Kelsey Grammer welcomes his eighth child at 70 years old
Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Parenting, Sex and Relationships
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Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Parenting, Sex and Relationships
Kelsey Grammer has revealed he has welcomed his eighth child with his fourth wife, Kayte Walsh.
Grammer and Walsh have been married for 14 years and have three kids together already - 12-year-old Faith and sons Gabriel, 10 and James, eight.
The couple first met in 2009 when Walsh was working as a flight attendant on the X-Men star’s flight to London, where they went out ‘for a coffee several days later’, according to the 70-year-old. They later got married in 2011.
As well as his children with Walsh, Grammer is also dad to 41-year-old Spencer, whom he shares with his first wife, Doreen Alderman and 33-year-old Greer, with Barrie Buckner. He also has two other children - Mason, 23 and Jude, 20 - with ex Camille Grammer.
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The 70-year-old actor announced the happy news on Monday's (October 27) episode of Pod Meets World, explaining he had welcomed a boy with 46-year-old Walsh.
"Just had our fourth one, so it just became eight kids!" Grammer said. "It was like three days ago. Christopher, that's just joined the family."
Earlier this year, the Frasier star opened up about parenting, revealing he was working on his relationship with his eldest kids after 'neglecting' them at times.
"I have neglected a couple of the kids in my life, especially the first two," he told PEOPLE. "I'm trying to make up for a little of it now. I'm still their dad, so you can always have [a] chance to show up. I probably should have been a little more clear and maybe less tolerant with the older ones.
"I'm pretty tolerant with the young ones, but I'm clear about how there's certain expectations and certain ways to navigate through a social situation: keep it close to the vest and play it straight, and you're going to be well-served in your life.
"I'm a little more specific with them about doing their studies and being prepared. [I tell them], 'What's your job in life? Showing up.'"
Grammer has also starred alongside his kids, acting opposite Greer during season two of the Paramount+ revival of Frasier. Meanwhile, in 2022, he co-starred alongside Spencer in The 12 Days of Christmas Eve.
"Kayte and I were talking about how it's really something that a child would follow in their father's footsteps," Kelsey told Variety. "To think that all my kids, at least the ones that have a hand in the air, are ready to take responsibility for their lives, are all drawn to this industry.
"And she [Walsh] said, 'That's something to be proud of.' It's something I've never told them. I'm hoping they're going to read [my upcoming memoir] and realize, 'Oh, so Dad's okay with this'.
"Because I never wanted to push myself on them. I never wanted to force them into the industry or intrude too much into their process. Because it's a bit of a mixed blessing to have my last name. People take it out on you. You get some attention maybe because of it. And there's a split as to whether or not it's good or bad."
Grammer had been speaking with Pod Meets World while discussing his memoir, Karen: A Brother Remembers, which he wrote in memory of his sister, Karen, who was tragically kidnapped and murdered at the age of 18.