Minnie Driver Reveals Son Henry's Father After 3 Years

Celebrity Moms February 21, 2012 AT 9:25AM By Zach Johnson

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At long last, Minnie Driver's secret is out!

The actress has kept the identity of her son Henry's father private since giving birth in September 2008 -- until now. Speaking to The Observer, Driver, 42, reveals she conceived a child with a writer from the now-defunct FX TV series The Riches.

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"I don't need to protect him anymore," Driver explains. "He can fend for himself. He's a grown-up. We weren't together and he wasn't directly in the business so I chose to protect him and not have a rain of publicity."

"He's not famous," Driver adds. "There's no big story."

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Driver does not name her baby-daddy outright, but does admit that he's doing his best as a father. "Is he a good dad? Sort of. He's figuring it out," she tells The Observer. "I mean, he hasn't been that involved -- his choice. But he is now."

Driver -- whose exes include Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Harrison Ford -- says she can't envision herself having another child "without a partner."

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"I couldn't do two as a single mom, I really couldn't," Driver says. "it would be too much."

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February 23, 2012 - 10:02am Guy Rich
I tell you what though Lindsay can suck a wiener with the best of'em. Get 3 Zimas in this biatche and you can do anything to her baby. Me and Dave Chappelle teamed up on her in the handicap stall at the I-64 rest stop outside St Louis. Afterwards traded her with a trucker for a pint of whiskey and a negra teen runaway girl.
February 22, 2012 - 9:43am Safiya Neverson
Minnie chose him to be her child's father!
February 22, 2012 - 1:35am Hanif Biplob
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February 21, 2012 - 8:10pm Allan Khkh
guys my girlfriend just got brought home 2354.86 dollars some days ago. She got fired but been working on the internet and bought a house for 176000. Seriously she just went to this web link and followed the easy information. makecash28"c"o"m
February 21, 2012 - 8:09pm Allan Khkh
yay really great wow cool whew
February 21, 2012 - 1:52pm Elda Reyes
he is so cute!!
February 21, 2012 - 12:17pm Amanda Dean
Whew! NOW I can sleep at night....
February 21, 2012 - 11:23am Kristy Bates
I really thought it was Art Garfunkel! Anyway, it's a tough road when a dad doesn't do his part, so I don't blame her for the tone she takes here.