Dan Marino's Love Child And 5 Other Celebrity Affairs That Produced Kids
Dan Marino's Love Child And 5 Other Celebrity Affairs That Produced Kids
On Wednesday, Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino confirmed to the New York Post that he had fathered a child with former CBS Sports production assistant Donna Savattere in 2005.
?This is a personal and private matter," Marino -- who also works at CBS Sports as a pre-game analyst -- told The Post in a written statement. "I take full responsibility both personally and financially for my actions now as I did then. We mutually agreed to keep our arrangement private to protect all parties involved.?
But the former Miami Dolphin quarterback isn't the first high-profile man to father a child in an extra-marital affair. Click through the slides below for more on Marino and five others.
Dan Marino and Donna Savattere
In January 2013, Dan Marino -- ex Miami Dolphins quarterback and current CBS sports analyst -- <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/oh_danny_girl_love_child_bC0SHH481536QPjsXfyWyJ">admitted to the New York Post</a> that he had an extramarital affair with <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/31/dan-marino-love-child-cbs-super-bowl/1879683/">a former CBS production assistant</a>. His dalliance with Donna Savattere resulted in a baby girl named Chloe, who was <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/oh_danny_girl_love_child_bC0SHH481536QPjsXfyWyJ">born in June 2005</a>. Marino also has <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/31/dan-marino-love-child-cbs-super-bowl/1879683/">six children</a> with his wife Claire, whom he has been <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/31/dan-marino-love-child-cbs-super-bowl/1879683/">married to for 28 years. </a>
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mildred Baena
In May 2011, Arnold Schwarzenegger <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0517-arnold-20110517,0,1994592.story">came clean about the child</a> he fathered with <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-affair-with-housekeeper-mildred-baena-was-stupidest-thing-ive-done-to-maria-shriver-2012289">housekeeper Mildred Baena</a> while married to Maria Shriver. Shriver <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/02/local/la-me-maria-arnold-20110702">filed for divorce </a>from the former California governor in July 2011 after <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-01/entertainment/schwarzenegger.divorce_1_shriver-and-schwarzenegger-community-and-quasi-community-assets-divorce-papers?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ">25 years of marriage</a>, but their split has yet to be finalized. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/arnold-schwarzenegger-mar_n_2482774.html">Rumors of a potential reconciliation</a> between the couple continue to swirl.
John Edwards and Rielle Hunter
Former presidential hopeful John Edwards <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/08/07/the-story-is-out.html">came clean about his extramarital affair </a>with filmmaker and campaign aide Rielle Hunter in August 2008. In January 2010, the former North Carolina senator -- who was <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/john-edwards-admits-fathered-rielle-hunter-child-affair/story?id=9620812">married to Elizabeth Edwards</a> at the time -- also<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/john-edwards-admits-fathered-rielle-hunter-child-affair/story?id=9620812"> confessed to fathering a child </a>with Hunter. Later that month, sources close to the couple revealed that <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/John_Edwards_Scandal/john-edwards-elizabeth-edwards-legally-separated-abc-news/story?id=9665906">Edwards and his wife had separated</a>. Elizabeth <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/08edwards.html?pagewanted=all">died in December 2010 </a>before their split was finalized.
Eric Clapton and Lori Del Santo
While <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099011,00.html">married to former model Pattie Boyd</a>, Eric Clapton<a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099011,00.html"> had an affair </a>with Italian TV personality Lori Del Santo. They conceived a child, who was <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/11/clapton200711">born in 1986</a>. In 1988, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20099011,00.html">Boyd filed for divorce</a> from Clapton, citing his adultery. The child -- named Conor -- <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/nyregion/eric-clapton-s-son-killed-in-a-49-story-fall.html">died in 1991</a> after falling out of a window of a Manhattan apartment building.
Clark Gable and Loretta Young
In 1935, actor Clark Gable <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20001116&id=2rgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6605,3901892">began a short-lived affair </a>with his "Call of the Wild" co-star, Loretta Young, while he was still <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/arts/television/judy-lewis-secret-daughter-of-hollywood-dies-at-76.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0">married to his wife, Maria Langham</a>. In a <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20001116&id=2rgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6605,3901892">biography published after her death</a>, Young <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20001116&id=2rgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6605,3901892">confirmed that her daughter, Judy Lewis, </a> was a product of their fling. Gable and Langham <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5M0LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gFUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1794,611317&dq=clark+gable+langham+divorce+1939&hl=en">divorced back in 1939. </a>
Jesse Jackson and Karin Stanford
In January 2001, Jesse Jackson <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122032&page=1">confessed to being unfaithful</a> to his <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122032&page=1">wife of 38 years.</a> The <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122032&page=1">civil rights activist came clean </a>about his relationship with Rainbow/PUSH Coalition staffer <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122032&page=1">Karin Stanford </a>-- a tryst that <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=122032&page=1">produced a daughter.</a> Jackson and his wife Jacqueline are still married today.
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