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To think: Shame on Tom Jones!

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Trumpdump · 03/06/2018 11:13

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5798889/Tom-Jones-secret-son-New-Jersey-busker-Jonathan-Berkery-29.html

Yes, Daily Fail link... But I am currently happy to give them clicks for various reasons.

Anyway, Tom Jones has a son whom he has never seen and apparently wants nothing to do with...

"Sir Tom denied he was Jon's father until it was proved by a court-ordered paternity test in 1989, and the singer agreed to pay £1,700 a month maintenance for his upkeep until his 18th birthday."

"Sir Tom only acknowledged Jon's existence in 2008, saying: 'It wasn't something I planned. I was tricked. I fell for the seduction.'"

What a piece of shit he is!

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flapjackfairy · 03/06/2018 11:15

Well i have always thought he was a sleazy womanising slimeball and have never seen the attraction at all. So not surprised. Just wonder if there are any more out there ?

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 03/06/2018 11:23

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/liam-gallagher-reveals-never-met-20-year-old-daughter-aint-happening/amp/

Not the only one
And this Gallagher admits to 2 he hasn’t met

Mousefunky · 03/06/2018 11:28

I was going to mention Liam Gallagher as well... hadn’t seen his daughter since she was two because he ‘hadn’t got around to it’ Hmm.

Tom Jones has cheated on his wife right throughout their marriage.

trumpdump · 03/06/2018 11:37

That's less surprising about Liam Gallagher. He's always come across as a bit of a knob.

However, Tom has a good guy image and a knighthood! I think that's why I was shocked.

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PatchworkElmer · 03/06/2018 11:39

Urgh

Candlelight123 · 03/06/2018 11:39

The comment about being 'tricked' annoyed me.

AlonsoTigerHeart · 03/06/2018 11:40

Tricked?
Into repeatedly penetrating a vagina and cumming inside.
She must be some master magician

Bibbity bobbity bullshit

eloisesparkle · 03/06/2018 11:44

Brilliant Alonso

Juells · 03/06/2018 11:46

"Fell for the seduction"

Ooooh those awful women.

PrincessCuntsuelaVaginaHammock · 03/06/2018 11:50

To be fair to Liam, he did at least voluntarily provide for his child financially and not make out like he was some passive innocent victim in the conception process. That's not enough, but it's a step ahead of Tom Jones.

Obviously OP no YANBU.

GloGirl · 03/06/2018 11:51

Really disgusting that he said he was tricked, what an ugly man.

TheBlackMadonna · 03/06/2018 11:51

POS sums him up perfectly. Tricked! What a charmer.

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 03/06/2018 11:51

Urgh what a horrible man.

HildaZelda · 03/06/2018 11:51

He's a shit. He treated his wife like dirt throughout their entire marriage , and I suspect that son is one of many children that he refuses to acknowledge.

userabcname · 03/06/2018 11:52

Urgh, what a bastard.

Pringlecat · 03/06/2018 11:52

It's entirely possible he was 'tricked'. We weren't there. Yes, he is responsible for having sex with this woman, but there are things that could have been done to make him think that the sex was somewhat safer than apparently it was. If that was true, I can understand the anger.

However, whatever did or did not happen, the child didn't choose to be born. It doesn't matter what he thinks of the mother, that shouldn't have anything to do with what he thinks of the child.

Not all children are angels... but if you never make the time to try to get to know them, then you'll never know...

trumpdump · 03/06/2018 11:52

I feel really bad for the son here. This association has clearly messed him up. It would probably have been better if he never knew who his father was Sad

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TerfsUp · 03/06/2018 11:53

TJ has a reputation for shagging anything that moved. No sympathy for him, at all, whining about how he "was tricked" and "fell for the seduction".

I am sorry for his son, though. What a shitbag excuse for a sperm-donor father.

Oldbutstillgotit · 03/06/2018 11:54

Englebert Humperdinck is another who ( allegedly) has other children as a result of affairs but refuses to acknowledge them.

Branleuse · 03/06/2018 11:54

surely everybody knew he was a womanizing slimeball

Skarossinkplunger · 03/06/2018 11:55

Women do trick men into being father’s, I’ve actually seen it advised on here.

No idea what happened here though.

PrincessCuntsuelaVaginaHammock · 03/06/2018 12:00

It's definitely more likely that the woman sabotaged the condom than it is that womanising rock stars just decided to ejaculate where they liked, sod the consequences, then complain about it later.

trumpdump · 03/06/2018 12:05

Even if she did "trick" him, the child was born and did not deserve to hear that, especially publicly.

Any issues between Tom and this woman should have been private for the sake of the child.

Tom has never acknowledged this son, but is quite happy to talk about how he was "tricked"? Me me me!

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sue51 · 03/06/2018 12:07

Around the time his child was conceived we were being bombarded with messages about the need for safe sex. Tom Jones took no responsibility for his or any partners health and fertility he just didn't give a damn about consequences. He's a narcissistic deadbeat dad. It must be hard growing up with a parent in the public eye and being unacknowledged by him, I'm sure it would affect your mental health.

MissusGeneHunt · 03/06/2018 12:07

It's not unusual.....

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