Frank Sinatra's widow calls Ronan Farrow story 'a bunch of junk'

[joeybee12]

The uproar that surfaced Wednesday about the paternity of Mia Farrow's son Ronan — namely that his father is Farrow's ex, Frank Sinatra, and not her former longtime partner Woody Allen — has been called "a phony deal" by Sinatra's widow Barbara Sinatra.

Barbara Sinatra spoke to The Desert Sun after the emergence of the rumors, which were connected with a new Vanity Fair profile of Mia Farrow. Writer Maureen Orth spoke to the actress and eight of her children for the story, and visited TODAY on Wednesday to discuss her article.

She told TODAY, "I asked (Mia Farrow) point blank, and I said, 'Is Ronan Frank Sinatra's son?' and she said, 'Possibly.'"

Sinatra, 85, told The Sun that she was unaware of the reports until the publication asked about them. Her response: "I can't hardly believe that. It's just a bunch of junk. There's always junk written — lies that aren't true."

http://www.today.com/entertainment/frank-sinatras-widow-calls-ronan-farrow-story-bunch-junk-8C11328930

[SugarShack]

1. Mia Farrow is the one who suggested this....not the son.

[joeybee12]

3. Babs is saying the story itself is bunk, not placing blame...

That's the way I read it.

[TeamPooka]

4. I don't think she was there when Mia and Frank were doing it..... nt

[joeybee12]

6. You never know!

[TeamPooka]

10. Frank was a kinky bastard. nt

[joeybee12]

12. In Lana Turner's autobiography she says the rumors about her and Frank and Ava Gardner

in a 3-some were still out there...she denied it.

[SoCalDem]

2. DNA testing might solve the dilemma, if anyone is really interested in knowing

Sinatra DNA of any living relative would show a link and if there is anything he left behind (hairbrush etc) they could test it as well.. They could also rule OUT Woody Allen fairly easily.

I don't think the kid is interested in suing the estate.. Mia probably should have not said anything unless she knew for sure..

[joeybee12]

5. Either it was a slip of the tongue or maybe she knew that if she was

evasive, that would create more of a story?

[pnwmom]

8. Why shouldn't she say something? She said "possibly,"

which she is in the position to know.

She and her son are very close and he has nothing to do with his legal father, Woody Allen. If Ronan doesn't mind her answering this question truthfully, why should anyone else?

[pnwmom]

7. That young man looks a hell of a lot more like Sinatra than Allen.

But I can see why Sinatra's wife would find this story disturbing -- unlike Sinatra's daughter, who says the young man is part of the family.

[HappyMe]

9. I think it would be funny if

neither Allen nor Sinatra was the dad.

[joeybee12]

13. Damn! That reporter should ahve asked that as a follow-up question!!! nt

[HappyMe]

14. lol! Yup.

I don't understand what the big deal is. Mia wants another 15 minutes...

[Jenoch]

11. "...There's always junk written — lies that aren't true."

As opposed to lies that ARE true?

I don't think Ronan Farrow would like his DNA tested against either Allen or Sinatra. He might not like to discover that his brother-in-law is his biological father.