Jude Law asks alleged baby momma for DNA proof

As you may have read over the weekend, actor Jude Law may soon be a daddy. But the man does not seem totally convinced – He now wants a DNA test to be totally sure that the baby is his.

Jude, 36, has vowed to step-up and support his new child if the girl — 24-year old Pennsylvania model, Samantha Burke, is proved to be pregnant by him. But he wants to be sure. And his request for DNA proof has upset the Burke family, who are clearly eager for Jude to just shut up and pay, “To say this family is mad at that man is an understatement.” says Dolores Burke, Samantha’s grandma. ‘He has behaved as less than an English gentleman.”

The test could be carried out now, but as Sam is already seven-months pregnant there’s a risk to the baby, and the process might also induce early labor. So for eight weeks at least there’s no way to be sure, “At the moment Jude doesn’t know he’s the father; He thinks he is, but he wants to be 100% certain,” a friend of the actor told the UK’s Daily Mail. “If it is his baby, he’ll be there for her every step of the way.’

With typical earnings of $3-million a movie, such devotion could cost Jude a great deal. Samantha’s attorney has already said she now expects ‘a sizable payout,’ plus a cut of his income for the rest of his life. And this would be in addition to the $6-million he just gave his ex-wife, Sadie Frost.

Jude has told friends he did have a brief fling with Samantha while on location for his new film, ‘Sherlock Holmes’  in New York last December. But he said the pair only went to bed once — and that he was too drunk at the time to remember much else.

Samantha, however, is not so confused; In a statement read to the press by her new attorney, she says the family “can affirm that Jude has been responsive and supportive throughout the relationship, and we know he will remain so once the baby is born.” The statement goes on to say that, “Jude and Samantha remain committed to the health and well-being of this child.”

Maybe it’s me, but I think this is odd: The ‘health and well-being’ of any child is more certain with two loving parents both there in the home; But neither Samantha nor Grandma want the actual Jude – They don’t want marriage, a husband or a father who’s there, they just want a big slice of his cash??

At seven months pregnant, there are eight weeks to go. Then she either earns millions of dollars, or worldwide contempt. Let’s just wait and see how that goes.