Idris Elba details finding out his son wasn’t his
A dapper British actor is covering the October issue of GQ and for the first time dishing on a devastating issue in his personal life. Idris Elba, 41, is profiled in the mag during a stop in Ibiza where he DJs various parties playing Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Oasis until the wee hours of the morning.
While there with writer Zac Baron, “The Wire” star details the moment he found out a son he had been excitedly telling the media about in 2010 was in fact not his. According to the star he was living with his girlfriend in Florida who conceived his son—or so he thought.
“It wasn’t immediately obvious—well, it was, because he didn’t look like me,” said Elba. “But it wasn’t immediately obvious what had gone down.”
The actor says he then had a paternity test and the news hit him like a punch to the face.
“You know, the truth is—like, even admitting it, I’ll probably get laughed at for the rest of my life. But it is just tragic, and it happened,” said Elba. “But I wasn’t knocked out. I stood right the f–k back up, and I ain’t aiming to take another punch in the face ever again.”
He then says the son snafu could possibly be karma since he’s “not been an angel” in his life.
Check out photos of Idris in GQ below.
