ACTOR Eddie Murphy is not sure if he is the father of former Spice Girl Melanie Brown's unborn child. The singer, however, is quite certain he is.| "Black guy, right? With a moustache? He was wearing a hat. Yep. I'm sure it wuz him." |
Maybe he didn't mean what he said when the two of you were horizontal?
"My main concern is for the wellbeing of my daughter, Phoenix, and, of course, the baby. I was astonished (at) what Eddie said. There is absolutely no question that Eddie is the father."
Brown's publicist said the woman known as Scary Spice when she was
Murphy, 45, whose latest film, Dreamgirls, premiered in New York earlier this week, was recently asked by a TV interviewer if he was excited that Brown was pregnant. "Now you're being presumptuous, because we're not together any more," Murphy replied. "And I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir."
A spokesman for the star of the Shrek, Doctor Dolittle and Beverly Hills Cop films said he would not comment on the actor's personal life. Murphy escorted film producer Tracey Edmonds to the Dreamgirls premiere in New York. When asked if Edmonds was his "new lady" he smiled and replied: "Yeah." The People magazine website has quoted Edmonds, the ex-wife of singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, as saying she has been dating Murphy "for about a month and a half". Murphy's wife, Nicole, filed for divorce last year, citing irreconcilable differences.
He likes to cat around, she doesn't like him doing it. Sounds irreconcilable to me.
The couple were married in 1993 and have five children together.