Have you ever imagined that your current parents are fake? Many people were lied to about the identity of their parents and some of them are celebrities. Some famous people believed that they were raised by their biological parents and that their childhood memories were relevant to their parents. However, one day they learned that they grew up with their uncles, aunts, or even grandparents. This seems like a feature that only appears in drama movies, but it happens in real life.
Nicholson is a case in point. He believed that his grandparents were his biological parents and he had a happy life with his family. However, his real mother was actually his sister, and he never found out the truth until she passed away.
Below are 6 celebrities who were lied to about their parents.
#1 Liv Tyler
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Liv Tyler suspected Steven Tyler was her real father when she observed a resemblance between her and Tyler’s daughter Mia. When she asked her mom, the secret was revealed. Despite finding out about her biological dad, she felt so grateful to Rundgren, who signed her birth certificate. She said: “I have so much love for him. You know, when he holds me it feels like Daddy. And he's very protective and strong.”
#2 Jack Nicholson
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Jack Nicholson is called “the greatest actor of all time”. Unlike his stellar career, his personal life was like a mess
. A crazy detail about his life is that his biological mother is actually his sister and the parents he called for most of his life are his grandparents. Nicholson's mother pretended to be his sister to pursue her dance career. Before he found out the truth, she had passed away.
#3 Eric Clapton
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When he found out that his sibling was his mom, Eric Clapton supposedly said “Can I call you mommy now?”. Clapton's mother was Patricia Molly Clapton. She gave birth to the baby boy who grew up to be among the greatest rock'n'roll stars history has ever seen, at the age of 16. He grew up thinking that his grandparents were his parents.
#4 Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe’s mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was a single woman, living with paranoid schizophrenia. Because she was never mentally stable, she didn’t know who fathered her baby. Marilyn Monroe considered Martin "Eddie" Mortensen as her father.
#5 Bobby Darin
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Bobby Darin believed that he was raised by his mom Polly and his older sister Nina. In fact, his older sister was actually his mom and his “mom” Polly was his grandmother. Nina became pregnant with him when she was 17 and the identity of his father was revealed. The singer didn’t learn the truth until he was 32. He was shocked and devastated.
#6 LeBron James
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LeBron James was raised by a single, teen mom and he never met his father. Anthony McClelland is believed to be his dad, but other men have also claimed to have fathered the NBA star.