Mel Gibson's girlfriend pregnant with star's 9th child

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Mel Gibsons girlfriend pregnant with stars 9th child

Actor Mel Gibson, right and Rosalind Ross pose for photographers upon arrival at the awards ceremony at the 69th international film festival in Cannes.

Los Angeles - Gibson, who won an Oscar for directing "Braveheart," has seven children from his marriage to his ex-wife, Robyn Moore.

By AP

Published: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 1:21 PM

Last updated: Sun 18 Sep 2016, 3:25 PM

Mel Gibson is preparing to be a dad for the ninth time.
PEOPLE magazine was the first to report on Friday that the actor-director's girlfriend, writer Rosalind Ross, is pregnant.
Gibson's publicist Alan Nierob confirmed the report. No further details about the pregnancy were immediately available. Gibson, who won an Oscar for directing "Braveheart," has seven children from his marriage to his ex-wife, Robyn Moore. Their youngest child is 17.
He also had a 6-year-old daughter with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Gibson's latest directing effort, the World War II drama "Hacksaw Ridge," debuted earlier this year at the Venice Film Festival and is due in theaters on November 4.