Dad of 5! Hugh Grant welcomes fifth baby
Hugh Grant has welcomed his fifth child into the world with girlfriend Anna Eberstein.
The news was accidentally announced by his ex Elizabeth Hurley while promoting her show, The Royals.
"I'm very lucky that 31 years into our friendship, he's still my best friend in the world. He's a really great guy," the actress said on E!'s Daily Pop on March 6.
"I see him a lot; I speak to him a lot. You know, he's now a father of five; he has five kids and he's a great dad. Yeah, he will remain my best friend for life."
The name and gender of the baby were not revealed.
Elizabeth also gave further details about Hugh’s new child on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live! two days later.
"He had another one last week. He has five," the actress revealed.
"He was over 50 when he spawned them all! He's an enchanting dad – really, really sweet. Having these kids has transformed him from a very miserable person into a fairly miserable person. It's improved him. He's gone up the scale."
In January, Anna’s mother, Susanne, confirmed that her daughter was expecting another child with Hugh.
"I'm very happy to be getting another grandchild. She's due rather soon," Susanne told Aftonbladet.
Anna, a Swedish television producer, showed off her baby bump while walking the red carpet at the 2018 Golden Globes alongside Hugh in January.
This child is the 57-year-old actor’s fifth child and his third with his current partner Anna.
Anna and Hugh had their son John Mungo Grant in September 2012 and a daughter, whose name has not been publicly announced, in December 2016. Hugh also has a six-year-old daughter, Tabitha Grant, and five-year-old son, Felix Chang Hong Grant, with ex Tinglan Hong.
In 2012, Hugh revealed what it was like for him to become a father for the first time.
"I did feel a little lumpy when I first met my daughter, yeah. Lots of people warned me about [not falling for my own baby]. They said never let anyone know, but the baby period is not that exciting. But I am excited, actually. I thought, well, I'll bluff through it — but very little bluffing has been required. I like my daughter very much. Fantastic," he confessed.
"There probably is some truth that one of our main functions on the planet is to reproduce because it feels more of an achievement than it should do. Which is nonsense, really. But yesterday, I took my daughter to see my father, who's in hospital, and all the nurses were cooing over her. And I felt, well, pride," the Love Actually star said.
"Has she changed my life? I'm not sure. Not yet. Not massively, no. But I'm absolutely thrilled to have had her. I really am and I feel a better person… Well, I think I do feel a little less me, me, me. But then, I've had other family to look after. I have an elderly father who's not very well at the moment, so it's never been entirely me, me, me.”
Congratulations to Hugh and Anna!