A few weeks ago, I posted some photos of Jeffrey Dean Morgan at his big premiere for The Losers. JDM had brought his mom and his girlfriend as his “dates”. I was sorely disappointed to see that he was with a very young-looking woman who I didn’t know at all. Turns out it was Hilarie Burton, one of those random CW chicks. I posted the story, and then some commenters corrected me – I thought JDM and Burton had only recently started dating, but according to certain commenters, JDM & Hilarie had been dating for at least a year, and they already had a baby together.

Now, I have to admit, I thought some of you were full of sh-t. I mean, a secret baby? That was only a vague whisper on the internet? Who does that? This isn’t Hollywood in the 1940s, actresses don’t have to go into hiding when they get pregnant. But, as Us Weekly has just confirmed, it’s the truth:

Grey’s Anatomy alum Jeffrey Dean Morgan, 44, and his girlfriend, former One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton, 27, quietly welcomed a baby boy a few months ago, reports the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).

The source tells Us Weekly the two began dating in 2009, and “their relationship moved really quickly.”

The actress, who divorced One Tree Hill assistant director Ian Prange in 2008, was not photographed in public between May 6, 2009, and April 20, 2010. For his part, Morgan is already familiar with daddy duties: He learned just last March that he had a son, now 5, with actress Sherrie Ross.

“She would be a fantastic mother,” Burton’s ex Prange told Us recently.

[From Us Weekly]

WTF? I mean, it’s not like JDM is ashamed to be dating her – he brought her to his premiere. So why all the hiding and the secrets? I don’t get it. While JDM’s fame is on the rise, it’s not like he’s the kind of celebrity getting pap’d every day (or even every week or every month), so don’t tell me it’s about privacy. Why did they keep this sh-t locked down? Was it because of a sketchy timeline? Because this time last year, Jeffrey was rumored to be reconciling with Mary-Louise Parker. Finding out that he knocked up some CW chick would certainly put a strain on his relationship with MLP, and perhaps that’s why they ended things for real.

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