21 Ex-Celebrity Couples We Either Forgot or Never Knew Had Kids Together
The majority of these celebrities have handled it maturely.
Relationships in the movie industry move so quickly that it’s pretty hard to keep up. With so many casual relationships, marriages, separations, and divorces, it seems that breakups and makeups are happening all the time.
Quite often, two celebs become parents together. However, because the news cycle moves so quickly or they are very private about it, fans may be unaware that they share children.
It’s been nearly 20 years since Helena Christensen and The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus split up, but their son Mingus, born in 1999, will always bind them together. Reedus, who is now married to Diane Kruger, still calls Christensen on Mother’s Day.
Eddie Murphy, the star of Coming to America, has ten children, but did you know that ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown is the mother of one of them? She and Murphy had a baby girl named Angel in 2007, who is now a teenager, but their relationship didn’t last long.
To keep you updated on your favorite celebrities, we’ve compiled a list of 21 former celebrity couples you may have forgotten or were unaware had children together. The majority of them have handled it maturely.
So keep scrolling down to check them all out:
1. Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen stayed together for 8 years
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Instagram: @lily_sheen2. Norman Reedus and Helena Christensen were together for five years
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They have a son named Mingus Lucien Reedus, and he's a model
Instagram: @lucien.reedus
3. Catherine Keener and Dermot Mulroney were married for 17 years
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They both have a son named Clyde
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4. Kimberly Stewart and Benicio Del Toro were once an item
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They both have a daughter named Delilah
Instagram: @thekimberlystewart
5. Here are Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen, and they were together for a decade
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They are parents to two kids, including Charlie McDowell
Instagram: @charliemcdowell
6. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger were married for nine years
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They have a daughter named Ireland Baldwin
Instagram: @irelandbasingerbaldwin
7. Colin Firth and Meg Tilly were together for 5 years
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They both have a son named William. He is in the picture below with his half-sister and his aunt, Jennifer Tilly
Instagram: @fantastictilly
8. Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were together for almost a decade
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Here is their daughter named Alexa Ray Joel
Instagram: @alexarayjoel
9. For about 7 years, Billy Crudup and Mary Louise Parker were together
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They have a son named William Atticus Parker
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10. Jeff Perry and Laurie Metcalf were married for three years
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They both have a daughter named Zoe Perry
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11. Thomas Jane and Patricia Arquette's marriage lasted for almost a decade
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They have a daughter named Harlow
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12. Laura Dern and Ben Harper's marriage lasted from 2005 to 2013
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They have two children named Ellery and Jaya
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13. Robin Wright and Sean Penn's marriage lasted for 14 years
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They both have two children named Dylan and Hopper Penn
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14. Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke were an item for seven years
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They have two kids: one is Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, and the other is Levon Hawke
Instagram: @maya_hawke
15. James Cameron and Linda Hamilton were an item for two years
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They have a daughter named Josephine, but she is literally nowhere to be found on the internet
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16. Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan were married for a decade
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They have a son named Jack Quaid
Instagram: @jack_quaid
17. Téa Leoni and David Duchovny's marriage lasted for 17 years
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They have two children named Madelaine West Duchovny and Kyd Miller Duchovny
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18. Courteney Cox and David Arquette's marriage lasted for 14 years
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They have a daughter named Coco
Instagram: @cocoarquette_
19. John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal's marriage lasted for eight years
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They have three children: Emily, Sean, and Kevin. They are with their grandpa, Ryan O'Neal, in the picture below
Instagram: @tatum__oneal
20. Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky were together for almost 10 years
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They have a son together named Henry
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21. Jessica Lange and Mikhail Baryshnikov were together for six years
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They have a daughter named Shura
Instagram: @slbaryshnikov
There are a lot of things happening in this world, and even more happening around our favorite celebrities at a very high speed. No wonder it is often difficult to keep up with information about these celebrities, especially events that occurred years ago, such as the children they had with their exes.
A comprehensive list like ours works perfectly to refresh these details in our memories. Which celebrity couple in our world surprised you the most when you found out they had kids together?
