Wayne Brady opened that he quietly welcomed a baby boy, Val, 6 months ago.
The comedian shared this unexpected news with viewers during the premiere of his Freeform reality show, “Wayne Brady: The Family Remix,” on Wednesday.
Brady mentioned that the arrival of his son was far from anticipated.
“Not on my bingo card,” he confessed. “When I first discover out … I was floored. A 51-year-old dad? I didn’t see it coming. So was I happy? No. Because I was in shock.”
Now 52, Wayne finds himself in “uncharted territory” as he co-parents Val with his former-girlfriend, Tina.
The couple dated on and off during the pandemic before ultimately breaking up.
“How do I co-parent with this person that I am not with and make this work?” Brady pondered.
Brady’s former-wife, Mandie Taketa, and their 21-year-old daughter, Maile, also had reservations about the new addition to the family.
Mandie, 48, admitted that she and Tina “don’t get along.”
She later elaborated on the timeline of events, explaining, “Tina and Wayne had been broken up a year. 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 expecting with Wayne’s baby.”
Maile, who had strong feelings about Tina, was initially kept in the dark about the pregnancy.
“Maile will say she warned Wayne about this happening,” Mandie Taketa shared, adding that she “didn’t make eye contact with Maile for 3 months” while keeping the secret.