Katharine McPhee and David Foster gave fans a rare insight into their marriage while performing at a holiday concert in New Jersey on December 12.
The couple met when McPhee was a contestant on the competition’s fifth season. American Idol. McPhee said that she will be excited each week on the show because she will get to meet many established artists and other music industry people.
“I called my mom and said, ‘Mom, you’ll never believe who it is this week!’ And this week, it’s Andrea Bocelli…and a producer,” McPhee recalled to the show. Daily Mail, At that time, I did not know who Foster was.
“And she said, ‘Kat, you know exactly who David Foster is because he just wrote and produced every song, every artist when you were growing up,'” McPhee added.
Then, the singer joked about the couple’s 35-year age gap.
“We have a slight age difference, in case you haven’t noticed it,” she joked.
McPhee spoke about the timeline leading up to their marriage, noting that they had been friends “for a very long time” and had “never been together.” They actually attended each other’s weddings with different people.
McPhee told her husband: “Actually, I was at your wedding. You played the piano and I think one day, I sang this song when I was in a very low mood.” “I was invited to one of your weddings and I’m not sure which one. I’ve been to a few of them.”
“Anyway, the thing is we’ve known each other for a long time and you know, people always say it’s great to be friends first and have a long-term relationship with someone, really get to know them before getting married.” kiss, and we certainly did,” McPhee added.
McPhee was previously married to Nick Cokas, her first husband, in 2008 before they separated in 2013. Meanwhile, Foster has been married five times. His first marriage was to singer and writer BJ Cook. His second wife was Rebecca Dyer and they were married from 1982-1986. He married his third wife. Linda Thompson, in 1991 and they divorced in 2005. Foster went on to marry Yolanda Hadid in 2011 and the couple divorced in 2017.
The couple shared that they’ve “kept in touch” over the years, and Foster ended the story by giving everyone a quick update on where they are now.
“And we got married and had a child,” he said.
The couple married in 2019 and welcomed their first child together in 2021, a baby boy named Rennie David Foster. Foster also has five children from previous marriages – Allison, Amy, Sara, Erin and Jordan. His eldest and youngest children are 50 years apart.
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