Jude Law's Fling Samantha Burke Has Baby Girl - Mom "Overwhelmed With Joy"
Sept. 24 2009, Published 1:28 p.m. ET
Jude Law’s new daughter Sophia was born two weeks early weighing in at 5lbs and 12 oz, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Former Hooters waitress 24-year-old Samantha Burke gave birth to the couple’s baby in Florida on Tuesday evening while the British actor was on stage in Hamlet 1500 miles away in New York.
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Law signed autographs for fans outside the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway Wednesday night, but remained tight-lipped about his newborn daughter.
The baby had been due on October 6 but aspiring actress Burke – who became pregnant by the actor following a brief fling – was taken to the hospital ahead of time.
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Burke’s publicist Eileen Koch said: “Samantha Burke is overwhelmed with joy at the arrival of her beautiful and healthy baby girl, Sophia - the baby and the mom are doing wonderful.”
Law – who already has three kids Rafferty, 12, Rudy, 6, and Iris, 8, with first wife Sadie Frost – only acknowledged two months ago that Burke was having their child.
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The former model has since returned to her hometown of Pensacola in Florida to live with her parents as she prepares to raise her daughter.
A spokesman for Law acknowledged the pregnancy in July stating that the actor intended to play a fully supportive role in the child’s life although he was no longer involved with Burke.
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It’s understood that the millionaire star’s lawyers have thrashed-out child-support payments for Sophia who will be set financially for the life.
In addition, she also started a blog last month for “anyone interested in the story of this ordinary woman having a celebrity’s child.”
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In the blog, she wrote about how she felt when she discovered that she was going to have Law’s baby and said: “I didn’t jump for joy because I hit the
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jackpot – I cried my eyes out and started adjusting my future plans – not once did I think about money.”
Burke added: “I can’t tell you how far from a gold-digger I am – I wish there was a reporter finding out how I’ve never dated a rich man in my life …
“I never in my life would have planned a pregnancy for money!”
