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Hill Harper Reveals That He Adopted A Son And Talks About Single Fatherhood

<p>Earlier this week actor&sol; author Hill Harper revealed on Good Morning America&comma; he adopted a son named Pierce 18 months ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During his interview with Robin Roberts&comma; he talked about what inspired him to enter single fatherhood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harper said it all started when a friend staged an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;intervention” back in 2015&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I always thought I was going to get married&comma; have my own kids and I was going to adopt&period; I had talked about adopting and I had talked about wanting to be this dad&comma;” said Harper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued to say&comma; his friend told him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You’re going to be a great dad but I think you’re waiting too long&period; You may get to a point where you’ll decide you’re not going to do it&period; Even though you’re not married&comma; why can’t you just be a dad now&quest;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The friend convinced him to meet with an &&num;8220&semi;adoption person&comma;&&num;8221&semi; where he learned more about the process&period; However&comma; he did admit that he didn’t think he was ready at the time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harper continued to say&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fast-forward to right before Thanksgiving of that year&semi; I get a call from him &lpar;the adoption specialist&rpar;&period; I was shooting a show called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Limitless&comma;” at the time&period; I was in my dressing room and I didn’t know why he was calling me&period; He says&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;There’s a wonderful young woman who is having a son in three weeks&period; Would you be interested in adopting him&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harper made the decision to become a father and left the set of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All Eyez On Me&comma;” to be there for Pierce’s birth&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was there in the delivery room and I cut the cord&comma;” said Harper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m so proud that Pierce — his name is Pierce Hill Harper– that Pierce chose me to be his dad&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the interview below&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; 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