Hugh Grant becomes father for 2nd time

By Associated Press

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, actor Hugh Grant speaks during the news conference for the film "Cloud Atlas" during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Hugh Grant was among 17 hacking victims who settled Friday Feb. 8, 2013 with News Corp. subsidiary News Group Newspapers over its campaign of illegal espionage, which set off a massive scandal when it was revealed in July 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim, File)

LONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant says he has become a father for the second time.

The “Four Weddings and a Funeral” star used his Twitter account to announce Saturday: “Am thrilled my daughter now has a brother. Adore them both to an uncool degree.”

He said both children “have a fab mum” and: “To be crystal clear, I am the Daddy.”

The birth was confirmed by Grant’s publicist, Carrie Gordon.

Grant’s sometime girlfriend Tinglan Hong gave birth to the couple’s daughter in 2011.

Grant, 52, a critic of what he sees as press intrusion, told Britain’s media ethics inquiry that he and Hong had been harassed by paparazzi when their daughter was born.

He joined Twitter last year as (at)HackedOffHugh to promote press reform in the wake of Britain’s tabloid phone hacking scandal.



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