Heath can't get a break

What's up with the latest piece of controversy to break its way into the death and after-life of late actor Heath Ledger? Well, claims are now surfacing of a possible love child that may have been fathered by Ledger when he was only a 17-year-old. The woman, who Ledger reportedly had an affair with and is stepping forward as the mother of this 11-year-old child, says that she discovered the pregnancy after her and Ledger's relationship ended and is only now revealing the truth.

If DNA tests can confirm that the child is Ledger's then the child will be entitled to a part of the late actor's estate, something already under careful scrutiny considering that his will was never updated to include his already publicly known child with actress Michelle Williams.

Now, can anybody call a nice big BULL S$#@ on this one? If the secret of the child's father was so important to be kept, why only bring it out once he has died? The issue of money is important here, and fame as well, but if that's the case the woman could have gotten both by coming out when the actor was alive.

Personally, I think the woman may have stupidly believed that it would be harder to prove that the child is Ledger's. Either that, or she may have been unsure of who the father was, and realized this is the only way to prove it. Maybe she believed that Ledger would have refused a paternity test when he was alive, or maybe he already did?

Either way, the joke's on us because Ledger will be making millions off of the insanely increased interest in the new Batman movie coming out; then again, his kid(s) will.