Minnie Driver And The Riches Writer

The mystery of Minnie Driver's baby daddy is no more! Three years after swearing to keep the identity of her son's father a secret, the actress has spilled the beans.

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Minnie Driver's baby daddy has been revealed! Though the actress isn't naming any names, she has given the public some insight into one of the best-kept paternity secrets in Hollywood.

In 2008, Minnie Driver announced her pregnancy but refused to name the father of her child. Ever since, gossip has circulated that the man could be anyone from Colin Farrell to her The Riches costar Eddie Izzard. It turns out that second guess was close but not quite right.

During a recent interview, Minnie Driver revealed the father of her son Henry is a writer for The Riches, and she no longer feels it necessary to keep his identity a secret.

The 42-year-old said of Henry's father, "He can fend for himself. He's a grownup. We weren't together, and he wasn't directly in the business, so I chose to protect him and not have a rain of publicity. He's not famous. There's no big story."

Of surviving the gossip storm and speculation over her baby daddy during the pregnancy, Driver says, "I had good friends around me, so it was sort of hilarious. I was making a film at the time, and the paparazzi would shout: 'Who's the sperm donor?' at me. Oh, it was an awful film [Motherhood] and I wouldn't do that again, but I was heavily pregnant, and I just wanted to take my mind off it."

The writer reportedly ended his relationship with Minnie Driver upon finding out about her pregnancy but has since become at least slightly more involved in Henry's life. She commented, "Is he a good dad? Sort of. He's figuring it out… I mean, he hasn't been that involved -- his choice. But he is now."

On the possibility of a sibling for Henry, she says, "Henry's dad and I probably wouldn't have any more together, but I would love to have more."

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Comments on "Minnie Driver's baby daddy finally revealed"

@JEBS April 04, 2013 | 7:11 AM

@JEBS (another commenter) I don't think she kept the secret from her son, Henry!!! It says she kept the secret of his father's identity from US (THE PUBLIC). Read articles more carefully before you make comments. Minnie Driver says that the little boy's father CHOSE not to be in his life, not that she didn't tell the father Henry existed. He's a deadbeat who knocked her up then ran. She didn't tell the public who is was and she's now telling everyone because she doesn't want to protect the 'baby daddy' anymore.

Sylvia April 10, 2012 | 6:53 AM

It's obviously slang, Jonathan. Rappers and such refer to their "baby mama" all the time.

Jonathan April 09, 2012 | 8:39 PM

"Minnie Driver's baby daddy".....really, seriously?? Read that and tell me how stupid it sounds. It sounds like they are saying Minnie Driver's dad is a baby. It should read, 'Minnie Driver's baby's daddy. Do these fools that write this stuff not take grammar in school?

JEBS April 09, 2012 | 6:08 PM

What a tragedy fot Henry. I hope that he doesn't grow up in the spotlight because his Mother didn't want him to know about his Dad and that his Dad really doesn't want to claim him.

rdh53 April 09, 2012 | 4:03 PM

Maybe it took her that long to figure out who the father was.

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