Can it be? At long last …? Has Jude Law finally met, in person, the child he fathered with babymama Samantha Burke 5 months ago? Apparently … he has. Jude Law was spotted in Miami, FL this weekend going in to a neutral office to meet with Samantha Burke, her mother and 5 month old Sophia Lee so that terms of child-support could be discussed. As far as we know, this was the first time that Jude laid eyes on his precious newborn baby girl:
Jude Law has met American model Samantha Burke for the first time since she gave birth to his love child. The 37-year-old actor sat down with Miss Burke, and his lawyer in Florida to draw up plans on how he should support baby Sophia. It is the first time they have come face-to-face following revelations that the 24-year-old Miss Burke was carrying his love child, now five months old, last summer. He initially met his lawyer Maurice Kutner for six hours last Thursday before the planned meeting with Miss Burke in Miami over the weekend. The actor, who has rekindled his relationship with Sienna Miller, looked harassed as he arrived at the city’s airport the previous day. Baby Sophia was born last September in Florida – Law was not present at the birth. She was conceived during a night Law he had shared with Miss Burke after they met in a nightclub in New York while he was filming Sherlock Holmes in December 2008. She is Law’s fourth child – he has three other children with ex-wife Sadie Frost – but it is Miss Burke’s first. They are believed to have met up on Saturday and were pictured entering an office block where plans for Sophia’s upbringing and maintenance were settled. Miss Burke, her mother Lea, and baby Sophia are staying at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental hotel in Miami. He faces the prospect of a substantial maintenance payout to cover baby Sophia’s living costs over the next 18 years. The total is estimated to be more than £2million, including £5,000-a-month living expenses with school fees and medical bills on top.
Blah! I have to say, while I am personally still totally disgusted that Jude has waited this long to meet the child he fathered, I am happy to see that the first meeting has finally taken place. I highly doubt, if the last 5 months are any indication, that Jude plans to have a close relationship with his newest child (at least, for the foreseeable future) but at least he is stepping up to provide for his newest child. At least little Sophia Lee is still too small to know what is going on … I sincerely hope for everyone concerned that Jude decides to have a loving and personal relationship with his daughter by the time she is old enough to understand who her father is. I suppose this is a step in the right direction.
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Never been a fan of Jude Law, I cant even watch movies with him in them… and this is, come on man up like 5 months ago. He does not even know how truely blessed he is to have a baby girl. Stop layn around with sienna and goto the real woman you should be with, little Sophia!
Nice to see it finally happen. It isn’t the kid’s fault his dad is a dirty dog….Step up Jude.
I’m on Team Jude with this one. That’ll teach him to make a stop at the drugstore before nailing groupies. Tough lesson to learn.
I can totally see a guy’s point of view on this. There was no emotional attachment to the mom, he wasn’t around for the pregnancy and birth, it’s not surprising that it would be hard to attach emotionally to the kid.
Good for him for at least giving up the cash for support. Frankly in that situation I’d be thrilled to be getting that kind of money and not having to deal with the dad (who the mom barely knows) in regards to parenting.
Yes it would be nice to have an loving, involved father (I don’t even know my dad’s name) but being the kid of a single mom doesn’t necessarily ruin your life.
But yeah, use protection people. Babies aren’t the only thing you can get out of unprotected sex.
Jude is a slime ball…when the dad is a douche bag like this it’s always the mom who the kid gets angry with because the dad isn’t around to hate :(. It should be decided in court that the dads explain to their kids why they aren’t involved when the child is mature enough to understand. It would be painful, but a lot less painful than spending your entire life waiting for your dad in shining armor to make your whole life better, only to realize as an adult that he’s never coming and you hated your mother for no reason…trust me on this one, lol
maybe the baby mama is as bitchy and terrible as Jude seems to be at keeping a condom handy? let’s just hope the little kitten in the middle has a happy life.
Definitely Team Jude on this one.
I don’t see how he could get attached to the baby. He probably hates the mother who obviously set him up (i mean, selling baby pictures and her story? when she knows he’s going to provide for the baby anyway? quite cheap). He’s stupid for not wearing a condom but this terrible situation is a very high price to pay.
Very sad for him. And very, very sad for the baby…
Internet people are such a funny people!
Firstly, didn’t you just have the big O, Trent, when you finally got the news? You seem to have been on pins and needles about it, as if the very future of the world hung on it, that I can imagine you imposing a self-denial on yourself until you could finally come to glory!
Secondly, it’s been alluded that Jude has already provided for Sophia’s birth, and I highly doubt she’s done without. Don’t even assume any of us know what has transpired behind the scenes before this finalization of terms. Also, I have no doubt that Jude will have a relationship with Sophia. It’s untelling what kind of manipulative mother he’s dealing with, though. She seems very determined to turn this into celebrity for herself, pimping out her daughter like a self-absorbed bitch. No wonder Jude proceeds with caution. He probably won’t be able to get her when she’s this young, but I’m sure agreements have been made for when she’s older. Everybody should just chill and stop acting like they know how this should have gone down, because really, you don’t know. But it’s funner to shit on people, isn’t it? Makes you feel all sparkly inside, doesn’t it? My mantra: Mean people suck!
@sheryl — Er, ok.
ah whatever. is this news? the dude didn’t wear a condom… so he made a person. Is this really that important? the baby is unlikely to bear celeb status… she is just a question of media attention. yawn.