Billy Idol isn't surprised he has a secret son: I had ‘sex with a million people'
Oh, to be a lover.
Billy Idol is addressing the realization that he fathered a third child.
In a new interview with iNews, the singer, 69, admitted that given his promiscuous lifestyle, he wasn't completely shocked when he found out just a few years ago about his secret son, Brant, who was born in the 1980s.
'Maybe a little bit, but the more I thought about it, I guessed there must be something like that,' he said while laughing, 'because we were going around in the 80s, and 70s, just having knockdown, drag-out sex with a million people you didn't know.'
8 Billy Idol performing at the Pine Knob Music Theater in 1987.
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8 Billy Idol with his son, Brant Broad.
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'A lot of people in the rock world got children beyond their usual relationships,' Idol added.
Idol went through most of his life believing he was only dad to son Willem Wolfe Broad, 37, with ex Perri Lister and daughter Bonnie Blue Broad, 35, with ex Linda Mathis.
But thanks to a 23andMe DNA test, Bonnie discovered her half-brother Brant a couple of years ago. The 'Dancing with Myself' singer found out he fathered Brant with a woman during his 1985 'Rebel Yell' tour.
8 Billy Idol with his son Willem Wolfe.
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8 Billy Idol's daughter Bonnie with her husband and their two kids.
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When asked if he's considered he could have other children out there, Idol told iNews: 'I think we would know about them now if there were.'
The father-of-three also revealed that Brant works in construction.
'We're quite good friends, and I love him. He's a nice guy,' he said about Brant.
8 Billy Idol on stage at The Forum in Los Angeles in 1984.
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Idol, who has four grandchildren, explained that he's now able to be more present for his family.
'I'm all set up for that. I'm in a better place in my life,' he stated. 'In lots of ways, I've done everything I wanted, at least to my own satisfaction. And now I'm not a drug addict, I can really be there for them.'
Idol first introduced his secret son to the world in 2023 when Brant joined the rest of the family for Idol's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.
8 Billy Idol with his family members at his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in January 2023.
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Bonnie spoke about the journey of learning about Brant and welcoming him into the fold in Idol's 'Billy Idol Should Be Dead' documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month.
'My husband just surprised me with a 23andMe, with a DNA test as a Christmas present,' Bonnie shared in the doc. 'And then a few weeks later, I get the results back on the app and open it and I'm like, who is this? This Brant. And it says his info's like, New York, 1985, looking for my bio dad. I was like, 'What?''
8 Billy Idol with his son Willem in 1999.
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Brant, who was raised by a man he believed was his biological father, explained in the doc that his mom eventually told him about her encounter with Idol.
'I was like, 'Mom, is there a chance Mark might not be my biological father?' And she's like, 'Well, it's pretty crazy, but back in the day, we broke up and I actually spent a weekend with Billy Idol,'' Brant recalled.
8 Billy Idol at a hotel in Tokyo in 1984.
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Brant also said that Idol treated him like his son after the truth was revealed.
'He's definitely showed me a lot of love,' Brant added, 'so I'm blessed.'
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