This story first hit Associated Content on October 18, 2006 (see "Eddie Murphy and Scary Spice Expecting a Child...or two?"), with speculations of a marriage between Scary Spice and Murphy abounding. In November of that year, however, Murphy publicly stated on Dutch television, "I don't know whose child that is, until it comes out and has a blood test." Brown responded by saying she was "distressed" and "upset" by Murphy's comments-now, the former Spice Girl has a legal document naming Eddie Murphy as the father of her baby.
However, Murphy's people have refused to comment on the current situation, with publicist Arnold Robinson stating, "We do not comment on Mr. Murphy's personal life." E! News is speculating that an unavoidable DNA battle is coming soon. They're definitely right about that...move over Anna Nicole,Brown vs. Murphy is sure to be the next Hollywood paternity case that no one can stop talking about.
The news of the alleged "love child" between Eddie Murphy and Scary Spice comes as a shock to a lot of people. Murphy and Brown dated for just around 5 months before they decided to call it quits last fall. Both Murphy and Brown are divorcees and have children from previous marriages. Murphy says he has five children with his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, and Brown has an 8-year-old daughter with her ex-husband, dancer Jimmy Gulzar.
Initial media reports had also speculated that Brown had named her infant daughter "Fortuna Daphne Bay," but the former Spice Girl has denied these reports and stated that she has not settled on a name yet. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. No doubt there is a lot of money at stake here, as well as the reputations of a very popular Hollywood actor and a not-so-popular former pop singer. This seems like the perfect story for a media blitz, though, so stay tuned...I'm sure it won't be long before we find out the real identity of Scary Spice's baby daddy.
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