Billy Idol says he and his long-lost son Brant Broad have become “quite good friends.”
“I love him. He’s a nice guy,” the rocker told the British newspaper, “The i Paper,” on June 24.
The documentary “Billy Idol Should Be Dead,” which premiered this month at the Tribeca Film Festival documentary, recalls the singer’s 2023 discovery of Broad, who Idol conceived in 1985, amid his “Rebel Yell” tour days.
Idol’s adult daughter Bonnie took a genetics test and found a half-sibling in Broad, who works in the construction business, according to newspaper’s account of the documentary.
Idol told “The i Paper” that during the height of his career, “We were going around in the 80s, and 70s, just having knockdown, drag-out sex with a million people you didn’t know. A lot of people in the rock world got children beyond their usual relationships.”
Idol told “The i Paper” that he’s happy as a family man.
“I’m all set up for that,” Idol told the outlet. “I’m in a better place in my life. In lots of ways, I’ve done everything I wanted, at least to my own satisfaction. And now I’m not a drug addict, I can really be there for them.”
Idol is also father to son Willem Wolfe Broad and daughter Bonnie Blue Broad, and he’s a grandfather.
The “White Wedding” singer raves about fatherhood in the documentary “Billy Idol Should Be Dead,” according to People.
“I really enjoyed being a dad. I always wanted a boy and a girl, and I finagled my way into a boy and a girl. In your own daft way, you’ve achieved what you set out to do,” Idol said in the documentary, according to People. “And I actually had a son that I didn’t realize, who I fathered on the Rebel Yell tour without knowing it. So I somehow finagled this as well.”
Idol reportedly said that Broad fit right into his family.
“Once I saw Brant with Bonnie and Willem, they’ve all got the same quirky sense of humor,” Idol said in the doc, according to People. “And once I saw that, I could see he’s my son, really.”
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