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Herschel Walker said in an interview from 2019 that his most impressive achievement is being a good father.
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The former NFL player turned politician was petitioned for paternity and child support in 2013.
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While Walker regularly appears with and talks about his son, Christian, he does not name his second child.
Herschel Walker said in an interview from 2019 that his most impressive achievement is being a good father, despite the fact that he had petitioned several years earlier to prove his paternity and pay financial support for his estranged child.
“The child’s mother is a graduate student at Columbia University who is struggling to make ends meet. Unfortunately, Mr. Walker has thus far decided not to take full financial responsibility for the care of his alleged son Read the 2013 petition from Andres Alonso, partner with the law firm Alonso Krangle. “We hope that by submitting the petition, Mr Walker will finally recognize the true magnitude of his support obligations.”
According to the petition, Walker and the unnamed mother of his child were in a relationship between 2008 and 2011. They separated just eight months before the child was born.
The Georgian GOP Senate candidate has regularly appeared with and spoke publicly about his son, 22-year-old internet personality Christian, but makes no mention of his other child in campaign events or on his official website, fueling rumors that the former NFL player politician kept their relationship a secret.
“Herschel had a child years ago when he was not married. He supported the child and continues to do so. He is proud of his children. To suggest that Herschel ‘hides’ the child because he has not used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd,” Walker’s campaign manager, Scott Paradise, told The Daily Beast.
Walker has celebrated his status as a parent during the campaign and in interviews, emphasizing the importance of being present during a discussion with YouTube personalities Diamond and Silk, saying that if you “have a child with a woman, even if you have to leave it,” woman…you don’t leave the child.”
The Daily Beast reported that although Walker sends holiday and birthday gifts to his second son, he has not been involved in parenting in any other way and the child has not met or spoken to his half-brother, Christian.
“I want to apologize to the African American community,” Walker said in a 2020 interview, “because the fatherless home is a big, big problem.”
Walker’s campaign did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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