{"id":105078,"date":"2025-10-28T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/105078\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:17:08","slug":"kelsey-grammer-70-becomes-dad-for-eighth-time-as-frasier-stars-wife-46-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-and-unveils-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/105078\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelsey Grammer, 70, becomes dad for eighth time as Frasier star’s wife, 46, gives birth to baby boy and unveils name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran television actor Kelsey Grammer has welcomed his eighth child at the age of 70, announcing the arrival during a podcast recording on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Frasier star disclosed that his wife, Kayte Walsh, 46, had given birth to their son Christopher just three days before his appearance on Pod Meets World.<\/p>\n

“Just had our fourth one, so it just became eight kids,” Mr Grammer told hosts Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong whilst discussing his memoir about his late sister.<\/p>\n

The Emmy-winning performer confirmed the timing, stating: “It was like three days ago. Christopher, that’s just joined the family.”<\/p>\n

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Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte Walsh have welcomed their baby boy <\/p>\n

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The newborn joins three siblings from Mr Grammer’s marriage to Ms Walsh, whom he wed in February 2011 at New York City’s Plaza Hotel.<\/p>\n

Their eldest child together, daughter Faith, is now 12 years old, whilst sons Gabriel and James are 10 and eight, respectively.<\/p>\n

Ms Walsh, a former flight attendant who met Mr Grammer during a transatlantic flight in 2009, has given birth to all four children during their 13-year marriage.<\/p>\n

The couple’s expanding family represents Mr Grammer’s second set of children, with the actor having previously fathered four offspring who are now adults.<\/p>\n

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Kayte Walsh and Kelsey Grammer <\/p>\n

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Christopher’s arrival makes Mr Grammer a father of eight across a remarkable age span of more than four decades.<\/p>\n

Mr Grammer’s four grown-up children come from three different relationships spanning several decades.<\/p>\n

His eldest, Spencer, aged 41, was born during his marriage to his first wife, Doreen Alderman, which ended in 1990.<\/p>\n

The actor subsequently fathered Greer, now 33, with former partner Barrie Buckner in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

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Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh share four children<\/p>\n

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His third marriage to television personality Camille Meyer produced two more offspring: Mason, 23, and Jude, 20.<\/p>\n

Both Spencer and Greer have pursued acting careers, with Spencer appearing in the animated series Rick & Morty, whilst Greer featured in the television programme Awkward.<\/p>\n

The significant age gap between Mr Grammer’s oldest and youngest children now stretches across 41 years.<\/p>\n

News of Ms Walsh’s pregnancy emerged in June when photographers captured the expectant couple strolling through a London park<\/a>, with her baby bump visible beneath her navy dress.<\/p>\n

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Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh pictured in 2019 <\/p>\n

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Prior to the pregnancy announcement, Mr Grammer had spoken candidly about his parenting journey, acknowledging past shortcomings with his eldest children.<\/p>\n

“I have neglected a couple of the kids in my life, especially the first two,” he admitted in May. “I’m trying to make up for a little of it now.”<\/p>\n

The actor expressed determination to approach parenting differently with his younger children, emphasising clearer expectations and better preparation for life.<\/p>\n

A source close to the couple suggested the unexpected pregnancy had “reignited a spark” in their marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran television actor Kelsey Grammer has welcomed his eighth child at the age of 70, announcing the arrival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3623,156,111,43,139,69,51066,437,3040,258],"class_list":{"0":"post-105078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-celebrity","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-sgg","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}