Katharine McPhee Gives Birth To 'Healthy Baby Boy' With 71-Year-Old Husband David Foster
Congrats to the happy couple!
Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock In Oct. 2020, American Idol alum Katharine McPhee announced that she was expecting her first child with husband David Foster.
The pair were spotted out and about on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Montecito, California, and McPhee was seen sporting quite the baby bump.
And on Feb. 24, 2021, it was confirmed that McPhee had given birth to a beautiful baby boy.
"Katharine McPhee and David Foster have welcomed a healthy baby boy," a rep for the couple confirmed to People. "Mom, Dad and son are all doing wonderfully."
While is Katharine's first child, it'll be baby number six for David Foster, as he has five daughters from previous relationships.
On the heels of the news of McPhee's first child being born, let's take a look back at their relationship throughout the years.
Katharine McPhee and David Foster have known each other for a while.
McPhee and Foster have known each other for years. She rose to fame as a runner up on season 5 of American Idol in 2006. He is a Grammy winning music producer who has worked with McPhee on several songs.
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What is David Foster's age?
While age is just a number, McPhee and Foster are 35 years apart; David Foster is 71 years old, and Katharine is 36.
McPhee is younger than two of three of Foster's daughters from his second marriage. McPhee was born in 1984. Sara Foster was born in 1981. Erin Foster was born in 1982. Jordan Foster was born in 1986.
David Foster was Gigi and Bella Hadid's step-dad.
David Foster married former model and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid on 11/11/11 in Beverly Hills.
He was step dad to Yolanda's three kids from her previous marriage to real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, including supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid. Foster was with Yolanda for nine years, four of those as husband and wife.
Their divorce wad finalized in May 2017.
David Foster has worked with some of the most famous artists in the business.
David Foster is a Grammy winning musician, record producer, composer, and songwriter.
He has worked with Andrea Bocelli, Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Kenny Rogers, Jennifer Lopez, Chaka Khan, Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, Seal, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Brandy Norwood, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny G, and Chicago — to name just a few of the notable names he has worked with.
He has been nominated for 47 Grammy Awards and won 16 of them.
Who are David Foster's wives from throughout the years?
Foster has taken the walk down the matrimonial aisle four times.
He has five biological daughters and seven grandchildren. He married B.J. Cook in the early 1970s. They had one daughter, Amy, together. He married his second wife, Rebecca Dyer in 1982 and divorced in 1986. They had three daughters together: Sara, Erin, and Jordan Foster.
His third wife was Linda Thompson. They married in 1991.
The two wrote several songs together, including "I Have Nothing" for Whitney Houston in the movie The Bodyguard.
Thompson had formerly been married to Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner and had two sons, Brody and Brandon Jenner that Foster was stepfather to. Foster and Thompson divorced in 2005. And finally, he married Yolanda Hadid in 2011 and separated from her in 2015.
Who is Katharine McPhee's first husband?
In 2008, then 23-year-old McPhee married actor Nick Cokas, who was 19 years older than McPhee.
The two had an acrimonious split, and the dates each spouse claimed they separated on do not match up. In 2013, McPhee was spotted kissing Michael Morris, the director on her TV show Smash — who was married!
At the time, her publicist claimed McPhee and Cokas had separated. Cokas claimed this was not the case at all. It took two years to settle their divorce, which only happened once the two agreed on the date that they separated on.
McPhee paid dearly for her freedom. The courts awarded Cokas half of what McPhee earned during her two seasons on Smash, half of her $700,000 recording contract and half of any earnings of the songs she wrote and/or recorded during their marriage.
Cokas was also awarded spousal support in the amount of $400,000 per year.
McPhee and Foster first sparked dating rumors in May 2017.
In May 2017, McPhee and Foster were spotted getting cozy at Malibu's Nobu restaurant.
An eyewitness said that the couple were observed grabbing each other's faces and kissing. They were generally acting like a couple, enjoying sushi, drinking two bottles of wine, and leaving together in an Uber a couple of hours later.
McPhee opened up about Foster in a 2017 interview.
In a 2017 interview, McPhee addressed the rumors that she was dating Foster:
“We’re very close friends, and we’ve been friends for a long time. I’m really, really fond of him, and I think he’s an incredible person. People can say whatever they want."
When was Katharine McPhee and David Foster's wedding?
Katharine McPhee and David Foster got married in London on June 28, 2019.
Who are David Foster's kids?
As previously mentioned, David Foster has five kids: Amy S. Foster, Jordan Foster, Allison Jones Foster, Erin Foster, and Sarah Foster.
Who are Katharine McPhee's kids?
Kartharine McPhee has one child — a beautiful baby boy she and Foster welcomed on Feb. 24.
McPhee opened up about her pregnancy on a recent episode of the Women on Top Podcast, which is hosted by Roxy Manning and Tammin Sursok.
"Now that I am having a boy, there are different things I need to worry about to teach him versus the things I would be thinking about with a girl," she said.
"But it's kind of refreshing because I feel like I don't need to think about those societal 'this is the way you look.' I think men have different issues and different things to worry about," she added.
Congrats to the happy couple!
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