Rumor redux: Is Morgan Freeman marrying his step-granddaughter?
Morgan Freeman, 74, is reportedly set to marry 27-year-old step-granddaughter, E'Dena Hines.
Rumor redux: Is Morgan Freeman marrying his step-granddaughter?
Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Sideshow Columnist
Here’s a not-so-new report that’s been making the rounds a few years.
Nearly three years after the National Enquirer alleged that Morgan Freeman was dating his step-granddaughter (“Morgan Freeman ‘incest’ shocker,” read the understated headline), come reports that the 74-year-old Oscar-winning actor plans to wed the 27-year-old in the very near future.
Citing “insiders” in Morgan’s life, the Enquirer claimed in June 2009 that Freeman’s affair with the then-25-year-old E'Dena Hines had been going on for nearly a decade, implying he began sleeping with her when she was 15 or 16, adding to the creep-out factor.
The glossy tabloid claimed Myrna filed for divorce in 2008 over the affair.
E’Dena’s mother, Deena, was adopted by Freeman when he married her biological mother, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw in 1967. Their marriage ended in 1979 and Freeman wed Myrna Colley-Lee in 1984.
The same exact reports – that the alleged couple were to wed – surfaced in the fall of 2009 and in late 2010, when Freeman’s divorce with Myrna was finally finalized. (See Wendy Williams discuss the story on her show in July 2010.)
Freeman has not discussed the matter.
Believe what you will.
That's weird, not sure if it is disgusting.— SilliBilli- Yes, disgusting to molest your 15 year old granddaughter... Not sure where you are confused with this. — Eak
- Yes it is disgusting as well.— SHARONANDTONE
Southern folks, man. It's a whole different world down there.— mikestef100- not with this southerner or my assoc. But if this is true, then charges should be filed against him for child abuse/rape/contributing to harm to a minor and about a dozen other crimes. Hopefully it isn't true. — lexilee
- You should watch the bashing of other parts of the country. Nearly all people in the Southern US disapprove of incest and child molestation. We do not do it and we do not condone it. People die down here over child molestation. — prenticehill
- Alex Cross say it aint so !!!— dmanphilly
- Kind of like Robin Hood. Stealing the young and giving them to himself.— ceocreates
- If he goes to jail, he better watch out for "the sisters"— CFA
- If he goes to jail, who will build Batman's gadgets?— mikestef100
- Shatters the "creepy meter".— kelprod2
- WOW!!!— Rick SP 4 LIFE
- I hear he is a man that can get things.— TheyCallMeBruce
- This is disgusting and nauseating.— The_Unknown-Poster
- If it is true that the relationship has been going on for years and a sexual relationship began when she was underage, he should absolutely be brought up on charges. A brilliant actor he may be, but a terribly warped human being he is.— Izzie
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