at 18:51 on December 5, 2006, EST.

NEW YORK (AP) - Eddie Murphy and former Spice Girl Melanie Brown may have dated earlier this year but the actor-comedian is making it clear that he is not sure if he's the father of her unborn child.

Murphy, who stars in the upcoming "Dreamgirls" film, was recently asked if he was excited that Brown - known as Scary Spice when she was in the megahit group of the '90s - was pregnant. She has been photographed recently with an expanding belly.

"So are you happy with her because she's pregnant with your child?" asks the TV interviewer, apparently referring to Brown.

"Now you're being presumptuous because we're not together anymore," Murphy replies. "And I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir."

Arnold Robinson, a spokesman for Murphy, said he does not comment on Murphy's personal life. Brown could not be reached for comment.

Murphy, 45, escorted film producer Tracey Edmonds to the premiere of "Dreamgirls" in New York Monday night. When asked if Edmonds is his "new lady," he smiled and replied, "Yeah."

People magazine, on its website Tuesday, quoted Edmonds, the ex-wife of singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, as saying she's been dating Murphy "for about a month and a half."

Murphy's wife, Nicole, filed for divorce last year, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple were married in 1993 and have five children together.


©The Canadian Press, 2006



Get a paternity test!

Tracey looked pretty in the pics from the premiere.

Scary Spice, even with that fantastic body of hers, always struck me as a bit, well, 'scary'

ummmm whaaaaa???
i thought eddie left his marriage for men


poor five kids having to live through their dad's messed up public affairs

he just seems like an asshole to me
he should just come out with another album already (KIDDING!)

SammiJ said:

Wassup! Wassup! Wassup! Witch U!

He needs to stick to Tranny Hookers! No DNA involved there!

I confess. The baby is mine.

sextonseven said:

nice!

i wish i was able to meet her
she looks so tired there tho lol

SammiJ said:

She was tired. It was after her second 'Rent' performance.

Uh, I mean we just finished doing the horizontal mambo and I wore her out. Yeah, that's it.

sextonseven said:

she's in rent?!
as who??!

SammiJ said:

lol

The stripper right?

ThreadCula said:

MIMI?!?!?!?!
NICE!!

sextonseven said:

Dude you look like a middle class mans Don Cheadle!

SammiJ said:

She was Mimi back in 2004 when this pic was taken.

Uhhh, I mean this was taken just a few months ago right about when I shagged her rotten. hehe.

sextonseven said:

right...

sextonseven said:

!!!

karmatornado said:

Is that a compliment?

sextonseven said:

well...u're not a poor mans Don Cheadle

sextonseven said:

Yes, a broke ass don cheadle would be an insult! You are sorta cheadlish in a good way!

A funny anecdote about this pic is that my friend got tickets for 'Rent' that night which I found out later was the same night as Prince's 'Musicology' release party and I missed Prince's acoustic performance at the release party because I was at the musical! I was mildly annoyed about that.

ThreadCula said:

It's 3:15 am here in NY and I gotta go to work later this morning so I will answer any other questions about my torrid affair with Mel B and our unborn love child later. Good night.

I feel a massive wave of "fuck & drop" coming on

sextonseven said:

SammiJ said:

I always thought he was very conceited, like he just knows he's God's gift to trannies, or something.

Adisa said:

sextonseven said:

She looks like a burn victim.

eikonoklastes said:

ouch. that's a bit harsh.

eikonoklastes said:

That's my baby momma you're talking about there, buddy.

sextonseven said:

That's a great photo, hon. I hope you and Eddie don't end up duking it out over child support payments.

applekisses said:

You mean duking it out over which one doesn't get to pay?