In recent years much anguish has been made over the sorry state of the modern family in Western civilization. Yet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday gave a shining example to fathers everywhere by finally acknowledging the total number of children he has helped bring into the world:

Boris Johnson has finally admitted that he has six children, a question he has previously dodged in numerous interviews and press conferences.

The British Prime Minister, speaking to NBC's Today show on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, was asked by an interviewer if he had six children, to which he replied "yes."

The number of children sired by Johnson has been a talking point in British politics for many years, after an English court discharged an injunction banning news organizations from reporting the existence of a daughter as the result of an extra-marital affair.

So inspiring. That brief, clipped "yes"—doesn't it just give you chills?

This is a big story in Britain:

The question about the full tally followed a mention of the baby on its way. But the British media in their write-ups suggested he was not counting the one in utero but instead confirming a longtime assumption that he has a daughter from a previous affair.

Sure, you might think you're a good dad because of all the things you do for your kids on a daily basis. But have you ever effectively denied the existence of one of your kids for years on end, only to tersely concede the point during an NBC Today interview?

Well, Boris Johnson has—and he has set a new high bar for fathers everywhere!

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