According to the blog post, Hopie chose to take the 23 & Me test after her biological mother Tamera Gilmer — who was absent from her and Heidi’s childhood — said she was with another man during her relationship with Rory and was certain that he was Hopie’s father.
The 59-year-old singer shared a blog post on Tuesday about his daughter, days after she shared a video on Instagram about her 23 & Me results, which revealed that Rory wasn’t her biological father.
He said that when he found out his ex was pregnant with Hopie, it was “frustrating,” since their “marriage was a mess.” He added that when his daughter was born a week or two past her due date, he had his suspicions about the timing of her pregnancy.
In his post, Rory recalled Hopie calling him out of the blue for the first time in two and a half years and asking to speak in person.
However, Rory told Hopie that he wasn’t completely surprised by this news before sharing a story about him and her mother from 1988 during a difficult point in their marriage.
