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Scary Spice's Kid -- Officially Named a Murphy

Posted Jun 12th 2007 2:34PM by TMZ Staff

Eddie Murphy doesn't believe he's the father, but Scary Spice Melanie Brown gave her baby daughter the name "Murphy" anyway.

TMZ has obtained an official copy of a birth certificate for Mel B's daughter Iris-Angel Murphy Brown, born April 3 in Santa Monica, Calif., months after the former Spice Girl and the comedian split. Interestingly, the section that lists the child's father has been left blank.

Cameras caught Eddie at a Beverly Hills doctor's office Monday where he was reportedly undergoing a paternity test. The "Dreamgirls" star told Dutch TV in December that any assumption that Eddie was the little girl's dad was "presumptuous," adding "I don't know whose child that is, until it comes out and has a blood test."

A rep for Murphy refused to comment on the actor's personal life.

Paging Larry Birkhead!

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31. I think it basically sums up to Eddie+ Murphy = LOSER!

Posted at 3:14PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Tootz

32. Even if he doesn't believe the child is his, the way he has been acting in the media regarding the paternity of the baby is whack. If it's proven that the baby is his he's gonna look real stupid...

Posted at 3:16PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Tam

33. What a shame! Cannot wait to hear the result. Hold your head up high.

Posted at 3:31PM on Jun 12th 2007 by African girl

34. I left off the father part on my baby's birth certificate, too. He isn't worthy of being on there, anyway, so maybe that's why Mel left it off. Or, she really isn't sure and wants to wait for the results b4 she does anything.

Posted at 4:06PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Chantal the Breastfeeding Queen

35. "Murphy Brown"....now thats funny......

Posted at 3:16PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Old Dog

36. Am I the only one who thinks that Eddie sent his brother Charlie in to take that test? In the pic it definitely looks like Charlie and NOT Eddie.

Hey, now that's a smart plan!

Posted at 3:17PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Esme

37. ASSHOLE

Posted at 3:18PM on Jun 12th 2007 by ME

38. Old Dog,

What's not true? Do you think that if she was able to put Murphy as the father or give the child a last name other than her own she wouldn't have done that? Someone tried to convince me that CA was differant than any other state and that you can put any man's name on the birth certificate, but I have yet to see proof of that. The only way for any father to be listed he has to be there and state he is the father or he has to be your husband. Point blank period.

Posted at 3:20PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Bird

39. DNA test will solve this case

Posted at 5:33PM on Jun 12th 2007 by ding dong

40. EDDIE IS A ASSHOLE......HE KNOW DAMN WELL THAT BABY IS HIS AND HE DUMP HER WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT HE AINT RIGHT JUST BE A MAN AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR RESPONBILITIES AND HE AINT EVEN ALL THAT CUTE TO BE FRONTIN LYKE THAT I HOPE THE BABY GET HER LOOKS FROM HER MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 10:45PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Siearra

41. Congratulations on the new baby!
Iris Angel Brown is cute name

Forgive me for removing the Murphy but he did that himself, on national television where the child will see it later in life.
Preparing for the postive paternity test by adding his name now dose not change the fact that her father is an unliked cocky fool.

Posted at 3:22PM on Jun 12th 2007 by FranE

42. Poor kid-if it turns out murphy is the father, the kid will resent his behavior.

Posted at 3:22PM on Jun 12th 2007 by daddy don't love me!!!

43. How about get a dna test... I would think if he truly thought that kid wasn't his he'd jump at the chance to have a test done... I feel bad for Melanie. Too bad she didn't realize that he'd act like an 18 year old boy.

Posted at 3:32PM on Jun 12th 2007 by Valerie

44. What an idiot u r Eddie! You know you were hitting it when you were still married!
So unfair to the baby - you have about as much class as Howard K. Stern!

If u r man enuf to make a baby - pay up like a man! Anybody can be a "baby;s mama;s daddy - how bout trying to be a real man and a FATHER! - You donkey-ASS!

Posted at 1:19PM on Jun 13th 2007 by rideitdoggiestyle

45. #33-could you show your ignorance anymore? You are a pathetic human being. It's an innocent baby. You racist pig.

Posted at 3:28PM on Jun 12th 2007 by duh

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