Mel Gibson Denies New Baby Claims

A spokesperson for Mel Gibson says the report that he may have fathered a unborn child is just a rumors.

Star magazine has reported that former VH1 reality star Laura Bellizzi is pregnant by the actor.

A rep for Mel Gibson says the report circulating the internet is not true and that the “Passion” actor has “no connection at all” to the woman.

However, Bellizzi’s friend hinted that the two dated over the summer. “The fact that he’s denying that he even knows her is absurd. Laura and Mel met through some mutual friends in Malibu, and the chemistry was instant,” the source said.

Bellizzi has not commented about the pregnancy publicly. If this is true, this would make it child # 9 for Mel Gibson.

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