70 and still going strong: Kelsey Grammer shocks fans with new baby announcement
Kelsey Grammer has welcomed his eighth child and fourth with wife Kayte Walsh.
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Wow. Aliyah really wasn’t lying when she said age ain’t nothing but a number, because Kelsey Grammer just put the stamp on it.
The 70-year-old "Frasier "star has welcomed his eighth child and fourth with wife Kayte Walsh, a baby boy named Christopher.
Grammer shared the news on an episode of the "Pod Meets World" podcast with Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong.
Chatting about his memoir, "Karen: A Brother Remembers", written in memory of his late sister.
In the book, he revisits the horrifying 1975 murder of Karen, then 18 years old, who was kidnapped, raped and stabbed to death.
Amid the conversation about fathering his eighth child at age 70, this moment reflected not just new beginnings but a life shaped by loss, resilience and the hope of building something brighter.
He casually mentioned, “It was like three days ago. Christopher just joined the family.”
With Walsh, 46, he already shares three kids: daughter Faith, 12, and sons Gabriel, 10, and James, 8. Add in his older children, Spencer, 41, Greer, 33, Mason, 23, and Jude, 20, and you’ve got yourself a full house of Grammer offspring.
So how is it even possible for a 70-year-old man to father a child? Well, here’s the science bit. Unlike women, men keep producing sperm throughout their lives.
Sure, sperm quality and quantity decline with age, motility slows, DNA fragmentation increases, and there’s a higher risk of conception issues, but the production never really stops.
Research shows that healthy men can still father children well into their 60s and 70s, especially if the female partner is fertile and reproductive conditions line up.
Of course, this doesn’t mean it’s easy or without risks. Older fathers may take longer to conceive, and there’s a slightly higher chance of complications for the child. But clearly, Grammer is proving it’s definitely possible.
Celebs like Al Pacino, who welcomed a child at 83, Robert De Niro at 79, and Mick Jagger at 73, have all shown that men can still start new chapters of fatherhood well past the “typical” timeline.
While many of us are struggling to keep up with adulting, Grammer is adding diapers and baby bottles to a legacy that’s already decades in the making.