Actress Minnie Driver proudly showed off beautiful family photos of her first child Henry. “There’s my baby!” the new mum gushed as photographs of her 10-month-old were projected on a giant screen on U.S. TV’s The View. “It’s the greatest love affair of my life.” Although a single mum, Minnie says being a parent has changed her life for the better.

“He was a beautiful unplanned thing that happened,” Minnie says. “I’m a single mum but he’s dad is amazing and in his life. But I don’t feel alone. Babies attract love.” Minnie says she is “not together” with Henry’s father, whom she still refuses to identify. “It’s like my celebrity is not his celebrity. I don’t think you should have the attention dumped on an unwilling bystander even if he is the father,” she explained.

“It’s not his business to have paparazzi and people in his business. I chose to do this, not him. So I chose to protect him, and to protect Henry.” Minnie said she was “in labour for a week” as Henry kept starting to be delivered, then stop.

“It was completely insane – it was the longest journey ever,” she said, insisting that she would do it all again, though. “My dog loves him – he thinks it’s his baby. We all snuggle in the same bed in the morning.”

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