Wayne Brady Reveals He Was 'In Shock' After Fathering A Secret Baby At 51 After Coming Out As Pansexual
Wayne Brady is a new father again!
Well, he has been for some time now.
According to 'Page Six,' the stand-up comedian and his ex-girlfriend welcomed a baby boy into the world back in 2022. The two managed to keep the event discreet from the media. Brady and his ex-girlfriend Tina had an on-again-off-again relationship during the pandemic.
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Brady, 52, discussed his family's new addition, Val Henry, in an interview with 'PEOPLE' prior to the release of his reality television show 'Wayne Brady: The Family Remix.'
"When I first found out ... I was floored. A 51-year-old dad? I didn't see it coming. So was I happy? No,' he recalled. "Because I was in shock."
The comedian's ex-wife, Mandie Taketa, and daughter, Maile Masako Brady, were reportedly conflicted about the news. Reports suggest that the toddler's mother Tina and Taketa, 48, do not particularly get along.
"Tina and Wayne had been broken up a year," Taketa said. "Then [his] grandma Val passes away, so we go to her funeral in the Virgin Islands, then we come back. Something happened — you fill in the blank. Then, two weeks later, we get a phone call from Tina that she's pregnant with Wayne's baby."
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"Tina does not live her life in complete honesty," Maile, who attends Loyola Marymount University, said. "The string of events is suspicious. I don't enjoy her presence."
Brady, who hosts CBS' 'Let's Make a Deal,' is determined that Val Henry feels nothing but love, despite any family tension.
"I never want Val to grow up thinking that he should be ashamed or look back and go, 'Oh, my dad didn't want me or he was ashamed of me.' Because I want him, in his own way, to know that I love him as much as I love Maile, who is of me and that I had a part in creating."
Brady publicly identified as pansexual in August 2023. He told 'PEOPLE' how he "had to do research and find out what it was that I was."
"What the definition basically boils down to is, regardless of gender, regardless," he continued. "So that means that I am happily free to fall in love with anybody here. If you're gay, if you're straight, if you're non-binary, trans, I don't care."