Barry Manilow, 80, reveals new addition to family: ‘I really am enjoying it’
Congratulations are in order for Barry Manilow and his husband Garry Kief.
The legendary crooner is a grandfather!
The 80-year-old singer revealed Keif’s daughter recently adopted a baby girl, making the couple first-time grandparents.
“Garry’s daughter Kirsten adopted a little girl, and so I’m now a grandfather,” he told People. “I’ve never, ever thought about having a baby or having anything to do with [being] a father or any of that.”
“I’m watching this little girl—she’s 2½—grow up and learn. This is a brand-new experience for me, and I really am enjoying it,” he said.
News of Manilow becoming a grandparent comes on the heels of his record-breaking 637th show at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Law Vegas.
His show beat the record previously set by Elvis Presley.
Manilow also has a production set to premiere on Broadway in late October 2023.
The show, Harmony, tells the real-life story of a group of German singers who gained fame in the 1920s and ’30s.
“They represent everything I love — they’re a combination of The Manhattan Transfer and the Marx Brothers, with complicated harmonies — and funny as hell,” Manilow told the New York Times in April. “When we dug into it, it just killed me: Why don’t we know about them?”
Congratulations to Barry Manilow and Garry Kief. Being a grandparent is one of the best things life has to offer.
