Billy Idol recently shared why he wasn’t particularly surprised when he learned about the existence of his secret son. A few years ago, the musician found out that he was the father of a third child.
The 69-year-old explained that the revelation didn’t shock him because he had been involved in multiple sexual relationships around the time his secret son, Brant, was born.
Billy Idol also admitted that many of his colleagues in the rock world have likely fathered children outside of their usual relationships.
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Billy Idol Explains Why He Wasn’t Shocked About Fathering A Secret Son
Speaking with iNews, Billy Idol opened up about his reaction to discovering that he had fathered a son he wasn’t aware of.
Despite this, he admitted to feeling “a little bit” taken aback when he first discovered the existence of this secret child, who was born during the Rebel Yell tour in New York back in the ’80s.
“The more I thought about it, I guessed there must be something like that,” he told the outlet about learning of his third child, Brant Broad.
“Because we were going around in the ’80s and ’70s, just having knockdown, drag-out sex with a million people you didn’t know,” he added.
Reflecting further, Idol, who also shares son Willem Wolfe Broad, 37, with ex Perri Lister, and daughter Bonnie Blue Broad, 35, with ex Linda Mathis, admitted that his situation wasn’t unusual.
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“A lot of people in the rock world have children beyond their usual relationships,” he said.
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How The Musician Discovered His Secret Son
Idol learned about his third child after his daughter, Bonnie, took a 23andMe DNA test, which provides personalized reports on ancestry, genetic traits, and potential health conditions.
Although it is unclear when they first met, the singer was publicly spotted with Brant in January 2023, during his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.
In September that year, Idol then addressed Brant as his son for the first time in public when he shared photos of himself with Brant and his grandchildren, who had attended his show at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.
“Had a lovely visit from my granddaughter McKenzie backstage at the Kings Theatre yesterday… also with my son @brant_northridge_broad … also McKenzie started school recently-BFI,” he captioned the Instagram snaps.
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Billy Idol Doesn’t Believe He Has Any Other Secret Children
Despite his promiscuous past, Idol doesn’t expect to have another secret child pop up.
He told iNews that he feels certain this is the case because he thinks, “we would know about them now if there were.”
As for his relationship with Brant, Idol revealed that they share more than a father-son bond.
“We’re quite good friends, and I love him. He’s a nice guy,” the musician told the outlet about Brant after mentioning that he works in construction.
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The Singer Says He’s In ‘A Better Place’
Idol also shared that he feels more “set up” to take up all of the responsibility that comes with being a grandfather and father, now that he is in “a better place” in his life.
“In lots of ways, I’ve done everything I wanted, at least to my own satisfaction,” the rocker stated.
Idol continued, “And now I’m not a drug addict, I can really be there for them.”
Billy Idol’s New Doc Reveals He Nearly Died From A Heroin Overdose
More about Idol and Brant’s relationship is discussed in the singer’s documentary, “Billy Idol: Should Be Dead,” which premiered earlier this month.
Other bombshells were also shared in the project, including how the punk rock legend nearly died from a heroin overdose in 1984.
Speaking in the documentary about the incident, Idol recalled hanging out in London with some of his friends who had “some of the strongest heroin.”
“Everybody did a line or so, and they all nodded out, except for me and this mate of mine. We kind of went, ‘Well, that’s funny.’ So we did a few more lines,” the singer shared, per the New York Post.
However, his decision to have more almost turned tragic, but his friends intervened just in time.
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“I was basically dying. I was turning blue,” Idol recalled. “So they put me in an ice-cold bath, and I remember them walking me around on the top of the building, you know, on the roof.”
