Introducing Octo-Mel!

On Monday, actor Mel Gibson dropped by The Tonight Show to set the record straight on his relationship with a pregnant Russian pop star, just as The Leno Era of prepares to come to an end after nearly twenty years this Friday.

“This is true, we’re going to have a child. I guess I’m Octo-Mel now,” the Lethal Weapon star joked.

This will be the eighth child for 53-year-old Gibson, who already seven children with his estranged wife, Robyn. Robyn filed for divorce six weeks ago.

“My wife and I, our marriage ended three years ago and we’ve been separated ever since then,” Mel told Jay on last night’s show. “These things happen. It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, but you know she is an admirable woman – we still got kids together. We’re friends.”