I’m currently pregnant with my 3rd child, whom was planned with my ex-fiance. We only dated 2 months before we conceived. I don’t think it’s irresponsible to act on how you are feeling about and with a person or because you want a child. The irresponsibility lies when the father who made the mutual decision backs out and won’t acknowledge what he’s done. Mel has not been irresponsible at all, it’s not wrong to WANT your child. Eddie needs to just submit to the test if he’s so unsure.

If there is any possibility that Eddie is the father, then he should have the DNA test performed.

Mel has no reason to lie about this, so I believe her when she says that this baby was planned and that it is Eddie’s baby.

For her sake and her integrity, I hope that Eddie is the father. I would hate to see her shown to be otherwise. It would be humiliating. I believe her and believe that Eddie is the father, but it would be a shame for her to be proven otherwise.

*Why not? He has at least 4 kids with his ex-wife and by all accounts he’s pretty involved with them. I’m sure she saw him as a stable family man type and had no reason to think that he’d (assuming it’s his) abandon their unborn child.*

I suppose my issue lies with how long their relationship lasted. Celeb or not, I don’t agree with anyone trying to purposely get pregnant after dating such a short amount of time (6 months is how long they were together?) I definitely won’t dispute that Eddie needs to own up to his responsibilities, but since we’re on the subject of “responsibilities”, I figured I’d throw in my two cents and say that I don’t think it was responsible on either account to try to conceive.

This is SO wrong it’s ridiculous. This is a grown man who knows first hand that when you have sex there’s always the possibility that you’re creating a life. Whether or not he was head over heels or just casually dating doesn’t matter, once he slept with her he should have manned up and done the test. What’s worse is that it was made so public. When did it become so difficult to keep your mouth shut and take things through the court system the way you should? Nobody knows how to take the high road anymore and simply not comment on what is a delicate situation.

To the poster who compared this to Howard K. Stern, I have to disagree that this is the same thing. You can’t compare a man who WANTED a child to be his to one who is blatantly and rudely disregarding another. The only similarity I see is the same publicity issue. At the very least Dannielynn will know she had two men who loved her and wanted her, as where little Angel can’t even manage to get a shout out from Eddie. Apples and oranges IMO.

****No offense to Melanie, but what in the heck was she thinking *planning* a pregnancy with Eddie Murphy anyway?****

Why not? He has at least 4 kids with his ex-wife and by all accounts he’s pretty involved with them. I’m sure she saw him as a stable family man type and had no reason to think that he’d (assuming it’s his) abandon their unborn child.

Eddie needs to man up and take the test. If for no other reason than there’s a little girl involved who one day will need to know who her daddy is.

No offense to Melanie, but what in the heck was she thinking *planning* a pregnancy with Eddie Murphy anyway?

It makes me sick that he won’t take the test or sign the birth certificate. He’s just pretending like nothing happened at all. You would think a human being with any character at all would have an ounce of compassion for a fellow human being and not make someone go through all this.

Poor Mel B. The way Eddie has handled this says a lot about his integrity, or should I say lack of it. I hope things work out in her favor. This has been so humiliating for her.

And people have a problem with Brad for being a wonderful and present Dad to his kids. They call him a babysitter!!!

Well, all my best wishes to Melanie and her two little girls. It reminds me of the whole Howard K. Stern DNA fiasco. If you’re so certain the child isn’t your’s then you should have no problem taking the test. Get it over with! It’s so unfortunate that during a time that should be filled with nothing but joy and happiness, Melanie has to deal with this crap. It sounds like she’s got a good positive head on her shoulders though.