{"id":419202,"date":"2011-05-07T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/07\/lee-ryan-lee-ryan-opens-up-about-love-child\/"},"modified":"2011-05-07T14:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T14:17:00","slug":"lee-ryan-lee-ryan-opens-up-about-love-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/lee-ryan-lee-ryan-opens-up-about-love-child\/","title":{"rendered":"LEE RYAN &#8211; LEE RYAN OPENS UP ABOUT LOVE CHILD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59\"><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>British singer Lee Ryan has opened up about the &#8220;difficult&#8221; relationship he has with his love child, admitting he&#8217;d rather spend time with his own family than bond with his estranged daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Blue star has a young son, Rayn, with on\/off girlfriend Samantha Miller, but he was shocked to find out in 2009 that he also has a daughter, Belle, from his relationship with ex Jessica Keevil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>A paternity test proved Ryan was the father of Belle and he immediately arranged child support payments to help Keevil take care of the child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>But the singer is angry at suggestions he&#8217;s a bad father because he rarely visits the girl, insisting he has more responsibilities to Rayn whenever he has time off work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>He tells Britain&#8217;s Daily Mirror, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see her (Belle) as much because I&#8217;ve got my own son. People can say what they want about me and I don&#8217;t give a s**t&#8230; But when it comes to my children and I&#8217;m being called a bad father&#8230; really, it wasn&#8217;t my choice to have the girl, not that I&#8217;m shunting any responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;She (Keevil) came forward after a year and a half and went, &#8216;Alright, there&#8217;s your child, now you do this.&#8217; I&#8217;ve got my own family. And the work schedule at the moment is absolutely massive. If I have a day off, out of everything, I&#8217;ll probably see my son, if the truth be honest.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>And Ryan claims he shouldn&#8217;t be expected to welcome Belle with open arms, because Keevil should have been open with him as soon as she discovered she was pregnant with his child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>He adds, &#8220;I haven&#8217;t quite had the chance to bond with Belle yet, and I&#8217;m not gonna take responsibility for that yet. I&#8217;ve paid for her, and I have seen her. For her (Keevil) to expect me to suddenly kick into being a dad, suddenly pick her up and say: &#8216;Oh alright,&#8217; and have some bond with her (Belle) from 18 months old to two years &#8211; it&#8217;s quite difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"intelliTxt\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t done anything wrong and I&#8217;m not a bad bloke (guy). I&#8217;ll do what I&#8217;ve got to do in my own career and my own life. For my own happiness. I&#8217;m not gonna be&#8230; told what to do.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/lee-ryan-opens-up-about-love-child_1217227\" title=\"LEE RYAN - LEE RYAN OPENS UP ABOUT LOVE CHILD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LEE RYAN &#8211; LEE RYAN OPENS UP ABOUT LOVE CHILD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> British singer Lee Ryan has opened up about the &#8220;difficult&#8221; relationship he has with his love child, admitting he&#8217;d rather spend time with his own family than bond with his estranged daughter. The Blue star has a young son, Rayn, with on\/off girlfriend Samantha Miller, but he was shocked to find out in 2009 that he also has a daughter, Belle, from his relationship with ex Jessica Keevil. 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