11 celebrities who turned dads at a younger age

Karamo Brown discovered he had a 10-year-old son after his high-school girlfriend subpoenaed him for youngster help.

"Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown discovered he had fathered a toddler in 2004 after showing on MTV's "The Actual World." Brown was the primary Black, brazenly homosexual forged member on the present. 

"I got here out at 16 years previous as a proud, homosexual man. My final girlfriend in highschool — once I was 15 — turned pregnant with my youngster however didn’t inform me," Brown advised Dad and mom.com. "She moved away, and I by no means had contact together with her once more; keep in mind that is earlier than social media."

Brown stated it was solely when he acquired a subpoena for youngster help within the mail, that he discovered concerning the youngster.

"I used to be confused, unhappy, indignant, and weirdly excited to be a dad, however felt misplaced nonetheless," Brown stated. "We have been each youngsters and don't blame her for the choice she made as a result of the selection was not hers, it was the adults round us."

Brown then took full custody of his son Jason, now 24, and shortly afterward adopted Jason's youthful half-brother, Christian, now 20. 

Rapper Lil Wayne fathered his first youngster along with his high-school girlfriend Toya Johnson when he was 16.

Reginae Carter, who’s Lil Wayne's oldest youngster and solely daughter, went on to grow to be a movie and tv character. She has over 7 million followers on Instagram. 

Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., and Johnson have been married from 2004 till 2006. The connection marked Carter's solely marriage, although he went on to father three extra kids.

Rod Stewart had his first youngster, Sarah Streeter, with ex Susannah Boffey in 1963 when he was 17. The couple then positioned the kid up for adoption.

The well-known singer reconnected along with his daughter years later following the loss of life of Streeter's adoptive mother and father. 

"I really feel responsible about every thing. I carry a number of guilt," Stewart stated on CNN's "Piers Morgan Reside" in 2011 of giving up Sarah for adoption.

Streeter advised the Every day Mail in 2018 that their relationship has "advanced lots in the previous couple of years."

"It's taken its time as a result of he's not simply my dad, is he? He's an enormous star," she stated. "So, in fact, that makes it tough, particularly when, like me, you lack confidence."

"However, over time, it has grow to be far more relaxed and now he's simply 'Dad' to me. You may't get away from the truth that he's Rod Stewart the star, however after we're collectively I put that behind my thoughts," she continued. "I'm not participating with that individual however with Rod the person — my dad. I really feel like I’m a real a part of his prolonged household, which is fantastic."

Stewart, 78, has additionally fathered seven different kids over time.

 

Machine Gun Kelly has a 13-year-old daughter who he fathered along with his ex-girlfriend Emma Cannon once they have been each 18.

Kelly has introduced his daughter Casie Colson Baker alongside on several-red carpet appearances.

Not a lot is thought about Casie's mom, who stays out of the highlight for the reason that couple cut up years in the past, however the musician did want her a contented Mom's Day in 2013, calling her "the most effective mom I've seen first hand."

Lamar Odom welcomed his first youngster, Future Odom, when he was a freshman basketball participant on the College of Rhode Island.

Odom shares all three of his kids along with his ex-girlfriend Liza Morales, whom he dated previous to marrying Khloe Kardashian in 2009. Odom and Kardashian solely dated a month earlier than tying the knot in an opulent wedding ceremony ceremony televised on "Conserving Up With the Kardashians."

"Issues modified when my dad married Khloe," Future Odom advised Individuals in 2017. "Issues have been much more public. When your dad's an NBA participant that's already sufficient, however when he's marrying a actuality TV star, issues are so public that you simply don't have a non-public life anymore."

Along with Future, now 25, and Lamar Odom Jr, 21, Odom's youngest youngster Jayden handed away at simply 6 months previous from sudden toddler loss of life syndrome. 

"[That's] simply one thing I don't assume I'd ever recover from," the basketball star on an episode of "Superstar Large Brother" in 2022. "However him coming to me in a dream lets me know that he's not too far-off. And I do know I'll see him in an afterlife."

Charlie Sheen welcomed his first youngster along with his high-school sweetheart Paula Revenue in 1984, when Sheen was simply 19 years previous.

Cassandra Jade Estevez, now 38, is Sheen's oldest youngster. Estevez has remained largely out of the highlight, though she was photographed strolling down the aisle together with her well-known dad on her wedding ceremony day. She additionally has a daughter, Luna, who’s Sheen's first and solely grandchild. 

Sheen has 4 different kids: Sami, 19, and Lola, 18, whom he shares with ex-wife Denise Richards, and twins Max and Bob, 14, who he shares along with his ex-wife and former "Two and a Half Males" costar Brooke Mueller.

LeBron James turned a father along with his high-school sweetheart Savannah Brinson on the age of 19. The couple went on to have two extra kids.

The pair welcomed one other son, Bryce, in 2007. Regardless of the stress of getting a toddler at a younger age, James and Brinson stayed collectively and tied the knot in 2013, after which they welcomed their first daughter, Zhuri, in 2014. 

James has been open about his personal upbringing. Born to an absent father and 16-year-old mom, the basketball legend defined how his relationship along with his mother and father impressed him to be a greater father to his personal youngsters, together with his oldest youngster Bronny. 

"As I obtained older and as I turned extra of an grownup, I began to appreciate and assume to myself properly 'Rattling, what was he going by?'…Was it issues that he couldn't management?… He's the rationale I’m the daddy I’m right now," James advised Fatherly in 2018. "As a result of I at all times wished to set an instance and have the daddy determine of their lives in order that they by no means had that resentment."

Now James' two sons, Bronny and Bryce, are themselves star basketball gamers.

David Beckham was simply 23 years previous when he and former Spice Women member Victoria Beckham welcomed their first youngster.

Regardless of being one-half of one of many largest energy {couples} of the Nineties, Beckham stated that fatherhood was at all times one thing he wished early in life.

"Clearly, Victoria and I had Brooklyn at a really younger age," Beckham advised The Father Hood. "However I at all times wished that, as a result of I wished my youngsters to dwell by my profession with me – by the highs and clearly a few lows alongside the best way. I at all times wished that."

"And I believe you mature faster with youngsters," he continued. "You’ve gotten extra vital issues in life to fret about than your on a regular basis worries, and life turns into all concerning the youngsters. I believe that's what you study as a father, you grow to be much less vital and it's all about your kids."

Along with Brooklyn, now 24, David and Victoria Beckham went on to have three extra kids: Romeo James Beckham, 20; Cruz Beckham, 18; and Harper Seven Beckham, 11.

"Love Island" star {and professional} boxer Tommy Fury welcomed his first youngster with girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague at 23.

Tommy Fury, now 24, is maybe most well-known for his iconic match and feud in opposition to social media star Jake Paul. 

Nevertheless, Fury, the youthful brother {of professional} boxer Tyson Fury, has additionally made a reputation for himself out of the ring.

Fury and influencer Molly-Mae Hague, 24, met on the fifth season of the hit UK relationship present "Love Island" in 2019, the place they got here in second place. They’ve been relationship ever since and not too long ago welcomed their first youngster, a daughter named Bambi, in January 2023. The primary-time mother and father have been each 23.

"Every part's for her, now. It simply makes me a extra harmful fighter in each single facet. Now it's not simply me I'm preventing for, I'm preventing for her. Every part in my recreation has been raised," Fury advised the Mirror in February.

 

Will Smith recalled his feelings after he and his ex-wife Sheree Zampino introduced house his first youngster when he was 24 years previous.

"I believe that was my first second of the true weight of parenting," Smith stated on his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith's Purple Desk Discuss present in 2020. "I introduced him house, and I keep in mind we put him within the bassinet… and it was like stark terror. I'm completely chargeable for this life. I simply cried so exhausting. It makes me teary proper now."

"[I felt like,] I can't do it," he stated with tears in his eyes. "I'm not the man. I simply knew I didn't know something. In that second, [I was thinking] how significantly better than me my father was. It was on me now."

Smith and Zampino have been married from 1992 and 1995. Smith later married Jada Pinkett Smith in 1997. The couple share Jaden Smith, 24, and Willow Smith, 22.

Smith's first youngster, Trey Smith, is now 30 and nonetheless concerned in his father's life. He even celebrated his father's historic Oscar win in 2022, although he maintains a comparatively low profile in comparison with his well-known siblings.

Louis Tomlinson additionally welcomed his first youngster on the age of 24.

Tomlinson shares his 6-year-old son, Freddie Reign Tomlinson, along with his ex-girlfriend, Calabasas-based stylist Briana Jungwirth.

Though Tomlinson retains his relationship along with his son primarily out of the highlight, the now 31-year-old former One Course member says he makes each effort to see him as a lot as potential. 

"I attempt to spend as a lot time in England as I do LA and vice versa… to be there to see and exit with Freddie and all of that," Tomlinson advised Metro in October 2019. "Then I’ve my household within the UK, who I ensure I see loads of. It's a little bit of a juggle at instances nevertheless it's all a part of life."