The former Oasis star is said to have fathered a child with
an American journalist despite being married to fellow singer Nicole
Appleton
Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton
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Liam Gallagher’s family rallied round his wife Nicole Appleton yesterday over claims the rocker fathered a lovechild.
And one relative said: “Liam has only got himself to blame – he’s just too wild. I said he should never have got married.”
Nicole, 38, has so far remained silent about the accusations her husband had a daughter with US showbiz journalist Liza Ghorbani.
Ghorbani, 39, is suing Gallagher for £2million after he called off the relationship when she demanded child support.
Reports claim a DNA test has been carried out proving the singer is the girl’s father. Liam and wife Nicole
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The ex-Oasis star
and his band Beady Eye left Ibiza yesterday to fly to mainland Spain
where they were due to headline the Benicassim Festival. Earlier, the
Mirror revealed Liam went on a booze binge with his bandmates on
Wednesday night.
On Thursday night they had another bender
which continued into the early hours. Insiders at the Ibiza Rocks House
at Pikes Hotel said Liam spent around £2,000 on champagne, brandy,
mojitos and tequila. At one point he was seen chatting with actor Idris
Elba, star of BBC crime drama Luther, who he had a run-in with at the
NME Awards earlier this year.
A source said: “He held court at the
bar, upgrading from cocktails to champagne and buried the hatchet with
old ‘enemy’ Idris who was also staying at the hotel with the pair
enjoying a drink together. He didn’t go to bed until 1am.” Liza Ghorbani
Liam, 40, met Liza in 2010 when she wrote an article for the
New York Times during which she followed the singer around various
Manhattan bars. Yesterday, friends jumped to her defence. They say she
never sought out fame and wanted to keep the identity of the father
secret but felt she had to sue due to the singer’s “cold” behaviour.
One
source said: “Liza isn’t after millions of dollars, she is simply
seeking child support and no amount has yet been set. If they don’t
settle, the case will go to a public trial.’
Last night a
spokesman for the singer said: “We’re not commenting further on this,
past the fact that his lawyers are taking legal action against the New
York Post.”
The newspaper claimed the seven-month-old girl was
born in January following a long-running affair and that Liam wrote in
an email to Liza that the baby is “a beautiful child because she has
rock star genes”. Liam Gallagher Performs With His Band Beady Eye At Ibiza Rocks Hotel
He is also reported to have hired a lawyer in New York to
defend himself against a paternity suit at the Manhattan Family Court.
If the claims about Liza’s daughter are true, Liam will have fathered
four different children by four different women.
In 1998 he had is
first child with songwriter Lisa Moorish. Then in 1999 his first wife,
actress Patsy Kensit, gave birth to their son Lennon. Two years later he
had a son with Nicole who he married in 2008.
He boasted about being a great dad who had turned his back on a rock’n’roll lifestyle to be there for his family.
In an interview, he said “I’m top at being a dad”, adding that he and his children “have a lot of fun”.