April 22, 2018
Actress Paula Patton has secretly been ghostwriting for her
former husband and singer Robin Thicke for years.
The "Mission:
Impossible Ghost Protocol" star said that she has been contributing to the
singer's work using the pseudonym Max Haddington, often going by just the first
name, which is listed in the credits to tracks like "Magic", "Dreamworld", "Get
in my way" and "Diamonds", reports aceshowbiz.com.
"We did it together
since we were kids. I was with Robin since I was 15 years old," she said during
an interview on New York's Hot 97 radio station.
"You know, Robin and I
wrote a lot of songs together. My name on the albums is Max Haddington," she
added.
Patton chose to use a pen name to avoid any unwanted negative
attention.
"I was like (to Robin), 'Well, Max Haddington will just seem
like another writer with you, so it doesn't seem like you are writing with your
girl'," she recalled.
The couple got married in 2005 but parted ways in
2014 and divorced a year later. Despite their ups and downs, including their
messy custody battle over son Julian, Patton insists she was always "so proud"
of Thicke for achieving his career dreams.