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Bryan Singer expecting baby with best friend Michelle Clunie

OPENLY gay X-Men director Bryan Singer is expecting a baby with his best friend, Queer as Folk actor Michelle Clunie.

New dad ... director Bryan Singer, pictured with Tom Cruise, is expecting a baby.
New dad ... director Bryan Singer, pictured with Tom Cruise, is expecting a baby.

X-Men director Bryan Singer is expecting a baby with his best friend, actor Michelle Clunie, the director’s rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Mother and father are both very excited about the upcoming birth and look forward to co-parenting the child together,” the statement said. “The pair have been planning this baby for years and have been trying for the last two.”

Multiple outlets confirm that the baby, to be born via surrogate, is due in 2015.

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Expecting ... Michelle Clunie, pictured at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in NYC.
Expecting ... Michelle Clunie, pictured at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in NYC.

The pair, who have been close mates for 25 years, were romantically involved early on, with the openly gay Singer revealing to Out magazine that Queer as Folk star Clunie was his first serious relationship when he was 23-years-old.

(Peter Paige with Michelle Clunie, Hal Sparks, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison and Scott Lowell from Queer as Folk.
(Peter Paige with Michelle Clunie, Hal Sparks, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison and Scott Lowell from Queer as Folk.

Singer was recently one of the targets of a lawsuit by Michael Egan, who accused Singer and Hollywood executives Gary Goddard, David Neuman and Garth Ancier of sexual abuse. Those suits were recently dropped.

In addition to the X-Men franchise, Singer’s credits also include Superman Returns, Apt Pupil and Jack the Giant Slayer. He recently finalised a deal to direct X-Men: Apocalypse.

Originally published as Bryan Singer expecting baby with best friend Michelle Clunie

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