Herschel Walker, Critic of Fatherless Homes, Has an Estranged Child He Doesn’t See
reported on Tuesday that Walker has a second son he does not have contact with, born to a woman who had to sue to get him to recognize paternity.The Daily Beast says it has confirmed the paternity of the boy, now 10 years old, but it did not release his name because he is a minor. TDB notes that in a 2020 interview, Walker said, “I want to apologize to the African-American community, because the fatherless home is a major, major problem,” and asserted he is “like a father to some of those kids that had never had fathers.”According to The Daily Beast, Walker was sued by the child’s mother in 2013, with the lawsuit settled in 2014 with a declaration of paternity; Walker was forced by the court to pay child support at that point.Since then, according to The Daily Beast, “Walker sends Christmas and birthday presents, he otherwise has not played an active parental role in raising his second son.