Congratulations are so as for actress Candice Patton and retired NBA player JR Smith, who just welcomed a baby boy.

However, the news brings a surprise – Smith continues to be married to the mother of his two daughters, Shirley “Jewel” Smith.

Patton shared the exciting news on her social media on Friday, September 27, around 4 p.m., posting a series of 4 slides, including a video and photos of the infant’s feet, with each parent touching the infant. Distinctive tattoos on his father’s arms indicated Smith’s identity.

Patton signed post“Son in Virgo. Born at home. My heart now beats outside my chest. Forever in love.” Although she didn’t reveal her exact date of birth, it’s believed that the infant was born throughout the last month.

Gossip from town picked up on the post office, participatory some images, including one showing Smith’s recognizable ink. Comments on the post ranged from joyful to shocked.

One person exclaimed: “That’s not his wife?!” while one other joked: “Oh she finally has her boy! But I believed he went back to his wife?

One commenter added: “Lmaooo I loved her so much but man did you forget that a few years ago you went online and told us you would pray for JR Smith’s wife after she accused you of having an affair? That’s interesting.”

Others pointed to Smith’s alleged history of infidelity, with one claiming: “He has been cheating on his wife for years, starting publicly with Tahiry Jose.”

Another observer observing their marital drama said: “Remember when his then-wife called them out for having an affair?”

“Didn’t he have a problem that one of his kids was sick or something, now he has more kids?” one comment asked the others, with one person stating, “What he did to his wife, even after her last traumatic pregnancy and childbirth, he will not prosper.”

Five years ago, Smith’s wife, Jewel, publicly addressed the alleged affair on Instagram Live, asking for divine intervention.

“God is crazy wild. There’s quite a bit going on… Help me, God. So after I was taking Demi to highschool, God said, ‘Yes, you’ll pray and post it,'” she said.

She continued, “God, I would like to lift up my husband and ask You, Lord, Father God, to just cover him with Your blood,” and he or she prayed, “Wherever he is broken, You repair him (and) heal him.”

“My husband is hurting and Candice, Lord God, she is hurting,” Jewel continued, mentioning the “The Flash” actress by name. “For her to come back out here, Lord God the Father, and look for a married man, God the Father, I just pray that You would give her grace and mercy through all of this. I pick it up.

At the time, neither JR nor Patton denied or confirmed that they were in a relationship, but Smith went a step further by claiming that he was not with his spouse.

On December 17, 2019, Smith wrote on his Instagram Story: “No weapon has been formed against me. IG is not the place for relationships!!”

In a second post, he added: “IG is not the place for relationships. But God told me to tell you all that I have been separated for months. He doesn’t understand why his child didn’t mention it… #ThatsAll.” According to to the American warehouse.

Candice Patton, JR Smith, Matthew Kang and guests of the Arizona golf club, pic.twitter.com/5RSSnanwe8

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It appears that rumors that Smith and Patton are a pair began after they were seen together at a Halloween party in October 2019, just two months before news of their relationship broke. AND photo According to them, “Riverdale” star Vanessa Morgan also posted a photograph of them together on Instagram People then.

Although Smith stated that he and his wife had separated, the couple it seemed to satisfy briefly to have fun the birthday of one among their daughters in January 2020.

Later that month, Jewel sent Smith liked her Instagram photos, prompting some to invest a couple of possible reconciliation. However, reconciliation, if it occurred in any respect, seemed short-lived.

Smith’s daughter’s IG page wished him well Happy Father’s Day in 2022 and later, a vacation appeared on the account post on Smith’s birthday on September 9 this yr.

The recent baby means 4 years for Smith, who’s currently a senior at North Carolina A&T and a member of the HBCU golf team.

Smith and Jewel are parents to daughters Dakota (7) and Denver (4). He has one other 15-year-old daughter, Demi, from a previous relationship, and Jewel can be Peyton’s mother from a pre-marital relationship.