David Foster Hasn’t ‘Regretted A Single Day’ Of Being A Father In His 70s  

David Foster opened up about changing into a dad once more, 36 years after his final baby was born.

The 72-year-old music producer welcomed his first and solely son, 20-month-old Rennie, final February with spouse, Katharine McPhee, 38. Whereas having a child in his 70s was “not one thing” the Canadian musician and composer noticed coming, he hasn’t “regretted a single day of it,” Foster advised Folks in a brand new interview, revealed Thursday.

“I’ve liked each single day,” he advised the publication throughout the joint interview with McPhee.

“It’s the usual factor of like, ‘Oh, effectively, you have been so younger once you had your kids, and also you have been working day and evening, you by no means noticed them.’ And there’s some reality to that, sadly, for my [older] children. I used to be simply working quite a bit,” he mentioned. “Despite the fact that I’m working quite a bit now, I’ll cancel something simply to hold with him. It’s simply completely different.”

Foster has been married 4 instances and is a dad to 5 daughters- Allison, 52, Amy, 49, Sara, 41, Erin, 40, and Jordan, 36. As for McPhee, she grew to become a first-time mother when the couple welcomed Rennie. Though the singer-songwriter knew there have been “no ensures” that she’d have a child with Foster, she at all times “hoped” she would, McPhee advised Folks. 

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Whereas the 2 are conscious that their 34-year age hole makes them “an unconventional couple,” they don’t really feel that approach in relation to the particular bond they share collectively.

Foster particularly recalled noticing a “large age distinction” appear and feel “regular” when he first started working with Céline Dion and her late husband, René Angélil, one thing he’s stored in thoughts in relation to his personal relationship.

“I believe we’re over that hump now with 5 years of being collectively,” he shared, “and hopefully individuals simply begin trying like we belong collectively as a result of we really feel like we do.”

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“Even when they don’t, we don’t care,” McPhee added. “We simply love our historical past, how we met and the place we at the moment are. Generally we have a look at one another like, ‘That is so wild that we’re collectively.’”

The couple first crossed paths again in 2006 on the set of “American Idol”. On the time, Foster was a mentor on the present’s fifth season the place McPhee competed as a contestant. The 2 “stayed buddies via all these years,” McPhee raved about her longtime relationship with Foster, which finally turned romantic earlier than they wed in June 2019.