Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have announced that they will be divorcing. Photo / Getty Images
As news breaks of Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani's split, perhaps the most disheartening thought is the fact their marriage had survived so much. Including the surprise announcement that British model Daisy Lowe was in fact Rossdale's daughter.
Lowe was 15 when the news came to light and Stefani was reportedly devastated by the news. And yet, the couple seemed to move past it.
But Rossdale certainly isn't the only celeb to discover a surprise love child along the way.
International sex symbol and irresistible to middle-aged women everywhere, Hugh Grant has love children here, there and everywhere. In September 2012, he welcomed a baby boy after a relationship with Swedish television producer Anna Elisabet Eberstein. The arrival coming just three months before the birth of his son Felix, which was his second child to Tinglan Hong.
Puff Daddy had a daughter with photographer Sarah Chapman, ending his long-term relationship with model Kim Porter, to whom he had already fathered three children. But hey what are you going to do? The Diddy is a Bad [Boy] for life.
After one expensive night of passion after hitting the New York club scene, Jude signed a child support agreement worth over £2 million for baby Sophia born to Samantha Burke. He later went on to cheat on Sienna Miller with their nanny so there's also that.
A short-lived romance with model Katherine Berkery meant the birth of Jonathan Jones-Berkery in 1987. Jones himself didn't acknowledge Jonathan until he was 21, which resulted in abandonment issues Jonathan claimed made him seek refuge in drug dealing.
When asked about Mel B's daughter Angel, Eddie Murphy famously told a Dutch TV show: "I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test." Turns out he was the father.
Bebe Buell, groupie and model, reportedly broke down when her child Liv met Steven Tyler's daughter and realised they looked similar. Buell then revealed the Aerosmith singer was, in fact, Liv's father. Liv Tyler has since gone on to become a huge star in her own right - partly because Tyler featured her in many of his band's popular music videos in the 90s.
- nzherald.co.nz
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