Kelsey Grammer officially became a father — again — at the age of 70 years.
Fraser The star announced that he and his wife, Kate Walsh, 46, recently welcomed a baby boy named Christopher during an appearance on Monday That Pod meets the world podcast.
This is the 70-year-old actor's eighth child and fourth with Walsh.
Grammer told Boy meets world actors Daniel Fishel, Will Friedel and Rider Strong revealed that he and his wife “just had their fourth child, bringing them to eight kids total.”
“It was about three days ago,” Your health the actor added. “Christopher, who just joined the family.”
Walsh's pregnancy was announced in June after the photos published by People showed Grammer strolling through a London park next to his wife, who was dressed in a flowing black dress. They were joined by their three children: Faith, 13, Gabriel, 11, and James, 8.
Fraser star and Walsh married in February 2011 in New York following his divorce from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Camille Grammer, with whom he shares daughter Mason, 24, and son Jude, 21.
Grammer is also dad to his 42-year-old daughter Spencer, whom he shares with ex-wife Doreen Alderman, and 33-year-old daughter Greer with ex Barry Buckner.
He previously spoke about how his work as an actor has helped him become a great father.
“My kids—my little kids, my older kids—I'm happiest when they're all in the same room together,” Grammer told Variety in June 2024. “My job allowed me to do this. I was given this wonderful experience. It was painful, difficult, difficult and tragic – all of it. But damn, it's a wonderful life. And I want to pass that on to them.”
In the same interview, Grammer hinted that some of his children might want to follow in his footsteps in the entertainment industry.
“Kaite and I talked about how it's really about the child following in his father's footsteps,” he said. “To think that all my children, at least those who had a hand in this, are ready to take responsibility for their lives, are all drawn to this industry. [Kayte] said: “This is something to be proud of.”
Last May, Grammer told people that he is “playing catch-up” with his older children.
“I’ve neglected a couple of kids in my life, especially the first two,” Grammer told the publication. “Now I'm trying to make up for it a little. I'm still their father, so you can always [a] chance to appear.”
He also said that he is trying to make sure his own children learn from his past mistakes when they have children of their own.
“I probably should have been a little more clear and maybe less tolerant of my elders,” he said. “I'm quite tolerant of the young ones, but I'm clear that there are certain expectations and certain ways of navigating a social situation: keep things private and act honestly and you'll be well off in your life. I'm a little more specific with them about studying and preparing. [I tell them]“What is your job in life?” I'm showing up.”
Grammer isn't the only retired Hollywood actor to recently announce he's becoming a father.
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Al Pacino welcomed his new child, Roman Pacino, in June 2023 when he was 83, with his now ex-girlfriend Nur Alfallah. Roman is Pacino's fourth child and Alfallah's first.
Robert De Niroalso a close friend of Pacino, had seventh child at 79 years old.
Frontman of the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger became father of eight at the age of 73 in 2016.
– With files from Global News
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