Presenting Larry King and Larry King

LARRY King has gone public with the news that he has a son -- Larry King Jr., no less -- whom he didn't acknowledge for 33 years.

The son -- from a brief, previous marriage to Annette Kaye (ten years Larry's senior-) appeared for the first time with King on "Larry King Live" this week.
"I knew there was a Larry King Jr. out there, I'd heard that, but I didn't know he was mine. The marriage was very short and she told me if it's a boy, I'm gonna name him Larry King Jr.," King, 75, told the press. "Then I never heard again." Annette had been married with three children when she met Larry. She got a divorce and insisted King marry her. They never lived together after the wedding and he only saw her a few times after that.They divorced and he didn't hear from her again until 1991. In the meantime,Larry Jr. was born in November 1961.

Why did he not seek out his son? "My life was in a swirl then. I had other children," he explained, alluding to son Andy and daughter Chaia. "I know there was a doubt in my mind that I had a son."
King, who's publicizing his new memoir, "Larry King: My Remarkable Journey," says he met Larry Jr. 15 years ago, after Annette, who was dying of lung cancer, called and assured him that the young man was indeed his son.
"I didn't think about it," he said. "I never heard from him, never heard from his mother. Never heard.
"I sort of put it away until that day [Annette] called," he said. At King's request, his lawyer went to meet Annette and Larry Junior. The lawyer called King and said,"If you want to spend $750 on a DNA test,you're welcome to, but this is your kid. He's just like you, talks like you, laughs like you."

When he finally met his son, King says, " I liked him right away. Annette had done a great job of raising him. There is also a quality about Larry (Jr), He's so likeable."
Did King feel guilty over not telling anyone about Larry Jr.'s existence all those years?
"In retrospect, I should've said to people, 'You know, there's a chance there's a guy out there with my name, who's my son.'"
"I couldn't call it guilt . . . I don't know what it is. Maybe a wonderment -- but not guilt."
On the show, he says he told some family and friends about finding Larry Jr. but never publicly acknowledged him before the book was published.
Larry Jr. is married, with three children of his own. He works now as the head of King's heart disease foundation in California.

Okay so his life was in a swirl and he didn't want to acknowledge his son, poor Larry. I can understand if he did not want to publicly acknowledge a love child, seeing that he's married but this man is a legitimate son born of his legitimate marriage to Annette, however brief. Where was the love , the help, the financial support? Sorry Larry but your reasons are lame and you are a 'deadbeat dad'.You just turned your back on your child for no particular reason.

However, it seems a little too convenient that he chose this particular time to reveal his secret and present his son to the world. 'Why? 'you ask. Larry is promoting his new book, which just happens to be his memoirs. Coincidence? I think not.

Turns out Larry has been married eight times. Think he's learned a thing or two by now?