Wayne Brady is displaying his delight for his blended household.
As a visitor on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday, Oct. 8, the actor, 52, opened up about what it took for his untraditional household to get to the wholesome place they're in at the moment as they mentioned their new actuality present Wayne Brady: The Family Remix. The proud dad was joined on the discuss present by his ex-wife Mandie Taketa, 48, their daughter Maīle Masako Brady, 21, and Taketa’s accomplice Jason Fordham, 40.
Asked how he is so genuine in sharing his household dynamic, Brady replied, “So much therapy.”
“Therapy and family, and it feels amazing,” he continued. “This show and us creating it, it was a way of entering this second act of life of trying to live in authenticity.”
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Since popping out as pansexual, the proud dad shared, “I feel that I've been able to prosper, personally. Coming out as someone who has dealt with mental health issues, and by coming out as pansexual, and coming out about our family dynamic, now it's a more authentic Wayne that's even on camera and on stage and I'm a better father.”
“I think I'm a better man because when you stop hiding things, you can truly be,” he added. “A lot of people don't know anything about me because for years, I said, ‘I'm not saying jack! Y'all just watch what I do look, but you don't need to know anything about me,' because I was hiding all this stuff inside.”
“So we decided to break that wall down,” he continued.
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Brady shouldn't be solely a co-parent of Maīle, however he additionally co-parents Taketa and Fordham's son Sundance-Isamu, whom they welcomed by adoption in September 2021. When it involves their wholesome parenting relationship, Brady admitted, “She will deny this, but I think that Mandy is the crux of making this whole thing work.”
“Even once we divorced,” he recalled, “she made the decision that we're still going to be family.”
Brady not too long ago turned a dad once more when his ex-girlfriend Tina gave start to a child boy named Val Henry. Although he was “shocked” when he discovered she was pregnant in 2022, he instructed PEOPLE in July that he was decided to make Val really feel cherished and valued.
