With his eighth child and fourth wife Kayte Walsh, 46, Kelly Grammer is the latest older celebrity to become a father once more at the age of 70.
Kelsey Grammer became a dad for the eighth time to join a list of older celebrities welcoming children in their later years. The Frasier Crane star has announced he has welcomed his latest child to his clan at the age of 70.
It is his eighth time becoming a father, and his fourth time being married to his current wife Kayte Walsh. From 1997 to 2011, the acting legend wed Housewives of Beverly Hills actress Camille Donatacci. Between 1982 and 1990, he and dancer Doreen Alderman were married to Leigh-Anne Csuhany for a year.
And he is among good company when it comes to older dads in the showbiz world. Here, we look at some of those to become fathers over the age of 60.
Kelsey Grammer
Christopher Walsh, the actor’s fourth wife, and Kayte Walsh, his mother, recently welcomed him. He joins his large family as the newest member.
The proud father said, “We just had our fourth one, so it just became eight kids!” during a Pod Meets World appearance. Exactly three days ago. Christopher recently “joined the family.”
As the children Kelsey and Kayte share, Christopher also has sons Auden James, eight, and Faith, 13; Additionally, the actor has four children who were in other relationships.
Bernie Ecclestone
The former Formula 1 boss revealed in 2020 he was set to become a dad again at the ripe old age of 89. Despite already being a grandad to five, the billionaire welcomes first son just months before his 90th birthday in October.
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant, the star of Notting Hill and Love Actually, became a dad for the first time at 51 back in 2011, reports the Mirror. The Hollywood heartthrob, once linked with Elizabeth Hurley, welcomed daughter Tabitha with ex-partner Tinglan Hong.
In 2013, he and his on-again, off-again girlfriend had son Felix Chang. Tinglan and Anna Eberstein have two children, but they have one child and one child.
Cowell, Simon
Business tycoon and creator of X Factor, is a dad to young son Eric. The British star, now 66, and his girlfriend Lauren Silverman became parents in 2014, when Simon was 54.
They welcomed their son, now six, on Valentine’s Day in New York. Eric, named after Simon’s late father, was born at the city’s Lenox Hill Hospital.
Simon hopped on a flight straight to New York after learning about Lauren’s early labor. Simon has since admitted that he hasn’t ruled out having more children in the future.
He previously told Lizzie Cundy on This Morning: “If you’d have asked me six years ago I would have probably gone, ‘I might have left this a bit too late,’ but then you go, ‘Oh how you could imagine him not being here.'”.
Sir Elton John
Zachary, 9, and Elijah, 7, are the two sons the legendary singer and his husband, David Furnish. The musician, 66, was the first to become a father.
A surrogate mother assisted the couple in achieving their dream of starting a family in 2011 when Zachary was born. Elijah and Elton welcomed the family two years later, and he later acknowledged that he “regrets it a little bit starting sooner” because he “adores being a father so much.”
Sir Rod Stewart
The crooner is father to eight children in total, including two with current wife Penny Lancaster. The couple’s sons Alastair and Aiden complete Rod’s brood alongside six children from earlier relationships.
When his youngest son Aiden was born in 2011, the music icon was 66 years old.
Mick Jagger: Sir John
Mick, the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist, later embraced fatherhood. Lucas was the father of the frontman when his son, Luciana Gimenez, 50, was born in 1999 after a brief romance with Brazilian television personality and model Luciana Gimenez.
Lucas resembles his rock star father and his seven other siblings in a striking way.
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Source: Mirror
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