Maury Povich will not be the daddy, however he definitely is the daddy with regards to paternity assessments.
The longtime Maury host, 84, repeatedly doled out DNA assessments to unsuspecting fathers on his eponymous speak present, which resulted in September 2022 after 31 seasons. His catchphrase — “You not the daddy!” — will echo in popular culture in perpetuity. Now, lower than a yr after the TV present went off the air, Povich has pivoted to create his personal line of paternity assessments. His new firm is known as The Outcomes Are In, the phrase he would announce earlier than revealing somebody’s paternity on the present.
“I’ve seen firsthand how DNA testing can change lives and convey households collectively. With ‘The Outcomes Are In,’ we’re making it simpler and extra reasonably priced than ever earlier than for folks to get the solutions they want,” Povich stated in a press release to TMZ on Friday, June 23. Per the outlet, there are directions in every equipment explaining the way to gather a DNA pattern, which the consumer would then ship off to a lab. The confidential outcomes — which boast to have a 99.99 p.c accuracy price — would then be prepared in two to a few enterprise days.
Povich introduced his retirement in March 2022, six months earlier than the ultimate episode of Maury aired.
“Six years in the past after I was able to retire, my NBCUniversal household requested me to proceed the present,” he instructed Us Weekly in a press release on the time. “Regardless that I instructed them I used to be prepared for assisted residing, out of loyalty to NBCUniversal and my greater than 100 workers and crew members, Tracie Wilson and I agreed to at least one extra deal.”
Povich quipped: “I’m so pleased with my relationship with NBCUniversal and all those that labored on the Maury present, however as I sometimes inform my company: ‘Sufficient, already!’”
The TV character beforehand mentioned Maury’s iconic paternity check gimmick in an interview with Us. In 2011, Povich defined that he “by no means” is aware of the outcomes of a DNA check “earlier than my viewers does.”
Maury Povich posing with ‘The Maury Recreation: You Are Not the Father.’ MediaPunch/Shutterstock
As for the “strangest present” he ever hosted, Povich completely instructed Us it was “when a set of twins had two fathers!” Throughout the episode, a lady named Regina and the dad of one in every of her fraternal twin sons, whom she had briefly cheated on, had been surprised to find he was the daddy — of solely one of many boys.
“I’ve by no means had that on my present,” a shocked Povich stated on the time. (“One out of two ain’t unhealthy,” the daddy instructed the viewers.)
As for Povich’s circle of relatives life, he’s a father of three: He shares daughters Susan and Amy with ex-wife Phyllis Minkoff and son Matthew with spouse Connie Chung.
