That’s Just My Baby Daddy: Athletes and Baby Mama Drama
Athletes who made headlines for baby-mama drama.
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More Baby Mamas, More Problems - With all that cash you would think athletes would use some of it on condoms. Instead ballers are knocking up women left and right, tallying up baby mamas like points in a playoff game. From Dwight Howard to Antonio Cromartie, BET.com takes a look at athletes and baby-mama drama. —Dominique Zonyéé (Photos from left: Leon Halip/Getty Images, Al Bello/Getty Images, Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Dwight Howard, Houston Rockets - We meet Dwight Howard’s baby mama, Royce Reed, a former Orlando Magic cheerleader when she starred on Basketball Wives but could not mention Howard’s name due to a gag order. But what about the other seven baby mamas: Daisy, Hope, Tiffany, Britnie, Phiona, Kim and Emili? Royce allegedly had Dwight’s first child in 2007, but she aired out the rest of his blended bunch on Twitter earlier this year.(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Antonio Cromartie, New York Jets - Good thing Antonio Cromartie’s knee injury is not preventing him from coming back, because he has a lot of mouths to feed, with 12 kids from nine different women. If you want to know how he does it, check out the tell-all book Love, Intercepted: A Tale of Football, Falling and Failing in Love, by Rhonda Patterson, his ex-fiance and sixth baby mama.(Photo: Leon Halip/Getty Images)
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Adrian Peterson Jr., Minnesota Vikings - We heard of Adrian Peterson Jr. before, then news broke that he had a son he had never met, who died at the hands of his abuser this month. But according to Erica Syion, Peterson’s second baby mama, he has more than five illegitimate children with more than four women. Syion even sued Peterson for $52,032 in unpaid child support. Will other mothers come forth?(Photo: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
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Terrell Owens, Former NFL Running Back - TO, what can you say about him? He is arguably one of the best wide receivers in the league, but maybe not the best baby daddy out there? After making headlines for failed child support payments, Owens’ three baby mamas were in full attack mode. He even had to do deadbeat daddy damage control as a guest on Dr. Phil in 2012. (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat - D. Wade should not even make this list, but his ex-wife Siovaughn Wade did cause some “baby mama drama” for the NBA champ. As if their divorce wasn’t tumultuous enough, Siovaughn went and filed suit against Wade's girlfriend, Gabrielle Union, in 2010. She claimed that Union's and Wade’s relationship was causing her and Dwyane’s two sons “emotional stress.”(Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
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Michael Turner, Atlanta Falcons - The secret's out. Michael Turner has seven — not three — children as reported back in 2012 when his baby mamas got into a brawl outside of his Atlanta home. Allegedly, Turner has five baby mamas, who knew nothing about one another. Good thing for Twitter, because that’s what his baby mamas used to air out Turner’s promiscuous ways.(Photo: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
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LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles - Social media is a hot spot for baby mama-drama, just ask LeSean McCoy. McCoy tweeted he was on vacation in Puerto Rico in January, which immediately sparked response from the mother of his son, Steph (according to her twitter profile). The two shared a series of nasty tweets, blasting each other on parenting skills. McCoy deleted his Twitter account, but not after claiming he was hacked.(Photo: Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
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Ray Lewis, Retired, Baltimore Ravens - When your contract goes up, so do the child support deductions. Ray Lewis found himself in a child support dispute in 2012 with Sharnika Kelly, the mother of his 11-year son. Kelly was demanding more than the $3,500 she agreed to in 2001. Hopefully Lewis, the father of six children with four different women, saved up enough to retire and cash out for his babies.(Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
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Floyd Mayweather Jr., Boxer - Mayweather Jr. may have a flawless record in the ring, but outside of the ring he is not so stellar among his baby mama. The undefeated boxer spent a stint in jail last summer after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges. Apparently the boxer used his skills on baby mama Josie Harris. Not cool.(Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images)