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Frank Sinatra’s widow slams Mia Farrow’s paternity hints about son Ronan: ‘It’s just a bunch of junk’

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    Frank Sinatra and his wife, Barbara, laugh during the taping of an 80th birthday salute to Sinatra at the Shrine Auditorium in 1995. Barbara Sinatra slammed rumors that her late husband could be the father of Ronan Farrow, Mia Farrow's son.

  • A rep for Allen called the paternity rumors 'fictitious and...

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    A rep for Allen called the paternity rumors 'fictitious and extravagantly absurd.'

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    Mia Farrow told Vanity Fair that Frank Sinatra was 'possibly' the father of her son Ronan, previously believed to be her child with director Woody Allen.

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Is Ronan Farrow Frank Sinatra‘s child? The late crooner’s wife, Barbara Sinatra, doesn’t believe a word of it.

Actress Mia Farrow set tongues wagging when she told Vanity Fair’s November issue that her 25-year-old son, Ronan Farrow, was “possibly” fathered by Frank Sinatra.

The 68-year-old star, who was married to Sinatra for 18 months, revealed that she was still involved with the blue-eyed singer during her relationship with the director Woody Allen.

Mia Farrow told Vanity Fair that Frank Sinatra was 'possibly' the father of her son Ronan, previously believed to be her child with director Woody Allen.
Mia Farrow told Vanity Fair that Frank Sinatra was ‘possibly’ the father of her son Ronan, previously believed to be her child with director Woody Allen.

“We never really split up,” Farrow told the magazine.

But in Barbara Sinatra’s opinon, the paternity buzz is utter bunk.

Frank Sinatra in 1990.
Frank Sinatra in 1990.

“I can’t hardly believe that,” Sinatra told The Desert Sun on Wednesday. “It’s just a bunch of junk. There’s always junk writer-lies that aren’t true.”

“It sounds like a phony to me,” Sinatra said.

A rep for Allen called the paternity rumors 'fictitious and extravagantly absurd.'
A rep for Allen called the paternity rumors ‘fictitious and extravagantly absurd.’

Woody Allen responded to Mia Farrow’s comments through a rep to The Hollywood Reporter. “The article is so fictitious and extravagantly absurd that he is not going to comment.”

Ronan Farrow responded to the revelation on Twitter. “Listen, we’re all *possibly* Frank Sinatra’s son,” he wrote.