People confirms Mel Gibson & Oksanas baby girl, named Lucia
On Sunday, Radar had the first report that Mel Gibson’s pregnant girlfriend/fiancée Oksana Grigorieva gave birth (“a few weeks early”) to a baby girl on Friday, and that Oksana and child were home by Sunday. Although CB and I both thought there was something slightly fishy about the birth, pregnancy and, basically, the whole relationship of Mel and Oksana, we both thought the Radar report was probably close to the truth.
Thankfully, it seems it was true. Mel’s rep confirmed the news to People a little while ago. Oksana did give birth on Friday in Los Angeles, and she and Mel have named the girl Lucia. I don’t know if they’re going to hyphenate the last name (Lucia Grigorieva-Gibson, which is kind of cute) or whether she’ll just be Lucia Gibson. People also reports that while Oksana and Lucia came home from the hospital on Sunday, they also report that Mel flew out of LA, to New York, to finish filming The Beaver.
Mel Gibson became a father for the eighth time on Friday when his girlfriend, musician Oksana Grigorieva, gave birth to a baby girl, PEOPLE confirms.
“This will confirm that Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson welcomed the arrival of a baby girl named Lucia on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles,” says Gibson’s rep, Alan Nierob, confirming earlier reports of the event. No further details were available.
“Everything is great! They couldn’t be happier,” a friend tells PEOPLE. “Everyone’s healthy and thrilled. He loooves it!”
Gibson, 53, was at Grigorieva’s side in Los Angeles until she and the baby went home from the hospital, then he flew to New York Sunday to resume shooting The Beaver, costarring Jodie Foster.
On Monday morning, an announcement of the birth was made on the set of the film in White Plains, N.Y. “Everyone sang ‘[For] He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,’ and he blushed,” a member of the film crew told PEOPLE.
Gibson has seven children (six sons and a daughter) with his ex-wife Robyn, while Oksana, has a son, Alexander, with her former boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton.
In April, Gibson’s wife of 30 years, filed for divorce and later that month, he and Grigeorieva made their first public appearance together as a couple.
Their daughter’s birth was first reported by Radar Online.
[From People]
It could be totally possible that Oksana gave birth very close to her due date, and that this whole “she delivered a few weeks to a month early” stuff is just the tabloids trying to cover up their own crappy reporting. Considering Oksana and Lucia came home so quickly, I have to think that she is probably a very healthy baby who was probably born full term.
What does everyone think of the name Lucia? I think it’s pretty – but I was expecting a more Russian sounding name, like Natalia or Natasha. Congratulations to the happy family again!
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