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By Citizen Reporter

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Sofia Vergara has a 30-year-old son and other celeb parents you didn’t know

Certain celeb parents became moms and dads well before they were famous so you may not know about these families.


While we are used to celebrities showing off their bundles of joy, some celeb parents may surprise you with the fact that they are parents at all.

Certain stars just prefer to raise their kids in private without anyone even knowing, or they became parents well before fame was even an option

Here are a few very celebrities you may not have known are parents.

Sofia Vergara

The sexy Sofia Vergara, who is popularly known for her role in sitcom Modern Family as Manny’s mom, has a grown up son too. Manolo Gonzalez Vergara is now 30 years old and he is also an actor. Sofia had her son when she was just 18 years old.

Viola Davis

Multi-award winning American actress Viola Davis is a mom to a pretty girl. Viola adopted Genesis Tennon as an infant in 2011, with her husband Julius Tennon. Genesis is now 10 years old.           

Scarlett Johansson

Well-known celeb and The Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson is another celeb parent. She has a six-year-old daughter, Rose Dororthy Dauriac, who she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.

Alexis Bledel

Gilmore Girls actress Alexis Bledel is a mother of two. The very private star gave birth to her first son in 2016 and welcomed her second child – also a boy – with husband Vincent Kartheiser.

Idris Elba

Hunky English actor Idris Elba has a teenage daughter named Isan Elba with ex-wife Kim Norgaard and a young son, Winston Elba, with ex-girlfriend Naiyana Garth.     

Vin Diesel

Mark Sinclair, known as Vin Diesel, is a father of three. He has two daughters, Hania Riley Sinclair and Pauline Sinclair, as well as a son Vincent Sinclair.      

Ne-Yo

Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo has four kids. He has a son and daughter from a previous relationship and shares two sons with wife Crystal Renay.

They just recently announced they are expecting another child. In February 2020, Ne-Yo filed for divorce but said in a recent report that the Covid-19 pandemic saved his marriage.

Compiled by Andile Mthimkulu

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