London
(ANI):
It's
certainly
a
call
from
the
past
for
Charlotte
Church,
as
her
long-lost
biological
father
is
now
making
constant
pleas
for
her
to
get
back
in
touch
with
him
after
20
years
of
estrangement.
Stephen
Reed
has
begged
his
singer
daughter,
who
is
expecting
her
second
child
by
her
partner,
Welsh
rugby
star
Gavin
Henson,
to
let
him
back
into
her
life.
"Please
get
in
contact
with
me
I
still
love
you," The
Daily
Express
has
quoted
Reed,
as
saying.
A
computer
engineer
by
profession,
Reed
wants
to
hold
his
10-month-old
granddaughter
Ruby,
Charlotte's
first
child,
in
his
arms.
"It
upsets
me
very
much
that
I've
got
a
grandchild
who
I
don't
know
and
another
on
the
way,
but
what
can
I
do?"
he
said.
When
Charlotte
was
just
two
years
old,
Reed
walked
out
on
her
mother
Maria,
and
she
then
adapted
the
surname
of
her
stepfather,
her
mother's
second
husband
James
Church
who
adopted
her.
The
22-year-old
singer
has
clearly
stated
that
she
has
no
plans
to
start
afresh
with
Stephen
or
his
immediate
family.
She
said:
"They
are
strangers
to
me.
I
don"t
know
if
they
are
moral.
Ignorance
is
bliss.
I'm
staying
in
my
own
ignorant
bubble,
right
or
wrong."
However,
Stephen
claims
that
the
former
'Voice
of
an
Angel' and
now
TV
presenter's
hates
him
because
she
has
been
brainwashed
into
thinking
he
is
a
bad
parent.
He
said:
"My
message
to
Charlotte
is
if
it
concerns
you
that
much,
come
and
find
out
what
I'm
really
like.
There
are
some
people
who
are
obviously
trying
to
drive
a
wedge
between
us
and
keep
us
separated.
People
have
told
her
things
about
me
that
are
abhorrent.
"There
have
been
very
many
appropriate
points
in
time
when
I
have
tried
to
get
in
contact
with
Charlotte,
but
they
haven't
worked
out.
Obviously,
Charlotte
only
has
one
side
of
the
story.
The
truth
is,
relationships
don't
work
out
and
people
split
up
and
you
either
get
to
keep
in
contact
with
your
dad
or
you
don't." The
last
time
he
tried
to
see
Charlotte
was
shortly
after
Ruby
was
born
in
September
last
year.
"The
reaction
I
got
was,
'Go
away'.
I
was
passing
by
and
the
intention
was
just
to
say
hello.
Gavin's
mother
was
there
she
seemed
really
nice.
But
she
said
she
didn't
want
any
arguments.
She
went
and
asked
her
but
Charlotte
didn't
want
to
hear,"
he
said.
He
added:
"When
I
see
photos
of
Ruby,
I
see
a
lot
of
myself
in
her.
I'm
a
good
dad.
I
think
I
would
be
a
good
grandparent.
I
don't
see
what
the
problem
is."