very complicated. I know I couldn’t do it.

  14. PunkyMomma says:

    My theory is that younger men tend to think of children as a marker of their mortality and, after a certain age, recognize that spreading their DNA is their only guarantee of immortality.

  15. Meatball says:

    Meh, everyone seems to be ok with this arrangement and if he is spending equal time with the children and they all know each other, I don’t seem the huge deal.

  16. Lara K says:

    This is Fassy in 15 years.

  17. Ann says:

    It’s very common that old men all of a sudden go into menopausal panic and want to father children very last minute. Not a huge fan of old men being “fathers” (for the most part they aren’t doing a lot of the actual work raising their kids), it’s selfish dooming children to having to deal with a senile/dying parent and lastly, the father’s advanced age compromises the quality of his sperm and highly increases the odds of defects in his kids even if the mother is young.

    • FingerBinger says:

      1) 55 isn’t that old. 2) Most is of us will eventually deal with a senile/dying parent.

      • Betsy says:

        55 is not young to be a parent.

      • Suze says:

        It is old to be a parent.

      • Beth says:

        I agree with the others: 55 is too old to have a kid. Although nature allows for men to have kids later in life, nature still intended for young adults to have optimal procreation. A man’s deteriorating sperm quality as he ages is nature’s way of reminding them to stop having kids. Of course, most men don’t get the memo.

        Regarding the point about aging parents, it is different to have aging parents near the end of their lives when you are in your 50’s or 60’s, versus going through it in your teens or 20’s. Losing a parent is never going to be easy, but when you are 55 or 60 and your parents had you at an optimal age, you likely got to enjoy them during the peak of your adulthood; they were probably around during your important adulthood milestones: college, marriage, having kids, career successes, etc. At 18 or 22, you are barely starting out in life and have so many important decisions to consider; the last thing you want to worry about is whether your dad will die soon.

      • FingerBinger says:

        Ice T is having his 3rd kid at 57 people celebrated here. I don’t recall it being a big deal when Bruce Willis at 60 became a father again. Hugh Grant has his 4th at 55 but he’s too old. Interesting. I guess the likability of the celebrity determines whether they’re too old or not. @Beth Nothing is guaranteed. You can be 18 and have dying parent in their 50s. It’s a silly argument against older men and women having kids.

      • Mayamae says:

        My dad died when he was 55. I was 17.

      • Betsy says:

        @fingerbinger – or those of us who didn’t have anything nice to say about the older dads kept away, or didn’t care enough about the celebrity in question to open the link or comment. The absence of negative of comments doesn’t prove anything.

      • Beth says:

        I don’t care for any of the names you mentioned above and I certainly do not approve of them having kids at older ages.

        There are always exceptions, but it’s not a silly argument, no matter how much you want to deny it is. Statistically, a 55-year-old man isn’t going to live as long to see his kid’s grow up as a 35-year-old man will. And older mothers =/= older fathers since these men are fathering into AARP age and beyond, and there is a limit on how old women can be when birthing children (barring exceptions).

      • TessD says:

        It is old to be a parent, I agree.

      • (Original, not CDAN) Violet says:

        @FingerBinger

        1) 55 is far too old to become a new parent. He’ll be a senior citizen by the time the kid graduates high school. Plus, there are a number of studies that show birth defects rise with the father’s age.

        2) Most of us will be middle-aged by the time our parents start to experience the cognitive and physical changes of old aged. Hugh’s kids might very well have to deal with that when they’re in their teens. Based on typical life expectancy, Hugh will probably die when they’re in their 20s or 30s.

        I think it’s incredibly irresponsible for Hugh to have kids so late in life, especially given he chose to have babies in rapid succession with more than one woman. It’s like he’s setting up his own little experiment, except with human beings.

      • JenniferJustice says:

        Most of those names mentioned were raked over the coals in the gossip blogs for having kids so late in life. Can’t help it – I see it as selfish. There is a difference between losing a parent due to an accident or unforeseen death v. making a choice to have kids at 55yo+. Finances don’t really help when you need your father in your tweens, teens, 20s, etc. It’s too early to lose a parent if it can be helped and in this case, it could be helped. They’re doing it on purpose and I don’t think it’s cool. Not my business or anything I have influence on, but IMPO, I find it selfish on both parents’ part. Sure, some kids rise above whatever challenges they face as children, but some don’t, so why take the risk?

      • Mary-Alice says:

        @Beth
        What do you think the average life expectancy is??? 90? 100? Most of us will hardly reach 40 before we lose parents and I, for one, lost a parent as a teen and no, not an old parent, so all this is just tneory which has little grounding in real life because real life doesn’t care. Considering we eat processed food full of chemicals and breathe something that already proven contains much more poison than it should have, life will not become longer but diseases will become more severe and difficult to treat. Having all that in mind, more and more younger people will pass.

  18. Saphana says:

    So a modern harem? it puzzles my mind how some women would rather share a wealthy guy than find someone for themselves.

    • TessD says:

      To each their own. It puzzles me that someone wants to be a mother but I accept their desire as valid as my own.

    • Caz says:

      The emphasis here is on Hugh’s wealth. He’s being played for a fool by these women.

  19. QQ says:

    Several Notes:

    I like how he felt the need to put Tinglang on front street during the first baby pretty much rubbing her nose on how Much NOT HIS GF she was, but this one he can take the speculation with some reservation and class

    I sure hope he never looks my way or brush up Near me I don’t need them Hyper Fertile sperm problem and it seems he is the type to impregnate via stare down

    He is aging Like Spoiled Milk in a bag

    BRUH wear condoms or snip your situation

  20. Evie says:

    I think it’s quite nice – they get the babies and a financially supportive, involved father without having to deal with the stress of unwanted marriage or cohabitation. Personally it appeals to me. Good for them.

    • jwoolman says:

      Yes, I’m sure the two women know exactly what they are doing. It’s no different than using a sperm donor. In this case, they like the guy but at least one of them doesn’t want to marry him or be in a regular relationship with him, but they both think he’s fine as a father for the kids and he provides financially for them. Sounds better than what many kids have. A lot better. A whole lot better…

  21. Jayna says:

    He’s been seen with her quite a few times over the course of this year. I think they are in a relationship maybe, but not living together.

    He went 50 years and no children, so it is funny to me . But Elizabeth Hurley says he’s a great dad and sees his kids all the time. He basically retired with just a movie here or there, so I think he is in the kids’ day-to-day life a lot.

    I like how he keeps them out of the public eye. He seems to have a great relationship with both women, doesn’t lie to anybody, and is generous. If it’s working for him, so go for it, I guess.

    I think the arrangement with the first mother was so great and got along so well (not romantic now though) and she wanted a second child and so did he, so they did that. He didn’t see himself ever married and thought having a second child with her was a great idea it had worked out so well the first time. He praises her as a great mother.

    Then he meets someone and sleeps with her and gets her pregnant (not on purpose), but in the end it worked out. They are great friends now and maybe it’s a relationship now or still great friends with benefits. I can’t figure it out. And here comes baby number four.

    Liz Hurley said this several months back. She says and Hugh are still best friends, that he’s like family to her.

    “”He’s a spectacular father,” she gushed on Access Hollywood Live. “He doesn’t live with any of his children, but he sees all three of them every single day. He’s great. He’s a really good dad…He’s really come into his own. He doesn’t talk about being nice, because he likes to be thought of as horrid. He’s the nicest man in the universe.”

    • minx says:

      That’s really sweet and generous of Hurley to say. I believe her.

    • Suze says:

      Hurley would gush over anything to keep her relationship with Grant in the news.

      Not to say that I don’t believe she is speaking her version of the truth, but the fact of her saying it means very little to me.

    • boredblond says:

      He doesn’t live with any of them but sees them daily..what, like the mailman? Little children trust and bond with who’s there for the routine stuff ..not the guy who pencilled you in for thirty minutes each afternoon..he’s just a visitor. Sorry, this is bizarre.

      • GreenieWeenie says:

        oh, I don’t know. You make do. My husband doesn’t see our child daily…he’s only here on weekends because he works in another city and it’s a four hour commute. But my son has an awesome father. And we would be destitute without my husband’s income.

      • Ennie says:

        Yeah, some parents have to be away, even in a different country. They will manage.

      • JenniferJustice says:

        But that’s comparing apples to oranges. Your husband HAS to be away for work. It’s not really a choice. Grant chooses his living arrangement(s) as money is not an issue. A child knows this once they reach a certain age. Your child knows his dad would be there if he could be. Hughes will know he preferred to not live with them – big difference to a child.

    • jwoolman says:

      Many men hardly see their kids until they’re old enough to stay up later than when Dad comes home from work- even if he has a job that lets him come home daily. Many men don’t do the routine care either. Families manage regardless. There really are many ways to do it and children are flexible.

      My bet is that his kids know him better than most. I have very few memories of my father in everyday life. He traveled a lot and also when not traveling got home after we were in bed. No great loss in our case, since he wasn’t a competent parent, but that was pretty common scheduling when I was a kid. We weren’t unusual. Good fathers also spent a lot of time away from home.

  22. Snowflake says:

    The women might not care, but don’t the babies deserve a full time involved dad? You can’t just throw money at kids and expect them to turn out okay. If he’s an involved dad, then ok, but I don’t think he is. Those kids deserve a dad in their lives, not just a wallet

    • LAK says:

      Elizabeth hurley says he is involved, so who are we to question that?

      She went as far as saying he sees all 3 kids every single day.

      He is also very involved with her son so there is that too.

    • Lisa says:

      Nobody knows if those women are happy or if he threatens to cut them off financially etc. It may suit him that they don’t work and that would be a bit creepy.

  23. Suze says:

    It probably works for the women. Some women – many, actually – don’t mind bringing up kids without a man in the house as long as the financial resources are in order.

    It works for Grant, obviously, because he keeps doing it.

    As for the kids, they will be fine, or they won’t. Who knows. Time alone will tell. It probably doesn’t matter that Grant is old – and he is, objectively, old for a parent of babies – because all other things considered the kids will have plenty of resources. Roof over their heads, food, access to a good education should they choose to take it, and a fun, famous, dad who stops by once a day or so. They will all have cool stories to tell at their prep schools about their “unconventional but great” family. They won’t have a father figure in the house, but many don’t so it’s not a tragedy, it’s just a lack.

    However, as cool as this seems to some here, they would be giving grief to any woman on earth who “came into her own” in her forties, birthed four children with two different men in four years, supported them financially and then lived on her own – only to emerge to be a “sweet and involved” parent on her own terms only. I would imagine her exes wouldn’t be gushing on ET about that type of relationship, either.

  24. Andrea says:

    “It all seems to work out rather beautifully, and the ladies seem happy enough because he keeps getting them pregnant.” Right Kaiser, I think the resulting children might feel differently.

  25. UmamiMommy says:

    Children are not possessions to acquire. Huge side-eye here. Wrap it up, Hugh.

  26. sandy123 says:

    Power to them all, as long as the kids are in healthy environments and all the parents get along. We are none of us fit to judge them for their chosen lifestyles.

  27. Louise says:

    So what? He’s looking after his kids and their mothers – i don’t get why people are judging him?

    Liz Hurley is still best friends with him and he is her son’s godfather. If she is that fond of him still, after the stunt he pulled on her, there’s no way he can be a bad guy. He just sucks at relationships/commitment.

  28. Solanacaea (Nighty) says:

    Darn, right now Kelly Rutherford is thinking “I should have had kids with that British dude instead of the German one”…

  29. Lrm says:

    I think there was news that the second child with tinglan was planned. To have a sibling. Perhaps it’s the same in this case, as well? Meh. To each his own, he’s taking care of all involved and is an engaged parent.

  30. captain says:

    Receptionist and actress?))))) Like Ermakova, after she got pregnant by Boris Bekker suddenly became waitress and model?)))
    Hugh Grant has his own personal set of morals, but he never pretended otherwise. I want to judge the girls real bad, but if they themselves do not feel humiliated by this situation and it’s not somewhat… hmm.. unhygienic for them, then, well, whatever.

    • Suze says:

      I know – suddenly they are both actresses. Oh, well, I guess everyone is benefiting from this situation, so who am I to judge?

      • captain says:

        The chinese one is the actress! The swedish one has put her foot down (judging by the photo))), and now on the way to get upgraded to become the favourite, almost official girlfriend. You know, how they always have the head-wife or smthg in a harem ))

    • Doodle says:

      ^^Comments like Suze’s are why I wish Celebitchy had a “like” button!

  31. ctkat1 says:

    Look, I’m an almost 37 year old single woman who is trying to get pregnant with donor sperm, now moving onto IVF. I didn’t plan to have a child on my own, but my fertility window is closing now- I don’t have the luxury of waiting for that one special person, and I don’t want to settle for someone who isn’t right just to have a partner to create a baby.

    So I look at this situation, and I think if there was some rich, handsome guy who I got along with well enough, who I enjoyed some no-strings-attached sex with… if that guy showed up and suggested that we have a child together, offers to buy me a house and pay my bills so that I can be a full-time parent, and promises to be a daily presence in the kid’s life while leaving all parenting decisions up to me… I’d think long and hard about it.

    What Hugh Grant is offering is a really bad deal for a woman who truly wants a committed life partner and co-parent, but a really great deal for a woman who wants to be a mom and doesn’t want the relationship/hasn’t found the right guy yet.

    • Jade says:

      I agree with this scenario.

      Wonder if Jude Law, K Fed and him get along gloriously.

    • TessD says:

      Makes perfect sense to me! I never thought of it that way since I’ve never wanted to have children but do want a devoted soulmate.

    • captain says:

      Loads of luck to you with the pregnancy, birth and a healthy child! And with finding that special someone.

  32. Barrett says:

    Ha this did hurt my brain, timeframes and pregnancies. 4 degrees of separation from Hugh’s sperm.

  33. Sarah01 says:

    I love watching him, he is hilarious! I wish he would do more films as it would be a win -win, he will have the funds to support his children and baby mama’s and I get to see him more often.

  34. smcollins says:

    Wow, once he starts he just can’t stop, can he? It’s definitely a very unique & unconventional situation, but as long as no one is getting hurt and everyone is happy (especially the children) then I say “whatever works for them.” There’s more than one way to make a family, right?

  35. Josefa says:

    If it works out for them and everyone involved is happy who am I to judge? My question is… how much money does he actually have to support this ammount of children? Does he have another source of income besides acting? Because he hasn’t released any big blockbusters in the last decade.

  36. Jayna says:

    Hugh was so good in About a Boy, which was an excellent movie. I’m going to have to watch that movie again. I even watched the one he did months back that came out On-Demand with Marisa Tomei, Rewrite. It was cute for a home movie and I love Marisa and always loved Hugh in rom-coms for years. I can’t even remember what it was about now, though. So it wasn’t great.

    I am looking forward to the movie he’s doing with Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins.

    Let me just say I love his daughter’s name, Tabitha. I love his youngest son’s name, John. I love the name John. The name Felix I’m not so crazy about.

    Here’s Hugh Grants son with her, John. The one with him holding him his face is blurred. This one isn’t. He’s a cutie.

    http://hant.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ab76816565-298×370.jpg

  37. Mama says:

    He is looking good!

  38. Chinoiserie says:

    It’s like these women are his cocunbines whos job is to give him children.

    • Betsy says:

      That’s a huge leap.

    • hmmm says:

      Oh, great analogy!

    • WinnieCoopersMom says:

      He’s like the Male Lion of the Pride, or the rooster… He’s just following animal instincts to reproduce with several at a time 😉

    • Ennie says:

      Maybe they are doing it for the money, maybe they are doing it because they are securing their life or because they are fond of him. I still much prefer this open arrangement because the women have a say.
      They are freely with him, not like in other situations where because of religion or laws women are raised to a certain mentality or do not have many rights over the marriage or their children.

  39. Amanda says:

    I just hope this doesn’t have negative consequences to the children involved.

    • Ennie says:

      I know he is not that rich, but take a look at the Borromeo’s family, or that or late Sir James Goldsmith.
      In some rich circles this type of arrangement seems not only common, but successful.
      If they are happy and capable of raising them without problems, breed away, I guess.

  40. kri says:

    SO is he the President of Brit Baby Daddy Donor Club, or is that Jude Law? Oh, well. Smoke em if ya got ’em. As long as participates emotionally and financially, bang away for Britain, Hugh!

  41. TessD says:

    Poor Tinglan Hong, she really tried to get Hugh but instead of committing to her he discovered he can have as many babies as he wants with different women!

  42. taxi says:

    How do you know Tinglan wanted to marry Hugh? He bought a house for her and her mother, who lived with her then. His approach is very non-traditional but he supports everyone & if the women objected, they wouldn’t have gone back for seconds (babies.)

    • livinglavitalola says:

      Exactly. Ppl really say the most knowing very little about anything. If Hugh was in a relationship/married to the first woman only to go through a breakup and start dating someone new who ended up pregnant, would anyone be giving them the side eye? No, you wouldn’t, because that situation is common these days and lots of ppl go on to have more kids after one relationship ended. The only reason ppl is calling this strange is bc they all seem to have an arrangement. This is very similar to friends choosing to have kids together. IMO these situations work out better bcuz there isn’t any romance & emotions involved causing ppl to act like idiots w/o considering the kids. I can also see this being ideal for women who want kids but no husband.

      • Ennie says:

        Hey, Halle and that Kelly Rutherford woman should give Hugh a call!
        hey, I may be mistaken, since it seems that Hugh is still an involved father, he just does not live with them!

  43. Sara says:

    If it works for them then why not. I personally thing 55 is too old to have a baby. It’s great to have kids, but it does seem very selfish at his age. There needs to be a future thought about 10, 20 or 30 years from now how healthy am I going to be for my kids. Will I be a burden etc?
    My cousin is 44 and just found out she is pregnant with her 4th. It was a shock since her youngest is 4 and he was a shock. Even at 44 which is not that old, she is really thinking she is too old and should she even go through with the pregnancy. She will most likely terminate due to age. Her thoughts are, now I feel great , but what about 20, 30,40 years from now when they might really need her.
    She is thinking about the future and so should some of these older parents. JMO

    • captain says:

      Sara, “selfish at his age”? And to have a kid at 23, without any idea, how to parent, to create a harmony at home, how to sacrifice etc. Is not selfish? Wenn you still don’t have money, don’t really understand who you are married to , or why. When Hugh was cheating on Liz with prostitutes, would he have been a better parent than now? Less selfish?

    • A. Key says:

      I’m sorry what?? Your cousin wants to terminate her pregnancy because she thinks she’s too old (at 44!) and is thinking about the future?
      Whose future exactly? Cuz it seems to me that there’s no future at all for the kid in her version of the “best possible” future.
      How about what’s fair for the kid?
      If you can support a child and you made him/her willingly with a loving partner, and you believe you’ll be alive for the next 18 years (which at 44 is truly a real possibility) then denying that kid a chance at life doesn’t seem like the right thing to do, at least to me.

      • Sara says:

        I am not going to get into a women’s choice fight. Considering that her doctor is on board with her choice due to age related birth defects and her very high chance of having a stillborn, her choice is not wrong at all. She would rather be here for her healthy already present children then deal with life complications from one that’s not even present yet. That is thinking of the future.
        Last time I checked the laws it was a choice and a legal one at that. A choice that people need to be quiet about. I mentioned this in my post because age should be a factor in procreating, no matter the age and some do think of the serious age related consequences just like my cousin and her OB/GYN.

      • Sara says:

        Duplicate post

      • Valois says:

        Her body, her choice.

    • Pondering thoughts says:

      I agree with Sara.

      Older parents need to think about for how long they can be there for their children. Nowadays children become truly independent around 25 or even older. I know a lot of post-graduate students who go for a PHD and they still get at least an occasional if not regular paycheck from their parents.

      Having a child at 45 means that the parent will be in retirement (over 65) when the child takes its first steps into employment. It often means that the parent won’t be there as a grandparent for the grandchildren or at least the parent will be a very old grandparent.
      Yes, there are exceptions but look at the average 80-years-old and they aren’t that active any more.

      In Hugh Grants case one could argue that the mothers seem to be younger and there is enough money around. Nevertheless money doesn’t replace a parent nor a grandparent.
      Having children in late age means that a child is likely deprived of a parent in young adulthood and that the child’s children will likely not know their grandparents.

      Those cases which I find truly shocking are DeNiro or Scorsese who had children in late age:

      DeNiro (child at age 68)
      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2078244/Robert-De-Niro-68-wife-56-welcome-child-surrogate.html

      Scorsese (child at age 58)
      http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/martin-scorsese-open-letter-daughter

    • Ennie says:

      Thank God my elder mother had me at the tender age of 44, and my dad was on board at 53.
      Where would I be now? She was worried about me having Down Syndrome, but I have a lot of defects, just not that.
      They both died around the time I was 37 yrs old, I enjoyed them for a long time compared to others.
      I understand that many times mothers of several children are the ones who actually use abortion more, it is expensive to have/ raise another child, start all over again… I just hope she is not doing this as contraception just because, and that if mothers use this reasoning, it is because tests show that the baby is coming with a defect more often than not.

      • Pondering thoughts says:

        @ Ennie

        You were lucky to have your parents for so long. But go check the average life expectancy in the US.

  44. Tessa says:

    How does he afford them all? He isn’t exactly a prolific actor

  45. WinnieCoopersMom says:

    (H)ughhhhhhhhhh

  46. Reece says:

    Well at least it’s 2X2 not 4X4.

  47. A. Key says:

    I agree this is healthier than a lot of these traditional family units forced onto unwilling men by society.

    From my personal experience, he’s already been a better father and provided better parental support for the moms than half of the dads I know, including my own.

  48. Pondering thoughts says:

    Not marrying the woman or nor living together with the woman means that the woman shoulders a very large part of everything “baby” whereas the free-living baby daddy gets away whenever he wants with whatever he wants.

    • Mary-Alice says:

      Huh? Last time I looked around being married or living with a woman didn’t prevent any man from not participating in the upbringing while conveniently relying on the woman’s shoulders. Let’s not start again the silly married = idyllic couple. A document and two signatures haven’t changed a person yet. Ever. Whoever wants to be involved will ALWAYS be involved and it has nothing to do with signatures. And the other way around.

      • Pondering thoughts says:

        If they DON’T LIVE TOGETHER then the partner who takes care 24/7 is invariably given the bigger burden. Always. No getting up at night. No doing the laundry and all those household-y tasks. Less doing the smelly stuff.

        If they DON’T GET MARRIED then the richer party gets the better deal in comparison to being married. It is both statistically and rationally true! Check the laws. Married mothers get more than unmarried mothers.

  49. seesittellsit says:

    So to what do we attribute Grant’s unwillingness to wrap it up?

    • Ennie says:

      I am not seeing the women angry at this. HE does know how not to have babies unwillingly since he did not have any for the longest time, he was an eternal bachelor. HE seems to have changed his mind later in life and found willing partners that love children and raising them with his money!

  50. jwoolman says:

    What’s nice about this is that there is no deception involved. Everybody knows what’s going on, no secret “affairs”. The women obviously have choices and this is what they freely choose to do. And everybody is friendly, no bitter divorces… Really, the kids will be fine.

  51. JRenee says:

    Unconventional to say the least.
    4th pregnancy is purely speculation at this point.
    No one knows for sure that the pregnancies are not via in virto. Seems like Hugh wants kids and has willing participants. .

  52. Hannah says:

    I feel like he’s only getting let off with this because he has money.

    If it was a working class dude going around in a baseball cap, he would be a scumbag.

  53. mkyarwood says:

    No judgment to pass here. This is quite possibly a polyamorous relationship, with too many variables not given. We fan Tilda on a divan for her simultaneous relationship with her husband and ex lover, who both are in her kids’ lives, but shade Hugh for having kids and supporting them. I think there is a shift to the mini village relationship dynamic, away from how it is now; each family a mini nuclear empire. We got married for my parents’ sake, because I wanted my kids’ relationship with them to be separate from mine. We had plans to do it anyway, but went with their antiquated timeline. I don’t feel bad about it, but my daughters would never face the same issue — I don’t even think my younger sisters would.

  54. Katie says:

    Well he is prolific. How many children does he have total?