Chip off the old 'Madman' block! - Brooklyn restaurateur finds out he's the son of Ted Nugent
A Brooklyn restaurateur, adopted as a baby, was shocked to learn his biological father is none other than "Motor City Madman" Ted Nugent.
Bay Ridge native Ted Mann, 42, got the news about "The Nuge" in an October phone call from a sister he never knew he had. She had reached out to the adoption agency that placed him.
"I'm like, 'What!?'" laughed Mann, whose newest eatery is Cubana Social in Williamsburg. "It took me a little while to kind of breathe normal again - and not just sit in my house staring at YouTube videos of him running around like a crazy person."
Nugent, the "Cat Scratch Fever" rocker known for his pro-gun stance and a VH1 reality show where he made people build outhouses and skin a wild boar, immediately welcomed Mann into the family.
"His first words to me were 'Hello, son,'" Mann said. "Within an hour of knowing him, he said, 'Let's go shoot some guns.'"
Nugent had always been open with his other seven children about the fact that he'd given two kids - Mann and the sister who contacted him - up for adoption decades ago. Nugent has since told Mann a little bit about his biological mom, but Mann has yet to get in touch with her.
He said his adoptive mom, Mary Mann, is "the most amazing person ever" and has been supportive through the whole crazy experience.
The two Teds first bonded over an elk dinner at Nugent's Texas ranch, and Nugent has come to Brooklyn for a visit, according to the blog Brooklyn Based.
They're now planning a hunting trip, even though Mann's idea of a good time is going out to eat on the lower East Side.
"I've had a smile on my face for the past half a year," Mann said. "It's just been cool. He's kind of pumped up too."
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