Celebs Who Gave Their Children Up For Adoption

celebrities are ordinary humans too and sometimes ordinary humans need to give up their children for adoption these stories don't make the headlines often so stay tuned to hear about all the secret children of famous people celebs who gave their children up for adoption nineteen Roseanne Barr Barr was only 17 years old when she became pregnant and this was long before she started her acting career as a teenager she gave birth to her daughter brandy brown bar gave her up for adoption because she was young was unwed and didn't have enough money to support a child who wasn't all sad though when brandy was 18 she was reunited with her birth mother brandy even went on to work on the Roseanne series as a production assistant 18 Clark Gable this legendary Hollywood star had many secrets today we'll talk about one as a teenager he knew he wanted to be an actor Gable went on to star in many movies and by the 1930s he became an established name in Hollywood in 1931 gable married his second wife Maria Langham in 1935 he had an affair with actress Loretta Young the two had a child named Judy they gave her up to an orphanage to avoid any scandal young then went back to the orphanage to take Judy back Gable and Judy never ended up having a relationship and only ever met once seventeen Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was married to his first wife Mileva Maric between 1903 to 1919 they had their first child together in 1902 they named the girl Lise Earl the public didn't know about Einsteins child until 1986 when Einsteins granddaughter discovered letters between marriage and Einstein that spoke of the child from the writings it appears as though they plan to give up Lisa for adoption the letters also suggests that Einstein and marriages friend Helen Savage adopted Lisa L 16 Ted Nugent's Ted Nugent joined the Amboy Dukes band as the lead guitarist in 1963 and then later became a solo artist he's now 70 years old and is still working to this day Nugent has been married twice and has six kids with Ford women before his first marriage he and his girlfriend had two kids Ted and Louisa the two were adopted separately and did not know about each other until the adoption became public knowledge in 2010 since then Louisa Ted jr. and Nugent have reconciled Nugent says he told his other kids about their older siblings a long time ago 15 Caitlyn lower the MTV reality series 16 in pregnant first aired in 2009 the cast of the first season included Caitlyn Lowell and her then boyfriend Tyler Baltierra as the show suggests she was a teenager when she was with a child Lowell gave birth to Carolyn man-made that year Brandon and Teresa Davis adopted the child in 2014 Lowell gave birth to hers and Valtierra second child novalee reign and a year later Lowell embel tiara married in 2018 Valtierra and Lowell announced the birth of their third daughter Veda looma 14 Rod Stewart if you know anything about Rod Stewart aside from his music career you know that he has seven kids make that eight his first child was Sarah Streeter who was born in 1963 to Stuart and his then-girlfriend Susannah baffi when they were only teenagers Buffy tried to raise Sarah by herself but eventually had to give her up because Buffy couldn't do it on her own those Stewart attempted to contact Sarah in the 80s he didn't get very far because both Sarah and Buffy held a lot of bitterness against him however by the time Sarah was in her 50s she and Stewart finally met 13 Dirk Benedict actor and author Dirk Benedict is best known for his role as lieutenant Starbuck on the original Battlestar Galactica series and as lieutenant Peck on the a-team his real name is Dirk Nowitzki some say it's because he loves eggs benedict his career started in 1972 and he was married to actress Toni Hudson from 1986 to 1995 in 1998 he learned he had a son named John Talbert Albert's mother was a college girlfriend of Benedict's who never told him she was pregnant she ended up giving Tom bird up for adoption 12 Hank Williams Hank Williams is considered one of the most influential American singers twentieth century Williams was born in 1923 and passed away just before he would turn 30 he recorded 35 singles but five of those released posthumously Williams his first wife was Audrey Shepard together they had a son named Randall Hank Williams he went on to have a career of his own under the stage name Hank Williams jr. in the 50s Williams senior had an affair with a woman named Bobby jet jet gave birth to a girl Jeff Williams five days after jet Williams was born Williams passed away 11 Heidi Klum in 2003 Heidi Klum dated Italian businessman Flavio Briatore II a few months later Klum became pregnant with her first child Rhea Tori include broke up before she gave birth while still pregnant Klum began dating Henry Samuel better known as seal when Klum's daughter Helene Lenny Klum was born seal was there at the hospital bloom says that brie Ettore was in no way involved in Lenny's life and that seal is Lenny's real father after sealing Klum married Priya Toria agreed to allow seal to adopt Lenny 10 Jay Thomas Jay Thomas is a comedian actor and radio personality aside from his work on the radio for KP WR in Los Angeles he also starred on the show Mork & Mindy and Cheers he's also made several appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman Thomas is currently 69 years old and retired from the entertainment business in 2017 before his career started Thomas's then girlfriend became pregnant together they decided they would give the child up for adoption a family in Michigan adopted their son named John Thomas and John reunited in 2007 and now regularly keep in touch nine Duane lead Chapman you know Duane lead Chapman as Dog the Bounty Hunter in 1976 Chapman spent three years in a Texas prison he didn't have much going for him and decided to turn his life around when he got out Chapman became a bounty hunter and bail bondsmen he became famous for starring in the reality TV series Dog the Bounty Hunter which aired from 2004 to 2012 where does the kid fit into all of this long before all of this started in the 60s when Chapman was only a teenager his girlfriend became pregnant she never told Chapman about the child if the child christopher was given up for adoption and Chapman didn't know about the Sun until Christopher's grandmother told him hey David Crosby American singer-songwriter David Crosby was a founding member of the Byrds and Crosby Stills and Nash since 1971 he has performed mostly as a solo act he is now 77 years old and continues to make music like many rock stars Crosby's younger years is full of Fame but also substance abuse and partying he started his career as a musician in 1964 two years prior he had a son James Raymond who Crosby and his former girlfriend gave up shortly after James is born James Raymond ended up becoming a musician himself working as a composer and keyboardist then he found out that his real dad is David Crosby since they reunited the two have even performed together seven Mercedes Ruehl younger audiences may not be too familiar with the name Mercedes Ruehl anymore but once upon a time she had thriving career in the 90s she won both a Tony and an Oscar most recently she started a few episodes of the show power and continues to work in theatre back when she was 28 years old right before her career took off she gave birth to a son named Christopher who she gave up in 1995 she adopted a son Jake with her husband David Kiser a few years later she was reunited with Christopher he ended up becoming Jake's Godfather 6 Patti Smith rock star poet and visual artist Patti Smith has been dubbed the punk poet it's hard to believe she's now 72 years old she became famous thanks to the song because the night co-written with Bruce Springsteen when Smith was 19 years old she became pregnant out of wedlock during her pregnancy Smith's parents sent her to a foster home to keep the baby a secret being very young and having no money Smith gave up her baby immediately after giving birth as far as anyone knows the two have not met again five Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell already broke up with former boyfriend Brad McMath when she found out she was pregnant he had just started her music career and had no money to pay for heat in her house let alone raise a child alone it was 1964 and abortion and the pill were not available in Canada a child out of wedlock was also looked down upon so Mitchell saw she had no choice the public was unaware of Mitchell's child until 1993 when her former roommate sold the story to a tabloid magazine at the time Mitchell's daughter - Lauren give was already searching for her biological parents the two reunited in 1997 for eight will grew Kate Mulgrew is best known for her roles as captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek Voyager and as read on orange is the new black she began acting at the age of 17 when she was accepted into the Stella Adler conservatory of acting in New York in her junior year Mulgrew landed a role on the soap opera Ryan's Hope when she accepted the position she discovered she was pregnant the producers didn't want to hire anyone else so they wrote Mulgrew pregnancy into the show however because she had no support from her family or the baby's dad Mulgrew had to give her per child for adoption she tried looking for her child not long after she gave her up but couldn't find her until the late 80s 3 Chuck Norris Walker Texas Ranger himself had a child that was given up for adoption martial artist and actor Chuck Norris had an affair with a woman during the 1960's he didn't know she became pregnant with their daughter Dena the woman married someone else shortly after the romance and raised her daughter with thinking that the woman's husband was her birth father when Deena was much older she overheard her mother saying that her real dad was Chuck Morris Deena soon reached out to Norris and they eventually reconcile to Peter Michael Escovedo Peter Michael Escovedo is the brother of singer and actress Sheila E Peter himself is also a musician and comes from the famous musical family he and his partner Karen Moss had a daughter together but could not afford to provide for her that daughter is Nicole Richie when she was three years old Richie moved in with adoptive parents Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey Richie is one of the many celebrities that were adopted Alyssa includes the likes of Marilyn Monroe Kristin Chenoweth Steve Jobs and Jamie Foxx before we reveal number one we have a question to ask who is a celebrity you think is hiding a big secret what do you think that secret is let us know your conspiracies in the comments below one more steel ball she's famous for starring in self-produced sitcoms such as I Love Lucy Here's Lucy the Lucy Show and more if you're familiar with Lucille Ball then you also know she was married to Desi Arnaz for a while the two divorced in 1960 embalm married Gary Morton in 1989 ball passed away and it wasn't until 2014 did a woman come forward and say she was balls granddaughter the woman Cassandra Carlson claimed that her mother Madeline JD was given up for adoption in 1951 Carlson says she remembers a redheaded woman named mrs. Morton coming to visit her when she was a child she has been trying to obtain DNA samples for years but the ball or nas family has refused to offer any thank you for watching if you liked our video give it a thumbs up for more content from us subscribe to our Channel and turn on that Bell notification

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Length: 11min 19sec (679 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 18 2019