Jude Law Plays Soccer With His Children
A few weeks ago we saw a cute photo of Jude Law walking his youngest son Rudy and daughter Iris to a museum in NYC and then about a week ago we saw photos of Jude playing with his two sons Rafferty and Rudy in a Manhattan park. This weekend, Jude was spotted kicking around the ol’ soccer ball with all three of his children with ex-wife Sadie Frost … behold:
To my knowledge, I don’t believe that Jude Law has yet made the effort to meet his newest child, a baby girl named Sophia Lee, who was born about a month ago. It’s clear he loves his 3 oldest children very much … even tho he is divorced from their mother. I hope he will, one day soon, realize that his new daughter is just as precious a gift as his other children … irregardless of how he may feel for her mother. It’s just a bummer to see Jude so playful with his “legitimate” children when he has a month old newborn baby daughter who has yet to meet him.
[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]
Tags: Iris Law, Jude Law, Rafferty Law, Rudy Indiana Otis Law
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November 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm
im going to have to disagree with you on that trent.
while i completely agree that deadbeat dads are the worst jude NEVER really had a relationship with that woman..he slept with her and she got pregnant. now she is a greedy money hungry woman who is using his name to garner attention to herself.
yes it is his fault he didnt wear protection, but its a hundred times more her fault for bringing it to the publics attention. maybe if she wasn’t an attention whore and settled this matter privately between the two of them he would feel more responsibilty.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
@ Leighton, I pretty much agree 100 percent with what you said. It’s fine if she wanted to let Jude know she was pregnant with his daughter, however she could have done it without letting the public know too.
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Also, I think that given time he will go and see his new daughter. Jude seems like the type of person who likes to keep his children and private life as low key that one can when being a recognized actor. So he may just be waiting for this whole thing to cool down for awhile. Before going to see her.
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N’ who knows(not saying this is true, but just a thought) Maybe Ms.Burke is keeping Jude from seeing his daughter so she can continue to get pity from people. N’ so she can continue to get attention with her daughter and stay in the spotlight. Because you know, that if and when Jude starts to spend time with his daughter it will ‘Jude Law and his daughter Sophia…’ in the headlines instead of ‘Jude Law’s baby mama and daughter’. Not saying she is doing that, but hey..its a possibility.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I agree with you guys. Yes, it is his responsibility to wrap it up, but it was also the new mom’s responsibility to keep her reproduction in check. If you have a baby with a man you barely know, chances are pretty great that your baby will barely know him too.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Well… I agree with Trent. There are ways to see your child without having to see the OTHER parent. No matter what happens, it takes TWO people to get pregnant. If she is a “greedy money hungry women” now, more than likely she was one before she got pregnant. It’s not just HER responsibility to make sure there is birth control. It’s not just HER responsibility to take care of this baby. It’s not that babies fault that her parents weren’t married when they had sex – and Jude Law is not getting a free pass to make bad decisions just because he’s famous. What would be the best thing to do is just MAN UP and take care of his responsibilities and I’m just not relenting on my opinion of this. If he goes to see his baby (and I truly hope he does), then THAT will change my opinion of Jude Law. It just makes me sick to think that this man who is famous and IN THE PUBLIC EYES is not seeing his child – he shouldn’t be making it seem okay. Thats just my opinion though. :-D
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Aw, I like when you do a link for irregardless. It is a word people!
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Isn’t Jude still in Hamlet doing 8 shows a week? I think it is pretty much impossible for him to leave NY until his run ends. If he still doesn’t see his baby after that then he will be pretty despicable in my eyes.
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
agree
agree
agree.
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
How do you know she didn’t try to contact him first? how do you know that when she told him “I’m pregnant. It’s your baby and I want you to be a part of his/her life?”, that he told her that he didn’t care and wanted nothing to do with her or the baby. How do you know he didn’t promise her the world when they were together and he then blew her off once he got her into bed, or when the next best thing came along.
No one here knows the circumstances of how/why they conceived a baby (takes two to tango, folks. It’s not HER responsibility to cover for a mistake made by both of them). The fact of the matter is that there is now a little girl who has yet to meet her father. A man who refused to acknowledge the possibility that she was his until a test proved he was.
I say, good for the mother for taking advantage of the opportunity to make some money to support herself and her child. Too bad the father didn’t step up and take care of them, which could have avoided this all together.
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I agree shes attention seeking, but I can’t believe people think the baby is not his responsibility. Both parents have an equal responsibility to make sure this child is well looked after and cared for. Just because she isn’t the best person in the world doesn’t mean Jude Law gets a free pass. It takes two people to not use contraception, and for all we know they did. Accidents do happen….
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
I know my opinion of this is going to make a few people very angry, but I’m throwing in my two cents anyway.
We have no idea what kind of arrangement these people have. Maybe he is intending on seeing her when she is old enough to recognize him, maybe he is waiting for the media attention to die down, maybe he has no intention of seeing her, maybe he’s waiting till his other children are okay with the situation. I am also taking into consideration that he flipped out on a paparazzi for taking pictures of his other children so he can’t be too pleased that this woman has done a full magazine spread. God only knows what she would do if he showed up to see the baby, secretly take pictures and sell those too?
I realize that some people find what he’s doing a crappy thing to do, but why is it okay for a woman to force a child on him? What if the situation was reversed? What if she was famous and some random guy knocked her up? She would have the choice as to whether she wanted to keep the baby or not.
He did not get that option. Now he should just man up? Why? Because he’s a good father to his other children? What if he was a terrible father and person and wanted to see the child but the mother wouldn’t let him? She would just be protecting her child.
Taking financial responsibility, which he has agreed to do, is all anyone can expect of him at this time.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I don’t think anyone has said that the baby isn’t his responsibility, but maybe I missed that. Of course it is both of their responsibilities to use birth control. However, at the end of the day, the only thing that is keeping any adult from being a parent is their OWN actions. If the mother didn’t want to get pregnant, she should have used protection (pill & condom combo insures that no accidents happen). If she did want to get pregnant, then she was a fool for chosing Jude Law to have it with. Liza, how do you know he hasn’t seen his child at all? Isn’t it possible that he saw them when the press wasn’t there?
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I totally agree with you, Siobhan. If he is still doing eight shows a week, then there is probably no chance at all that he can fly down to florida for an hour to see his child. Its easy to squeeze in an afternoon of father/children time when your kids are with you, but Jude is super busy right now. I’m sure he’ll head down to see Sophia as soon as he can.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
You’re right, I don’t know whether or not he’s seem the baby. I’d think, though, that with as much attention that has been brought to the fact that he hasn’t seen her (the babys mothers words), SOMEONE would get the word out that he has seen the baby – just for his own PR.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Jaded, I agree with you and several others. This is not a cut and dried situation, and I fail to see why the media keeps being so all-fired concerned AND propogating all kinds of half-truths. Jude NEVER said he would not see the baby…the only thing that Jude has officially said is he is the father and he will support the child. As far as he’s concerned, anything futher is nobody’s business. Samantha has chosen this situation for her debutante coming out, I suppose. Jude asked for privacy, but she sold their child to the tabs. Not good. Sophia is only 8 weeks old…how can anyone begin to second-guess the tricky waters Jude is navigating right now? He is doing 8 shows a week, a commitment he made before he had benefit of knowing he was a father again, pretty much right before she was born and even after she was named, for gosh sakes! Yeah, talk about a woman jerking a guy around! Plus, she has already proven that she’s very much interested in the media attention and will use every opportunity to get the “sympathy attention” if nothing else, and everybody will lap it right up because she’ll be the one talking and Jude will be saying nothing, as usual, so of course her point of view is the correct one, right?
So…what I think is, Jude will see Sophia after Hamlet is done…I think he’ll try to see her apart from Samantha, simply because she’s already made it into a circus, causing another wave of media storm for no good reason, and he isn’t obligated to facilitate her desire for stardom.
And Trent, boo on your “legitimate” label…yet again. Come on…are we living in the dark ages where African-Americans, gay people, and even little children are subjected to labels? Is that very fair? I think not.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Oh, and Jude doesn’t have to aqueisce the public’s expectations about this situation. He will do exactly what his heart tells him to do, and he doesn’t need the public to steer him in that direction…he’s a man that knows how to deal with his own business.
And also…why is it that because he’s seen with Rafferty, Iris, and Rudy, people want to act like he’s doing something wrong because he hasn’t seen Sophia? If Sophia were old enough to be with him, I’m sure he’d have her there too, if Samantha was agreeable to it. But gee whiz, she’s in a bassinet, for crying out loud, so chill and give it time and quit getting hysterical over things that aren’t all that tragic. He’ll have his time with her. It’s not like SB is going to send her on up to New York to hang out with dad just yet. Put on the old thinking caps.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Wow. I really can’t judge Jude on this one! I have no idea what his arrangements are. How can we assume he’s ditching his baby?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
All I know is, he’s devoted to the 3 kids he’s got with him and he has made (at least) financial arrangements to take care of the new baby. He’s taking care of them all. I think he’s a great dad.
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Trent!
Really…
irregardless???
Aren’t you a former English teacher :)
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 am
alright I read your link…I smell what the rock is cooking…
but still…
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:07 am
@Chris — No, I was never an English teacher, I taught 9th grade American History and US Governtment. I’m also a fan of pop culture and if you are familiar with ‘Mean Girls’ you’d know that Irregardless is a word ;) http://trent.blogspot.com/2005/11/irregardless-is-word.html
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 am
I’m trying not to think the worst of him and want to believe he will build a relationship with his new daughter.
I think he might be trying to avoid having her sell the photos of him meeting his daughter for the first time.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
I would enter into this relationship very carefully if I was Jude Law. Take your time and make sure you are not being used by this fame seeking woman any more than possible. I believe he will do the right things for his child but really he has to protect himself as well as attempt to make sure Sophia isn’t used any more than she has been. How will he prevent her from being a pawn, I don’t know, but take your time and figure it out Jude.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 am
It’s always the children that suffer in these situation. I can see why he may resist and be carefully planning his next steps though…. if woman that he didn’t know very well starts using the press this way, I may be careful in how I proceed as well. I would know that it looks bad but still might be self-protective. I also think he knows the little girl is safe so he does have the room to take his time. It’s not a matter of my child is in danger so I have to act now. It’s more like – I do want to have a relationship but it I will not let this woman dictate how and when that happens.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:54 am
it’s so nice to read so many even tempered, levelheaded comments!
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 am
Yay! the link :)
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 am
@g — Thanks for the reminder ;) xoxoxox
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
hm i can see both sides of everyones comments but by going by my own personal life lately.. well i was in a relationship and he knew from the start that i was pregnant but didnt become attached till our son was born. it seems jude slept with this woman and forgot about her and then months later shes telling him and the world that she is pregnant. i can see why he wouldnt really feel the need to see the baby. he pays child support and thats what matters. if a man isnt involed with a pregnancy its hard for him to be attached. like they say a woman becomes a mother the minute shes pregnant a man becomes a father the minute he holds his baby. i know it isnt like this for everyone though.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 am
bt like i said. men dont carry the baby so its a little harder for them to care. im sure when he sees his daughter he will fall in love. i know my boyfriend did when he saw our son:)
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 am
The only responsibility Jude has to this kid is reasonable child support. Done. But that doesn’t mean he should have to pay for Samantha Burke to sit on her fat ass doing nothing except collecting checks until the baby is 18.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 am
@Green Is Good — I’m afraid I have to disagree. Any parent is also responsible for being in their child’s life. It’s not about paying the babymama money, it’s about being present in his child’s life.
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 am
I like the “Save Ferris” shirt.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Why does he have to build a relationship with this baby? I’m confused as to why he has to have a relationship with a child he didn’t want. He has to pay for it (because our society says so) but why does he have to care about it? If he wants to care about it, great for him, but if not, so what? Nobody made her have this baby. There are all sorts of ways not to have a baby if one doesn’t want to do so, so it’s not as though she’s some poor trapped little thing who’s stuck being a single parent with no help from Mean Jude Law. That entire attitude is crap. She could have used protection, he could have used protection, she could have had an abortion. They/she chose not to do these things so he’s stuck paying for it for the next 18 years but that doesn’t mean that he has any obligation to be the child’s “dad”. If a single woman gives a child up for adoption because she doesn’t want it and doesn’t want to take care of it eveyone says, “Oh what a beautiful gift you’re giving to other people” but if a man says he doesn’t want a child he created he’s some deadbeat monster? That entire attitude is stupid. He’s obligated to pay a certain amount of the bills and that is it.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:21 pm
@maggietozier — Wow.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Maggietozier, i can see where you are coming from. I’ll take it further and say women possess all the power when it comes to situations like this. Let’s say she let Jude know about the child within the timeframe for a legal, ethical, whatever you want to call it, abortion…but let’s say Jude didn’t want her to have an abortion, he didn’t believe in it, he wanted the baby. Would she have kept it? Heck no.
And so now she’s using Jude and Sophia in a very calculating and manpulative way because people are going to jump to the conclusion that Jude is being a deadbeat because he hasn’t rushed off to change a diaper, when he’s working 8 shows a week. instead of using their thinking caps, they’re “reacting” to a “poor mother stuck with a child and a deadbeat father who doesn’t care” story. And furthermore, they act as if Jude should neglect his older children in the process. As if Jude needs everybody and their drunk aunt telling him how to run his business! He’ll do just fine, but I guarantee you everytime this woman feels neglected (who knows how psychologically sound she is?), she’ll come up with some story or there’s be some quote from some “friend” or “source” and everybody will come down hard on Jude again. The very best possible thing that could happen here is for her to treat herself, her baby, and her baby’s father with a bit of respect and deal with things without the media. But it looks like she’s in it for blood. Quite sad.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
@ Trent,
I still love your blog and I’m glad we could once again disagree about what real gender equality means when it concerns families and child support. It’s an important conversation even if it does use silly celebrities as the examples, and no I’m not a monster, I’m just a devil’s advocate.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I think that people, in their anxious pursuit of gender equality, forget that responsibility goes hand in hand with having rights. Women have the right to do what they choose with their body. Ms Burke can choose to give birth to the baby regardless of what Jude Law wants. But that means she is ultimately responsible for the child. By contributing his financial share, Jude Law has met his obligation. She chose to have the child without his consent. That means she is on the hook for more. That, folks, is gender equality.
Women who clamour for rights but shun their responsibilities do the sisterhood no favour. And I say that as a woman.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:35 am
I have followed Jude Law’s career for years and have liked his movies. I could care less for his personal life but I have gathered that he has always been a devoted child to his children and is friends with his ex wife.
People going down on Jude as a deadbeat dad just because he has not rushed to see a baby he has not known he was going to have until 2 months ago is what I can not understand.
Would it make an impact to Sophia if he does? She can barely recodnie anybody at this point. He has never said he would not see the baby – it is the tabloids saying it. He has never made a statement as far as I know except acknowledging it and saying he will support the baby.
Has anybody ever wonder that the reason why he has not gone to see her is because of the famehungry mother who would seel pics of the baby and god knows what else just to get her 15 minutes of fame? Why should Jude satisfy her desire to be in the tabloids by visiting the baby rightnow? He has plenty of time to see her when all these hoopla dies down and without the papsand the tabloids around when he do so.
Right now, all Samantha is doing si trying to shove herself and her baby right to his face and I can just imagine how he loves that.
My opinion only – if you decide to have a kid without the father’s consent, be ready to take all the challenges that come
with it yourself without depending on the guy for support. That is what I will do. All these could have been avoided if she just kept quiet instead of famewhoring herself because she wantsto be in the news and toproclaim to the world that she slept with Jude and had his baby.