R.I.P.
Brad Renfro Had a Son -- Who Knew?

Brad RenfroTMZ has confirmed that Brad Renfro had a young son who lives in Japan with his mom -- and the family is trying to keep details about the boy under wraps.

TMZ spoke with Renfro's dad, Mark, and his step-mom, Kim, who would not reveal their grandson's name or age in order to protect his privacy. They placed an obit in a local paper that simply listed his name as "Y Renfro."

Kim told us, "We did expect this because people didn't know he had a son. But we're very thankful Brad got to see his son before he died."

Brad was recently in Tennessee with the boy, spending time with the family.

A source close to Renfro, who spent a lot of time with the actor in the months before his death, tells TMZ she didn't know he had a child.

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31. and the right way to spell STORY is STORY and *not* STOREY.

megh

Posted at 11:50AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by megh iyer

32. lol, seriously, in these types of forums, it is actually acceptable netiquette to overlook spelling and grammer issues, yet when a story is PUBLISHED, it should be spell checked. AND I just said it's really not a matter of spelling and took responsiblity for being WRONG. IT ABSOLUTELY IS A GRAMMAR ISSUE IN THAT TMZ CORRECTED THE ERROR!!!! THAT'S WHY YOU NO LONGER SEE IT!!!!! IT said "TMZ spoke with his Renfro's dad" and they corrected it to say what it says now. Your turn to apologize.

Posted at 11:54AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by CK

33. megh, see previous comment...

Posted at 11:54AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by CK

34. 23. and the right way to spell STORY is STORY and *not* STOREY.

megh

Posted at 11:50AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by megh iyer

should that be "the correct way"....

Posted at 11:57AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Adrienne

35. Ah, I apologize CK. No hard feelings.

xoxox

megh

Posted at 11:56AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by megh

36. Bottom line, if we continue to expand on the fact that the story might have been hastily written resulting in grammer errors, rather than the fact that it shouldn't have been published at all, then we are taking teh focus off of the real matter... that a young boy whose life just suffered a great tragedy just got more difficult and TMZ thought it was so hard-hitting, that they needed to overlook this child's best interest and publish the damn thing anyway.

Posted at 11:59AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by CK

37. ...hahaha...LEAVE CK ALONE!!!!..

Posted at 11:59AM on Jan 22nd 2008 by CHRIS CROCKER

38. Oy Chris Crocker! It's not Britney Bitch, but thanks! :)

Posted at 12:02PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by CK

39. lol Adrienne I already apologized to CK. He made a point.

megh

Posted at 1:49PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by megh

40. Grammar, CK: not grammer. Since you spelled it wrong in three places, I'm guessing it's not a typo.

And "storey" is a perfectly good word, which is why spellcheck wouldn't catch it. It's wrong in this meaning, but it's not a non-existent word.

Posted at 12:05PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Blurgle

41. That's really too bad he won't see his son grow up and his son won't remember much about his Dad.

Posted at 12:15PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by tracey

42. With all due respect CK (and I'm not trying to pick on you ) but I disagree with you. While I realize this is a public forum, it does not excuse spelling mistakes. There is a difference between a spelling mistake and a typo...and as one who loves to peruse the comments that people post, it is quite appalling how ignorant many people sound due to idiotic spelling. As for the grammar comment, I do apologize- TMZ had corrected it which is why I never saw it. As for your final comment regarding the child, you are most certainly right in that respect.

Posted at 12:12PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Spell Checker

43. ...Spell Checker....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....guess you are the type that has to have the last word!...RELAX and just read!!!

Posted at 12:30PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by ......always needs the last word !!!

44. Damn, and I was going to marry him....

Posted at 3:12PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Krista

45. So.......... keeping it under wraps means yapping about it..TMZ has hit a new low... for today.
Screw the spell check... check your ethics.

Posted at 12:36PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Blue Jay

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