Frank Sinatra did not secretly father Ronan Farrow despite ‘absurd’ speculation, friend insists

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Frank Sinatra’s close friend has suggested it is “absurd” to believe that the legendary singer secretly fathered journalist Ronan Farrow. “Either Mia made a secret trip to shack up with Frank in his California home with Barbara present, or Frank, wearing his always romantic colostomy bag, made a quick trip to Connecticut between his Atlantic City performances.” Frank Sinatra and Ronan Farrow He also insisted that secretly fathering a child, then never seeing them again, was not in Sinatra’s character. “If Ronan had been Frank’s son,” Oppedisano writes, “Frank would have acknowledged him.” In 2013, Ronan Farrow said he “gets a kick out of” rumours about his paternity, and was later asked point-blank on live television in 2017 whether Sinatra is secretly his father. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up “Now, what do you think your father would think about what you’re doing now if he were alive?” asked TV personality Bill Maher, in regards to Farrow’s work exposing sexual misconduct in Hollywood.