Minnie Driver has come forward to reveal that three-year-old Henry’s dad was a writer on her former television show The Riches.
The 42-year-old actress said the reason she had decided to disclose the man’s identity was because she doesn’t ‘need to protect him any more’.
She added to The Observer magazine: ‘He can fend for himself. He’s a grown-up.
‘We weren’t together and he wasn’t directly in the business so I chose to protect him and not have a rain of publicity.
‘He’s not famous. There’s no big story.’
It had been reported before that the father was a TV writer, who ended his relationship with Driver when she found out she was pregnant.
However, Driver admitted that the man, who she still refused to name outright, has now increased his involvement in their son’s life.
She said: ‘Is he a good dad? Sort of. He’s figuring it out… I mean, he hasn’t been that involved, his choice. But he is now.’