Hollywood veteran Kelsey Grammer welcomes eighth child at 70

Los Angeles, Oct 29 (PTI) Veteran actor Kelsey Grammer, best known for his role in popular series “Frasier” and several "X-Men" films, has become a father again at the age of 70.

Grammer shared the news during an appearance on the “Pod Meets World” podcast on Monday, revealing that he and his wife, Kayte Walsh, recently welcomed a baby boy named Christopher.

"We just had our fourth one, it just became eight kids. It was like three days ago. Christopher has just joined the family. Pretty cool. Yeah, isn’t that lovely?" Grammer said.

Christopher is the couple’s fourth child together.

Grammer also has four older children from previous relationships, including two with ex-wife Camille Grammer.

The actor was on the podcast to discuss his recent book, "Karen: A Brother Remembers".

Grammer will next appear in Marvel Studios' much-awaited superhero ensemble movie "Avengers: Doomsday", in which he will reprise his "X-Men" movies role of Hank McCoy aka Beast. PTI RB RB