You never know when you'll die, but we have a feeling that we'll be around for a few more years thanks to our lack of illegitimate love children.
Because, without an illegitimate love child there'll be nobody around to contest our will and heap even more emotional suffering on our already distraught loved ones. And that's as big a part of death as toe-tags and scratching on the inside of your coffin at your own funeral.
Luckily though, Heath Ledger was ready for death because if reports are to be believed, Heath Ledger fathered an illegitimate love child when he was 17. Now, finally, perhaps people can start gracelessly squabbling over Heath's estate in a way that's uncomfortable to watch. About time too, if you ask us.
The sense of shock felt when Heath Ledger died earlier this year resonates even now. But, as is only natural, the shock has evolved and adapted over time. Now the gut-punch that accompanied initial reports of Heath Ledger's death have been replaced with a range of more nuanced reactions.
Yes, there's anger that a young man with such a bright future was snatched away from us in his prime. There's also possibly hyperbolic praise of Heath's work – his turn as The Joker in The Dark Knight will be one of the most praised of the year regardless of the actual quality.
And then, of course, there's greed. Pure, flat-out frothing-at-the-mouth greed. That's an important one.
The potential for things to go severely wrong reared its head a fortnight ago when it transpired that Heath Ledger's daughter wasn't in his will because he wrote it prior to his relationship with Michelle Williams. However, that was all put right when Heath's family promised to look after Matilda and Michelle. Snafu averted.
Or at least it would have been averted if only Heath Ledger had remembered to keep it in his pants when he was a schoolboy. Because now there's apparently a Heath Ledger love child running around with an eye on half of Matilda's inheritance. Metro reports:
Ledger had an affair with a 25-year-old woman when he was a 17-year-old schoolboy, according to reports by Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper. The woman was living with another man at the time of the alleged affair. Ledger's uncle, Hadyn Ledger said: "There is a very real possibility that Heath was the father." Another family source said: "She had the baby. Everyone lived under the assumption that she was the daughter of the mother's boyfriend and that is how she has been brought up."
Let's not forget that some quarters of Heath Ledger's family are still angry about the way that Heath Ledger's father dealt with his own father's inheritance, so this love child story could simply be an invention designed to sully reputations and anger other family members.
If it's true, though, and Heath Ledger did have an illegitimate daughter then the child could be entitled to a large slice of his inheritance. And as we all know, there's only one way to determine a the paternity of a child. It's thought that Maury's being airlifted to Australia now for this very purpose. Well, either that or one of Heath Ledger's relatives is a secret transsexual who wants to surprise their boyfriend. Maury's good for both.
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Emma says
Um, so I have a question to, well, whoever. How old would this child even be? And about the Maury thing, how would they have any idea who this child is?
susie says
Heath ledger was a great actor to everyone that love him. i LOVE HEATH LEDGER EVEN THOUGHT I DIDN’T KNOW HIM I JUST LOVE HIM SO MUCH!