for the first time the premature birth of
his and his wife Gauri Khan's surrogate
baby boy, who has been named AbRam.
Shah Rukh, 47, made the news official
about his surrogate baby via a statement.
"Amidst all the noise that has been going
around, the sweetest is the one made by
our newborn baby, AbRam. He was born
prematurely by several months, but has
finally come home," said Shah Rukh.
"Gauri and our whole family have been
dealing with his health issues for a long
time now," he added.
Explaining his longstanding silence on the
matter, he said: "As a family, our silence
on this subject has been because of the
personal nature of emotional strife that
we have been going through due to his
health."
The superstar, also called the baadshah of Bollywood, also put the
record straight
that "there was no sex determination for
our child".
"The baby was born much before the
speculations of 'sex determination' and
other 'issues' pertaining to the same were
being raised in the media by some
organisations. Suffice to say his coming
home puts to rest completely false and at times insensitive claims of sex
determination and alleged illegalities," he
added.
On his part, the actor-producer has also
apologised to "all those other doctors and
hospitals who had to face unwanted
scrutiny and questioning by some parties",
and he has thanked the doctor concerned,
Jatin Shah, for his expertise and contribution to make the surrogacy
successful.
"We also wish to thank all the other
doctors, nurses and medical staff who
have made his life possible," added Shah
Rukh, who also said the entire surrogacy
process is bound by "strict confidentiality".
He has appealed to all "to allow us to
cherish this private moment as a family".
Shah Rukh, who began his tryst with
showbiz through the small screen in 1988,
married Gauri in 1991. They have two
children together - son Aryan,16, and
daughter Suhana, 13.
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