12 Celebs Caught Up In Paternity Scandals

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Welcoming a child into the world is a time for joy and reflection…unless you’re unsure if the kid is yours or not.

There are a startling number of real life Maury situations in Hollywood, as those big entertainment checks usually mean bigger child support payments. These 12 celebs caught up in paternity scandals know all about the suspense that comes with waiting on the results of that cheek swab during the DNA test.

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Eddie Murphy

All those Shrek-influenced laughs came to a screeching halt when Eddie Murphy said, “I don’t know whose child that is” on a Dutch TV show. Ultimately, a paternity test proved Angel Iris Murphy was Eddie Murphy and Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown’s daughter, and Ed broke bread.

Future

Future got hit with two paternity suits between January and February of 2013, and some simple math shows that was about nine months before he proposed to Ciara—whom he also has a baby with.

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Khloe Kardashian

The Kardashian Clan proved they were down to pimp their lives out for any topic on reality television by giving light to the rumor Khloe Kardashian was the spawn of O.J. Simpson on an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

Michael Jackson

On the low, there were all kinds of scandal about Mark Lester being the real biological father to Michael Jackson’s three children with Debbie Rowe. During Rowe and Jackson’s epic legal battle, both sides allegedly argued over whether evidence of paternity would be admitted in court.

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January Jones

In real life, Betty Draper’s parenting skills are slightly less scandalous than her television character’s. January Jones has yet to reveal the biological father of her son. But when you’re rolling in Mad Men, X-Men, and Last Man On Earth dough, people look at being a single, unwed mother totally different.

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Scott Disick

Despite being the more reserved of the primary Kardashian sisters, Kortney publicly revealed the results of a paternity test to prove Scott Disick was indeed her baby daddy after claiming a photographer slandered the pristine Kardashian family name.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

“The Governator” was crushing his cleaning lady for at least a decade, and his son Joseph Baena is the living, biological proof of the affair.

Paul George

Like a line out of a T-Pain song, Paul George fell in love with a stripper from Tootsie’s Cabaret. After a 2014 paternity test proved PG-13 was the father to a baby girl with Daniela Rajic, he agreed to joint custody and financial support.

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Bill Cosby

The claims of those 30 or so women who allege Cos sexually assaulted him seem plausible after Autumn Jackson tried to extort Cosby in 1997. Jackson claimed Cosby was her biological father, but that was pretty much deemed irrelevant after she tried the old shake down operation.

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Michael Jordan

Both Pamela Smith and Laquetta Theus got the proverbial Bryon Russell push off when attempting to step to Air Jordan with paternity suits.

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Chris Rock

After two alleged encounters with model Monika Zsibrita, a 1999 DNA test proved Chris Rock was not the father of Zsibrita’s daughter. That didn’t stop her from subsequently accusing him of rape in a case that was thrown out.

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Tiger Woods

Given how many women Tiger Woods was cheating with, it’s a bit surprising his 2009 “birdie streak” only resulted in one paternity suit. In 2014, porn star Devon James tried to claim Woods was the biological father of her nine-year-old son, but the DNA test proved otherwise.