Tom Jones Ignores Homeless Son Struggling in New Jersey
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Jon Jones, the lost son of music icon Tom Jones, is homeless, flat broke — and desperate to see his famous father before it’s too late!
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Jon — whose real name is Jonathan Berkery — sleeps in a Hoboken, New Jersey shelter and is struggling to keep a job while battling a drug addiction. “I’d like to talk to my father about normal stuff, like, ‘How’s your life been? This is mine,’ ” says Jon.
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“For years I was angry and I didn’t want to see him," he told a source for The National ENQUIRER. “But he’s getting old, and he could be ill. Life is too short. I need to get to know him. I just hope he feels the same.”
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Jon was born in 1988 after the "What’s New Pussycat?" singer had a brief affair with aspiring model Katherine Berkery. The two met in a Manhattan nightclub when Katherine was 24 and the Welsh heartthrob was 47. Katherine claims Sir Tom brushed her off after she realized she was pregnant.
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But DNA tests proved Tom was Jon's dad, and Tom was ordered to pay $3,000-a-month in child support until Jon turned 18. After Tom’s wife and childhood sweetheart, Linda Jones (right), died in 2016, Jon reached out to their son — his half-brother Mark (center) — who manages the "Sex Bomb" singer’s career.
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But insiders doubt Jon, an aspiring singer, will hear from his dad, who’s worth an estimated $312 million. “Tom refuses to acknowledge he has a second son — and no one expects that to change,” dished an insider.
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“He worked his way up from nothing to become one of the biggest stars around," said the source. “Tom never got a helping hand, so he thinks you’ve got to make something of yourself. He doesn’t believe in handouts. He’s quite ruthless about this and doesn’t want anyone riding on his coattails.”
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Jon Jones, the lost son of music icon Tom Jones, is homeless, flat broke — and desperate to see his famous father before it’s too late!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Jon — whose real name is Jonathan Berkery — sleeps in a Hoboken, New Jersey shelter and is struggling to keep a job while battling a drug addiction. “I’d like to talk to my father about normal stuff, like, ‘How’s your life been? This is mine,’ ” says Jon.
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“For years I was angry and I didn’t want to see him," he told a source for The National ENQUIRER. “But he’s getting old, and he could be ill. Life is too short. I need to get to know him. I just hope he feels the same.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Jon was born in 1988 after the "What’s New Pussycat?" singer had a brief affair with aspiring model Katherine Berkery. The two met in a Manhattan nightclub when Katherine was 24 and the Welsh heartthrob was 47. Katherine claims Sir Tom brushed her off after she realized she was pregnant.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But DNA tests proved Tom was Jon's dad, and Tom was ordered to pay $3,000-a-month in child support until Jon turned 18. After Tom’s wife and childhood sweetheart, Linda Jones (right), died in 2016, Jon reached out to their son — his half-brother Mark (center) — who manages the "Sex Bomb" singer’s career.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But insiders doubt Jon, an aspiring singer, will hear from his dad, who’s worth an estimated $312 million. “Tom refuses to acknowledge he has a second son — and no one expects that to change,” dished an insider.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“He worked his way up from nothing to become one of the biggest stars around," said the source. “Tom never got a helping hand, so he thinks you’ve got to make something of yourself. He doesn’t believe in handouts. He’s quite ruthless about this and doesn’t want anyone riding on his coattails.”
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