Madonna’s former partner Carlos Leon is proudly ’embracing’ his title as one of the world’s most famous baby daddies.
While the former couple’s daughter, Lourdes Leon, is now 27 and an accomplished model who graduated from the University of Michigan, the 57-year-old actor was clearly in a nostalgic mood as he shared a certain number of photos with her granddaughter over the years on Instagram. on Sunday.
In addition to a number of precious snaps with his firstborn, the New York native directed a cheeky video, set to 2007 track Big Poppa, featuring shirtless thirst traps and throwbacks .
“For years, many referred to me as ‘baby daddy.’ But now it’s time to rewrite history and reclaim it as the OG Daddy!’ did he declare. “Join me in this empowerment movement and let’s break stereotypes together.”
Madonna’s former partner, Carlos Leon, proudly “owns” his title as one of the most famous baby daddies in the world.
While the former couple’s daughter, Lourdes Leon, is now 27 and an accomplished model who graduated from the University of Michigan, the 57-year-old actor was clearly in a nostalgic mood as he shared a number of photos back with her little girl on Instagram on Monday.
He concluded his caption by writing, “It’s about owning our own narrative and accepting who we truly are.” Let us all be strong, present and proud. ‘
His fans expressed their support in the comments section, with many agreeing that he has “ALWAYS been the OG dad.”
“Coolest man on the streets,” wrote another.
A third expressed: “You are a gorgeous man and we all know you are the OG dad.”
Baby Daddy is a slang term for the biological father of an unmarried woman’s child.
The actor, who is divorced from Betina Holte, met Madonna while jogging in Central Park in 1994.
The former lovebirds hit it off right away and less than a year later, during her 37th birthday party, they announced to their loved ones that they were expecting a little girl.
Even though Madonna and Leon dated for three years, they were never able to come out.
In addition to a number of precious snaps with his firstborn, the New York native made a cheeky video, set to the 2007 sound track Big Poppa, which also featured shirtless thirst traps.
Lourdes Leon, the eldest of Madonna’s six children, pictured with her father in adorable throwback
“For years, many referred to me as ‘baby daddy.’ But now it’s time to rewrite history and reclaim it as the OG Daddy!’ did he declare. “Join me in this empowerment movement and let’s break stereotypes together”
After their separation in May 1997, when Lourdes was seven months old, the duo remained amicably co-parenting and praised each other publicly.
In 2011 he declared People that he was “eternally grateful to Madonna” for giving birth to the “love of his life.”
‘I have no regrets. I wouldn’t change anything. The best thing I got out of this relationship was my daughter. My daughter is everything to me,” he said.
As for his parenting style, he admitted to being “an indulgent father” and “very empathetic.”
He concluded his caption by writing, “It’s about owning our own narrative and accepting who we really are.” Let’s all be strong, present and proud ‘
Baby Daddy is slang for the biological father of a single woman’s child.
Even though Madonna and Leon dated for almost three years, they were never able to come out.
“I’m good at listening to my daughter. I’m probably a bad father when it comes to disciplining her,” he confessed.
Leon, who previously worked as a fitness trainer, revealed his daughter was also “very interested in a healthy lifestyle”.
“She likes to eat junk food,” he thought. “But she is in very good health… She takes dance lessons. She is in very good health.
The actor, who is now divorced from Betina Holte, met Madonna after a chance encounter while running past him in Central Park in 1994 (seen in 1995).
After their separation in May 1997, when Lourdes was seven months old, the duo remained amicably co-parenting and praised each other publicly.
In 2016 he said GOOD MORNING! his daughter has no problem telling him if he’s wearing his “jeans too tight” and giving him “good advice.”
Lourdes currently resides in Bushwick with her boyfriend of five years, Jonathan Puglia.
In 2021, she told Interview magazine that she considered her modeling career a “smart move” financially.
“I like to be very involved in the campaigns that I do, so I’m not just a model per se,” she told the outlet. “I dance, I have a very specific sense of style and I’m interested in aesthetics, so I like to incorporate all those parts of myself into my projects.”
In 2011, he told People that he was “eternally grateful to Madonna” for giving birth to the “love of his life.”
‘I have no regrets. I wouldn’t change anything. The best thing I got out of this relationship was my daughter. My daughter is everything to me,” he said; seen in 2002
Additionally, she prefers to support herself because she believes that having “your parents pay for things” gives them “influence over you.”
“My mother is a control freak and she has controlled me my whole life. I needed to be completely independent from her as soon as I graduated from high school,” the artist explained.
In addition to Lourdes, Carlos shares a nine-year-old son, named Meeka Leon, with his ex Betina Holte.
Meanwhile, Madonna has five other children, Rocco, from her past relationship with director Guy Ritchie, David, 18, who she adopted in 2008, Mercy, 18, who she adopted in 2009, and 11-year-old twins Stella and Estere, who she adopted in 2017.