Herschel Walker

The Georgia Republican Senate candidate's campaign confirmed the son's existence after The Daily Beast reported on Herschel Walker's family Tuesday.

He’s dramatically inflated his record as a businessman and overstated his role in a for-profit program that is alleged to have preyed on veterans while defrauding the government. He’s supported the child and continues to do so,” Walker campaign manager Scott Paradise said in a statement Wednesday. “He’s proud of his children. Warnock helped flip the Senate to Democrats after he and fellow Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff won a pair of runoff elections in early 2021. To suggest that Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child because he hasn’t used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd.” “I want all African Americans to know, even though you may leave the mom, don’t leave the child,” Walker told WABE-TV’s “Love and Respect with Killer Mike” on May 27. “Continue to be a dad, continue to be a strong figure in that child’s life, because that happens, that happens.

Scott Paradise, Walker's campaign manager, confirmed in a statement to The Washington Post early Wednesday that Walker, an outspoken critic of absentee ...

Before and during his candidacy, Walker has repeatedly talked about how proud he is to be a father. “We hope that with the filing of the petition Mr. Walker will finally acknowledge the true extent of his support obligations.” But several years earlier, Walker was petitioned to prove his paternity and pay child support. “The father leaves in the Black family. The latest came Monday when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on previous speeches and statements given by Walker about how he claimed he had worked with police in Cobb County, Ga., and was an FBI agent. To suggest that Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child because he hasn’t used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd.”

The campaign of Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is acknowledging that the Republican nominee has a second son in the wake of a report published ...

“Raphael Warnock is currently engaged in both a nasty mudslinging campaign and a nasty custody dispute with his ex-wife. “If you have a child with a woman, even if you have to leave that woman, even if you have to leave that woman, you don’t leave the child,” Walker said during the interview. The news outlet, citing a person close to the child’s family, public posts and a court document in which Walker is named the father of the child, reported that Walker, a critic of absentee fathers, appears to have an estranged relationship with his second son.

Herschel Walker's Republican Senate candidacy didn't need another controversy. Then we learned about a young man described as his "secret son."

And the mother, whose name we are also withholding for privacy reasons, had to take Walker to court a year after giving birth in order to secure a declaration of paternity and child support. He leaves the boys alone so they’ll be raised by their mom,” comparing the dynamic to family separations during slavery. The Georgia Republican has, for example, faced allegations of domestic violence and other dangerous personal behavior from his past.

Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Wednesday acknowledged he has a second child, a 10-year-old boy, about whom he hasn't spoken publicly.

"To suggest that Herschel is 'hiding' the child because he hasn't used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd." That includes allegations of violent behavior and his diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder, or D.I.D., a complex mental health condition characterized by some severe and potentially debilitating symptoms. It is, however, unclear what role Walker has played in the life of his 10-year-old son. He's supported the child and continues to do so. His campaign previously referred ABC News to his 2008 memoir, which detailed his D.I.D. diagnosis, and a 2008 interview he did with ABC News in which he discussed its effects on his first marriage. "Herschel had a child years ago when he wasn't married.

Walker, an ex-NFL star running to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has criticized fathers who don't raise their children.

To suggest that Herschel is 'hiding' the child because he hasn't used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd," Paradise said. The publication withheld the name of the 10-year-old child and his mother due to privacy concerns. "If you got a child, hug your child every day," Walker said in a 2017 speech.

In a 2021 interview, Walker spoke about the importance of fathers, saying, 'even if you have to leave that woman — you don't leave that child'

"I will stand up for conservative values and get our country moving in the right direction," he said at the time. But he falsely claimed on his campaign website that he later returned to UGA to finish his studies and graduate with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. I also was in the top 1 percent of my graduating class in college,'" Walker said during an 2017 interview with Sway Calloway on his SiriusXM radio show. If you have a child with a woman, even if you have to leave that woman — even if you have to leave that woman — you don't leave that child." To suggest that Herschel is 'hiding' the child because he hasn't used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd." In a statement to The Daily Beast, Walker's campaign manager confirmed the news of the second child, telling the outlet: "Herschel had a child years ago when he wasn't married.

It turns out that Herschel Walker doesn't have just one kid, or two kids, or even three kids. He has four.

In his 2008 autobiography, Breaking Free, Walker revealed an ongoing battle with mental health, and the toll it took on his personal relationships. In a Facebook post from December 2021, the son’s mother shared a note Walker sent along with Christmas presents. By contrast, Walker does not see his 10-year-old son, according to a person close to the boy’s family. The Dallas area was also home to the mother of the 13-year-old. In a statement issued to The Daily Beast, Walker confirmed that the 13-year-old son is his child. The 10-year-old’s mother went to court for a paternity declaration and child support. A photo series posted to the mother’s public Facebook page shows the two—Herschel Walker and his son—playing video games on a sofa. “Herschel had a child years ago when he wasn’t married,” the statement said. Another photo on the mother’s Facebook, this one from 2016, depicts Walker and the son on laptop computers at a living room table. The second of Walker’s previously undisclosed sons was born to a woman living in Texas and is now 13 years old. A post from this year identifies the child as bearing Walker’s last name. In the case of Walker’s 10-year-old, the football star seems to have played very little role.

In the past, the ex-NFL star has said that he served as both an "honorary deputy" in Cobb County, Georgia as well as an FBI agent. In a 2017 speech, he ...

Prosecutors investigating Universal Health Services have also alleged that the Patriot Support was part of a systematic effort to push "those with government-sponsored insurance into inpatient mental health care to drive revenue," as the Associated Press reported. So that Herschel that all the kids said was retarded become valedictorian of his class. In the past, the ex-NFL star has said that he served as both an "honorary deputy" in Cobb County, Georgia as well as an FBI agent. In December 2021, Walker's campaign website alleged that the former athlete graduated from the University of Georgia, which he actually left during his junior year to play football professionally. But according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Cobb County Police Department has no record of Walker's employment. Just this week, Walker was mocked after claiming that he used to be both a police officer and an FBI agent.

It's hard to overstate the risk Georgia Republicans took when they nominated Herschel Walker as the party's nominee against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

To suggest that Herschel is 'hiding' the child because he hasn't used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd." "And I want to apologize to the African American community, because the fatherless home is a major, major problem,' Walker told conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a 2020 interview. Walker was ordered to pay child support starting in 2014, according to the report. Walker campaign manager Scott Paradise told CNN: "Herschel had a child years ago when he wasn't married. Of course, spending a week at Quantico is not the same thing as training to be an FBI agent. Asked for comment by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Walker's office provided Associated Press stories from 1989 that suggest Walker had spent a week at Quantico as he was retiring from pro football.

News of a previously unacknowledged son out of wedlock is just the latest revelation about Georgia Senate candidate and Trump friend Herschel Walker.

Walker’s campaign quickly acknowledged that the candidate has a second son and claimed rather unconvincingly that he hasn’t tried to hide him. He, and Republicans generally, may yet regret his decision to give up a relatively quiet life in Texas and enter the political snake pit. As the general election approaches, Warnock and his Democratic allies will have the resources to shine an extremely bright light on the more hidden places in Walker’s life. When Walker moved back to Georgia and announced a Senate campaign, several Republican candidates already in the field weren’t shy about bringing up his questionable background. After he led the University of Georgia Bulldogs to a national championship in 1981 as a freshman prodigy, he was often depicted in Superman garb. When talk first circulated of Trump trying to convince the man who is nearly universally known in Georgia simply as “Herschel” to come home and run for the Senate, it wasn’t hard for journalists to dig up more evidence of Walker’s troubled past, as the AP did last July:

The former NFL star is a serial fabulist, MAGA cultist, and as stupid as they come. Herschel Walker at a Trump rally in Georgia in March of 2022 ...

As long as you kept pressing on without flinching in the face of scrutiny or accountability, you could pretty much get away with anything. Despite this massive compendium of easily penetrated deceit and the stupid and destructive politics that emerged from it, Trump demonstrated that anyone could withstand the scandal of a single lie by creating more of them or repaving old lies with new ones. (Trump was apparently jealous that Dr. Anthony Fauci had received an invitation to kick off a Washington Nationals game; Fauci’s throw ended up being way off the mark.)

The Georgia Senate candidacy of Herschel Walker has been promoted by Donald Trump. Walker confirmed he has at least three kids out of wedlock.

"Saying I hide my children because I don't discuss them with reporters to win a campaign? "I worked for law enforcement, y'all didn't know that either?" Y'all didn't know I was an agent?" The campaign did not respond to CNBC's question asking how many women had children by Walker. On Thursday morning, The Daily Beast revealed he had a third son, who is 13 years old now, out of wedlock. "They're not 'undisclosed' — they're my kids.

Heisman Trophy winner and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally on May 23, 2022 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/ ...

To suggest that Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child because he hasn’t used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd.” “Herschel had a child years ago when he wasn’t married,” the statement said. The news comes two days after The Daily Beast revealed that Walker has a 10-year-old with a different woman, which Walker’s campaign confirmed.

Mr. Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, has often criticized absentee fathers. But this week it has emerged that in addition to a son he ...

He has also falsely claimed that he graduated “in the top 1 percent of my graduating class.” Mr. Walker has played an active role in the life of his eldest son, Christian, and has focused on their relationship in his campaign speeches and interviews. The news this week about Mr. Walker’s children comes after a series of reports detailing his exaggerations and outright falsehoods about his life before entering politics. The outlet reported on Tuesday about a 10-year-old son of Mr. Walker’s with whom he is not in contact. “I have four children,” Mr. Walker said in a statement to The New York Times. “Three sons and a daughter. Mr. Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, has often criticized absentee fathers.

Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker (R) has confirmed that he has a third son and an adult daughter, a revelation that comes just a day after his ...

We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. However, the Daily Beast reported that Walker appears to have an estranged relationship with his 10-year-old son with another woman. I support them all and love them all,” he said.

The latest developments from Herschel Walker's campaign are shocking and underscore the ex-football player's hypocrisy.

He also insisted that he acted like a father to children in his hometown who didn’t have one. I’ve never denied my children, I confirmed this when I was appointed to the President’s Council on Sports Fitness and Nutrition. Saying I hide my children because I don’t discuss them with reporters to win a campaign? To suggest that Herschel is ‘hiding’ the child because he hasn’t used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd,” Paradise explained in a statement.

Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Wednesday acknowledged he has a second child, a 10-year-old boy, about whom he hasn't spoken publicly.

"To suggest that Herschel is 'hiding' the child because he hasn't used him in his political campaign is offensive and absurd." That includes allegations of violent behavior and his diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder, or D.I.D., a complex mental health condition characterized by some severe and potentially debilitating symptoms. He continued: "Saying I hide my children because I don't discuss them with reporters to win a campaign? I've never denied my children, I confirmed this when I was appointed to the President's Council on Sports Fitness and Nutrition, I just chose not to use them as props to win a political campaign. He's supported the child and continues to do so. They're not 'undisclosed' - they're my kids," he said on Thursday. "I support them all and love them all.