{"id":2481811,"date":"2026-06-30T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2481811"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:59:44","slug":"sara-foster-defends-dad-david-katharine-mcphees-age-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sara-foster-defends-dad-david-katharine-mcphees-age-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Foster Defends Dad David, Katharine McPhee\u2019s Age Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sara-foster\/\"><strong>Sara Foster<\/strong><\/a> is not pressed about her dad <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/david-foster\/\"><strong>David Foster<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s 35-year age gap with his wife, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/katharine-mcphee\/\"><strong>Katharine McPhee<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not easy coming into this family,\u201d Sara, 45, said during the Tuesday, June 30, episode of <strong>Kristin Cavallari<\/strong>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/lets-be-honest-with-kristin-cavallari\/id1700725168?i=1000774809852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLet\u2019s Be Honest\u201d podcast<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy, and I think they\u2019ve gotten so much, not s***, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/katharine-mcphee-talks-david-foster-age-gap\/\">but the age difference<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foster, 76, wed McPhee, 42, in 2019. They share a son named Rennie, 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone has an opinion about something,\u201d Sara continued. \u201cThey\u2019re 12 years in, and they are happy. \u2026 She\u2019s a fully consenting lady, this is not, like, some child bride. She is in her 40s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sara spoke candidly about her relationship with the \u201camazing\u201d McPhee as the conversation continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s hard being a stepparent, obviously. I think you want to ride the line of wanting your partner\u2019s kids to like you and wanting to show up as a motherly figure,\u201d Sara said. \u201cBut you also have to have respect for the real mom \u2026 the biological mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI think it\u2019s a tough balance, and I think she does it really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David is the father of six kids, including Sara and Rennie. He welcomed daughter Allison, 56, at 20 years old. She was put up for adoption following her birth but reconnected with David in adulthood. He and ex-wife <strong>B.J. Cook<\/strong> share daughter Amy, 53. David welcomed Sara with second wife <strong>Rebecca Dyer<\/strong>, along with daughter Erin, 43, and son Jordan, 40.<\/p>\n<p>When <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/katharine-mcphee-jokes-about-why-she-wed-david-foster\/\">David and McPhee welcomed Rennie<\/a> in February 2021, the music mogul had a rather diplomatic answer for people criticizing him for having a child in his 70s. He did admit, however, that it was \u201cvalid\u201d for people to ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that I can offer one thing to Rennie even though I won\u2019t be around when he\u2019s 50 or 40 even, or 30 maybe,\u201d David told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/david-foster-says-a-little-bit-different-raising-toddler-73\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em> <\/a>at the time. \u201cI think I can offer him wisdom from my 72 years on the planet. And maybe that\u2019s not a bad trade-off. I hope so.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/katharine-mcphee-and-david-foster-their-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katharine-McPhee-David-Foster-Have-Simple-Way-Staying-Connected-0001.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Katharine McPhee and David Foster Have a 'Simple' Way of Staying Connected\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/katharine-mcphee-and-david-foster-their-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Katharine McPhee and David Foster&#8217;s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKatharine McPhee and David Foster were friends for years before they were spotted getting cozy in May 2017. By July 2018, Us Weekly confirmed that the pair were engaged. The following year, the twosome exchanged vows in London in June 2019. McPhee and Foster\u2019s whirlwind romance came as the music producer was finalizing his divorce [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite David and McPhee\u2019s age-gap drama, the Fosters have formed a pretty solid family unit.<\/p>\n<p>Sara explained during Tuesday\u2019s podcast episode that McPhee isn\u2019t a traditional mother figure to her since they\u2019re so close in age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotally, I look at her as a sister, but she is my stepmom. She\u2019s my dad\u2019s wife,\u201d Sara added. \u201cSo, I think it\u2019s normal for her to come in and kind of take over. She really doesn\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Foster is not pressed about her dad David Foster\u2019s 35-year age gap with his wife, Katharine McPhee. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy coming into this family,\u201d Sara, 45, said during the Tuesday, June 30, episode of Kristin Cavallari\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Be Honest\u201d podcast. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy, and I think they\u2019ve gotten so much, not s***, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2481811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2481812,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481811\/revisions\/2481812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}