Ryan Phillippe ‘prepared to take paternity test to determine if he is father of ex girlfriend’s baby’

Aspiring actress Alexis Knapp, 26, understood to have told friends the actor, 36, is the father of her unborn child.

While Ryan kept mum on the issue as he promoted his new film The Lincoln Lawyer on U.S. television last night, source tell TMZ he will ‘gladly’ take the paternity test.

Another insider tells People magazine: ‘Ryan is aware of the situation and totally prepared to take responsibility should the child be his.’

During an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the actor was more forthcoming when discussing his son Deacon, 11, and daughter Ava, 7.
‘My kids are like human Petri dishes at the moment,’ he said.

‘We are two thirds of the way though the year and he has had a fractured leg, a fractured arm, a separated shoulder and a busted lip,’ he said as he whipped out a picture