46. Since the spell check police are out today -- I need to correct my own typo - I meant shot, not shoot.

Posted at 1:54PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Angie

47. On track, his son's existence has been denied by him, for whatever reason. If not now, it will come out later... also imagine the plight of the little boy having (or maybe who HAD) a father that was ashamed to acknowledge his existence. I feel bad for the little kid. :(

megh

Posted at 1:57PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by megh

48. Poor Brad. Barely a mention anywhere in the news about him. I always thought he was hot stuff, even though I am a little older than him.

His death got no attention. TMZ broke the story about his death with a very short little blurb, then about his tattoo with a short little blurb.. and no the existence of a son - with a little blurb.

Other than that - he seems to have been forgotten by Hollywood. Oh how they love to turn out those child stars but when they grow up. Get a belly, start balding a little and don't look like the cute little tweens they were - they totally discard them.

By the way, this guy was in some overly sexualized movies at a very young age. I read an interview with some pervert who said he took a picture of Brads penis - when brad was 17. I looked up the dudes name, turns out he is like 47-ish now. He was almost 40 taking pictures of Brad at the urinal.

The story is way more sordid than that but let's just say that he may have been "used" Lou Pearlman-style by some Hollywood types. Not this interviewer particularly.. but who knows?

Maybe he couldn't get over it all. it's all too horrible and it's the seedy world that celebrities live in - where Drew Barrymore was clubbing and going to parties by age 8.

Hollywood should be ashamed.

Posted at 2:03PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by TrickyTrick

49. Please TMZ give this poor child and morning family the privacy they deserve!!! My prayers are with you all. There is an innocent child involved here, that obviously his father was trying to protect from the media glare. Give him the same respect!!!

Posted at 2:08PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by gr8mom

50. #16 CK spellcheck is not that difficult. lol Have a great day!

Posted at 2:21PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by just a thought

51. I have to say that I am more than a little shocked that anyone cares about how CK spells. The article was wrong when it was first printed and it has been corrected. I somehow doubt that most of us are good spellers...especially considering our mistakes are immediately corrected by whatever computer we are on. The only way to really catch grammar mistakes is to read your own typing. Something TMZ obviously didn't do when they wrote the article. Thank you TMZ for correcting it so we can all move past the grammar error in the article. If I spell something wrong on my message...I hope it doesn't detract from what we are all really doing on this message board. We are all sad that a young person, who struggled in his life, wasn't able to overcome those struggles. It is particularly disheartening when it is someone famous because we all know what that person looks like, what their bio says about them, and information or gossip that is reported about them. Brad was a good actor who made a lot of mistakes in his life. His family has done Brad a service...for the first time that I've ever heard...by not publicly stating the name of his little son. RIP Brad and my condolences to his family. Now, give it a rest.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Junie T.

52. Specailk007 - I had to laugh when I read your posting about becoming pregnant while on birth control. My neighbor showed everyone sonogram pictures of her baby which was situated just beside her IUD. LOL. Luckily, they were a happily married couple who rolled with the punches. They ended up with a beautiful baby girl. Somehow, given Brad's lifestyle, I doubt that was the situation for him though...don't you think? I guess we will never know. I hope little Y grows up hearing grand stories about his dad. While his demons go the best of him he certainly had a lot of talents.

Posted at 3:01PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Junie T.

53. Oops, I just read my own posting -- "go" should have been "got". LOL.

Posted at 3:04PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Junie T.

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

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

55. thanks to pointless media, with no real news to ever report on, Brad may become more famous being dead then he ever did being alive. What has he really done in the past 10 years? He spent time in Knoxville scoring drugs from the ghetto and getting roles in crap films with other has-beens or never-beens. If no one had ever meantioned that he was dead, we may have never noticed he was gone. I grew up in Knoxville. Of all the great people to have come from or passed through there, Brad was never been one of the people we claim. In the mid 90's maybe, but not since. TMZ, find something better to talk about!

Posted at 5:00PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by David

56. A son? Who is Brad?

Posted at 5:12PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by TCurry

57. Brad Renfro passing away is a real tragedy. It's a tragedy for Brad's loved one's, a tragedy for Brad, a tragedy for the thousand's of people that received pay checks as a direct result of Brad's line of work. It's unfortunate the extremely limited Media coverage has focused on Brad's stumbles in life instead of his lengthy accomplishments...TMZ, Entertainment Tonight, Showbiz tonight all continue pummeling us with silly trashy non-news about Britney Spears. I don't give a rat's ass how many Gas Stations Britney stop's at per night for Intentional Photo Op's. The world has lost a very talented young man. Brad Renfro Has Not Received the respect & acknowledgment in the Media he is most certainly overdue...! I admire his extreme privacy & not selling his private life out to the vultures Britney chase's and the vultures that chase Britney back. Real Entertainment news is being overlooked to update us where Britney farted last & what accent she used. Give us a break, the public deserves better & so does Brad Renfro. I have 100% admiration for a true actor that didn't sell out to the Big budgeted Hollywood Remakes like legions of other actors. Renfro was an actor's actor. No B.S., no pretense, no publicist to give us lame excuses like: "He's suffering from exhaustion." Brad answered for his stumbles in life & made no excuses when they occured. The media seems to forget Drug & Alcohol Addiction kills people in all walks of life. It's a disease that doesn't discriminate. Unlike the media,i.e. TMZ & others that choose to focus on this young man's disease instead of his umpteen accomplishments. God Bless Brad Renfro & God Bless Heath Ledger....Heaven's a better place.

Posted at 6:18PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Davy Jones

58. found this:

January 22, 2008
According to a witness, Brad Renfro had a closed casket at his funeral. His family did not want any photos of him taken.

One of his survivors was his four year old son listed as 'Y. Renfro'. Supposedly the 'Y' is the child's actual real first initial and is a Japanese name, 'Yamato'. The child's mother is named 'Reiko'. Could she be an actress? Maybe. Imdb.com does list a 'Reiko'.

Brad will be interred at Red House Cemetary in Blaine, TN.
Posted by inthestars at January 22, 2008 02:38 AM

Posted at 9:42PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Robert

59. January 22, 2008
According to a witness, Brad Renfro had a closed casket at his funeral. His family did not want any photos of him taken.

One of his survivors was his four year old son listed as 'Y. Renfro'. Supposedly the 'Y' is the child's actual real first initial and is a Japanese name, 'Yamato'. The child's mother is named 'Reiko'. Could she be an actress? Maybe. Imdb.com does list a 'Reiko'.

Brad will be interred at Red House Cemetary in Blaine, TN.


Posted by inthestars at January 22, 2008 02:38 AM

Posted at 9:43PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Robert

60. Oh My God,,Brad had a son?? Kapan dia Married nya??

Posted at 10:05PM on Jan 22nd 2008 by Sesa Jkt,Id