What I don’t understand is the praises he gets by his hardcore fans and some members of the media in Thailand. If he is such a man, he wouldn’t wait until he is caught and exposed to give a press conference. Mike has been avoiding this whole situation until he was forced to come out. He and his family told the girl to keep quiet for the sake of his career. If he really means what he claims at the press conference that he feels burden he wants to come out publicly then, what was holding him back? Why did he wait to get exposed first? His career? What is there to be ashamed of? If he didn’t mean every word he said he shouldn’t have made himself look better uttering those words on national television.
The way he goes about this situation is shady. He admits that he is the father just by holding the baby but every time he gives an interview he intentionally implies and leave things open that Maxwell isn’t his kid (or it might be his).
Then the most recent news about the DNA results, this is the part where I roll my eyes. He won’t publicize the test results and will leave this between the two families. The problem is he left the impression that the baby might not be his but he accepted to be the daddy. If you’re going to tell people publicly that you have done the DNA test, you better bet people want to know the result. You don’t leave them out if you already decided to let them know you’re doing the DNA testing. You are a public figure.
I am glad Sara came out with the DNA results. Sara gives an excuse that Mike didn’t want to come out because he is stress and tired of the backlash he’s receiving. No doubt it is Mike’s baby. But, like Mike claimed he was in the labour room with her? Yet he didn’t even sign the birth certificate. Even after he claimed he is the baby in front of the public to sound like a hero, he still has not sign it yet. Even after the DNA is out, he has not signed it either. So, Maxwell is still left nameless. Like Sara says, it’s not hard to sign the paper. He doesn’t need his parents to do it for him.
Sara shouldn’t wait for Maxwell to use Mike’s last name… but I guess from her per point of view, she wants her baby to have a father in his father’s name.
I also want to touch base on the Thai media. Some of them have been gone so low down in the name of moral. They praise Mike like he’s a hero coming to claim his baby. The media and the public would have been left clueless and kept in the dark if this whole situation didn’t get exposed. Sara could have taken this secret to the grave with her, because she carried for 9 months….the baby was delivered months ago, where was this “man” and “hero” in Mike back then? They describe that he is “manly” to come forth with the truth. From my point of view what choice did he have? DNA results are not going to lie. They have been supporting and too forgiving that these celebrities don’t even know what they’re doing is wrong or right. Just because they hold a press conference, they are labelled “manly!”