# Morgan Freeman to marry his step-granddaughter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676 "2009-07-11T14:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/1 "2009-07-11T14:08:29Z")
I thought this was some sort of Onion style spoof post, but apparently it’s not. The Enquirer is not a standard MSM source but when it comes to celebrity foibles their accuracy is pretty high. Seems pretty creepy if true. Anyone have more on this? [Morgan Freeman To Marry His Step-Granddaughter E’Dena Hines?](http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/10/morgan_freeman_to_marry_his_step_grandda?referer=Fark) > [@](#): > > According to The National Enquirer, veteran actor Morgan Freeman, 72, is planning to marry his step-granddaughter. The magazine has discovered that sources close to The Bucket List actor claim that he has carried on a nearly decade-long affair with his 27-year-old step-granddaughter, E’Dena Hines. > > She is the granddaughter of Morgan’s first wife - whom he and his estranged second wife Myrna raised since she was a young child. The long-secret relationship led to the breakup of Morgan’s marriage, say sources. Now, NE has learned that Morgan and E’Dena are planning to wed after Morgan’s contentious divorce battle is over! “Morgan has led her to believe that he wants to marry her,” says a family insider. “Becoming Mrs. Morgan Freeman has been E’Dena’s goal,” revealed another source ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/2 "2009-07-11T14:51:02Z")
If true, that is seriously icky. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/3 "2009-07-11T14:56:38Z")
Woody Allen’s just looking better & better. No more God-roles for you, Morgan! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/4 "2009-07-11T15:18:54Z")
Interesting. I wait to see the reaction from the people I know that refuse to watch Woody Allen movies because of his past. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/5 "2009-07-11T15:23:35Z")
Actually, he sounds much closer to the god of the bible now than he did before. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/6 "2009-07-11T15:30:11Z")
So she’ll be her own grandma? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/7 "2009-07-11T15:31:20Z")
[This newspaper](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ENTERTAINMENT-Hollywood-News-Interviews-Freeman-not-to-marry-step-granddaughter/articleshow/4766695.cms) says it’s not true, but it doesn’t directly quote the spokesman who they say has denied the story. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/8 "2009-07-11T15:56:46Z")
Well, she _is_ cute. :o \<–spews vomitus… ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/9 "2009-07-11T16:04:53Z")
Let him do what he wants, I say. He’s a free man. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/10 "2009-07-11T16:31:43Z")
> [@argent towers](#): > > let him do what he wants, i say. He’s a free man. badda bing! ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/11 "2009-07-11T16:52:06Z")
It’s more fun to read the articles [in the comforting voice of Morgan Freeman](http://xkcd.com/462/). ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/12 "2009-07-11T16:53:57Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/13 "2009-07-11T16:56:24Z")
I don’t get icked out by age discrepancies like a lot of people. And aside from that, the two aren’t actually related so… I wouldn’t have a problem with this if it were any of my business. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/14 "2009-07-11T18:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > he has carried on a nearly decade-long affair with his 27-year-old step-granddaughter I’m guessing Freeman’s spokesman wanted to emphasize the “definitely not more than nine years” timeline here. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/15 "2009-07-11T19:53:59Z")
It wasn’t really bothersome to me until I tried looking at it as if it had occurred in my life. I just can’t imagine myself marrying the son of my step-daughter. For one thing, he’d be at least 40 years younger than I, at this point…and then my step-daughter would be my mother-in-law? No, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/16 "2009-07-11T20:00:47Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I don’t get icked out by age discrepancies like a lot of people. > > And aside from that, the two aren’t actually related so… > > I wouldn’t have a problem with this if it were any of my business. I actually don’t get icked out by biological relation, in itself. But the article states “She is the granddaughter of Morgan’s first wife - whom he and his estranged second wife Myrna raised since she was a young child.”; if it really is true that he raised her, then I would find this seriously icky. I’m not sure why, but that squicks me out, the way I’d be squicked out by a father hitting on his grown daughter, even if she was adopted. They can do whatever they want; I’m not the boss of them. But it’ll strike me as icky, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/17 "2009-07-11T20:27:08Z")
Yeah, it’s not the age difference, it’s the fact that he helped raise her. That’s as bad as any real incest in my book…again, if this is true. Considering the source is the national enquirer, I’ll reserve judgement until a reputable source comes along. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/18 "2009-07-11T20:35:31Z")
I read something about this the other day. The article I read definitely made it seem like he was a predator from early,\* early \*on in their relationship- like young teens and that his wife had to reign him in, knowing of his attraction to the young girl. If true, that’s disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/19 "2009-07-11T20:40:16Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > I actually don’t get icked out by biological relation, in itself. But the article states “She is the granddaughter of Morgan’s first wife - whom he and his estranged second wife Myrna raised since she was a young child.”; if it really is true that he raised her, then I would find this seriously icky. I’m not sure why, but that squicks me out, the way I’d be squicked out by a father hitting on his grown daughter, even if she was adopted. I agree that is the part that makes it really weird. The [Westermarck effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)#Westermarck_effect) appears to be an in-born barrier to incest, so it is really quite weird when someone is attracted to a child they raised even if they aren’t genetically related. Another problem with this sort of situation is that it makes you wonder when the adult’s attraction to the child first started, and if there was inappropriate sexual contact going on between them when the child was too young to consent to any of it. Hopefully that is not true, but it is creepy to think about. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676/20 "2009-07-11T23:45:59Z")
I don’t really understand. I don’t entirely have a problem with the situation if she grew up in an entirely different house, but…I was raised by someone who wasn’t related to me, an adopted father, and I squirm just as much as if it were my real father to even think of getting intimate with him. It’s nasty to me - I was too young already when the feelings of “father” came into place. How can she feel anything for him when he supposedly raised her from childhood? I hate to say it but that girl’s got some serious Daddy issues. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-freeman-to-marry-his-step-granddaughter/502676.md?page=2)