Kelsey Grammer on His Kids’ Reactions to Welcoming Baby at 70

Kelsey Grammer revealed his adult children’s reactions to him fathering and welcoming a newborn son at age 70.

Late last month, the Cheers and Frasier star welcomed his eighth baby, a newborn son named Christopher, with his 46-year-old wife Kayte Walsh.

The newborn baby is his fourth with his wife and his eighth overall. 

In an interview with People published on Wednesday, the actor said the rest of his kids are ‘ecstatic.’

It’s been ‘awesome and fantastic’ having their ‘new baby’ at home, he told the outlet. 

‘The family’s ecstatic,’ says Grammer. ‘We’re all really having a great time. It’s really lovely.’ 

Reflecting on the past year, he said about his large brood: ‘We are closer than we’ve ever been as a family, and I’m proud of that.’ 

He previously announced the birth of their newborn while making an appearance on the October 27th episode of the Pod Meets World podcast. 

He is also father to daughters Faith, 13, and sons Gabriel, 11, and James, eight, with Walsh, a former flight attendant whom he met in 2009 and married in 2011. 

He also has four adult children from previous relationships. 

He shares 42-year-old daughter Spencer with his first wife Doreen Alderman and 33-year-old daughter Greer with his ex-girlfriend Barrie Buckner. 

He also shares daughter Mason, 24, and son Jude, 21, from his marriage to his third wife Camille Meyer Grammer. 

While discussing his memoir, Karen: A Brother Remembers, written about his late sister, he revealed that his wife ‘just had our fourth one, so it just became eight kids.’ 

‘It was like three days ago,’ he told the podcast hosts Danielle Fishel, WIll Freidle and Rider Strong. ‘Christoper,’ he said. ‘That’s [the name of the one who] just joined the family.’ 

Earlier this year, the couple revealed they were expecting a baby together. 

In June 2025, Grammer and Walsh were photographed out in London and his wife was showing off a baby bump. 

The prior month, Grammer opened up about his relationship with his many kids and said he has been ‘playing catch up with some of the older ones.’ 

‘I have neglected a couple of the kids in my life, especially the first two,’ he admitted. 

‘I’m trying to make up for a little of it now,’ he told the outlet. ‘I’m still their dad, so you can always have [a] chance to show up.’ 

He also told the outlet about his upcoming film Karen Kingsbury’s The Christmas Ring. 

While on set, Grammer’s costar Benjamin Hollingsworth said he gave him ‘lots of crap’ about having a newborn. 

‘My kids came to set and met Kelsey,’ he recounted. ‘And he was very kind to them.’ 

Holingsworth added: ‘We had talks about being a dad and it’s crazy, but he welcomed his eighth child just this year. 

‘So, he’s got a newborn at home. I was giving him lots of crap about that.’ 

Their new Christmas movie premieres in theaters on November 6.