Quote Originally Posted by marv2 View Post

One thing we know. She was not the only one to have children out of wedlock.
You're right. Didn't the lead singer of a famous girl group also have a kid our of wedlock? Was it Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire Sisters? I can't remember. But I know it was some famous singer of a girl group. right?

And as you said, it is nothing new. Loretta Young had a love child with Clark Gable, sent the baby to an orphanage and then later adapted it with her husband.

It was one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets for decades until the truth came out after 60 years.


Judy Lewis - the secret love child of Clark Gable and Loretta Young, revealed in her memoir that she was conceived in 1935 when Loretta Young, , and the married Gable, were shooting a movie.

Loretta concealed her pregnancy and placed her daughter in an orphanage at eight months. She brought her into public view at 19 months, saying she was her adopted child.

So, nothing new. But if Aretha doesn't want to discuss it, why should she?