Kelsey Grammer has married Kayte Walsh in a lavish ceremony in New York on Friday, just two weeks after his divorce from his third wife, Camille Donatacci, was finalised.
The 55-year-old Frasier star exchanged vows with the 29-year-old former flight attendant in the city’s Longacre Theater.
The venue was decorated with props from Kelsey’s Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles, which is performed in the theatre, and large urns filled with pink and red flowers.
The ceremony was performed by Kelsey’s La Cage aux Folles co-star Terry Lavell and Kelsey and Kayte personalised the ceremony by asking their attendants to read out poems they had written for each other.
Kelsey’s eldest daughters Spencer and Greer were bridesmaids, and were joined by Kayte’s friend Angela Copeland and sister Sophie.
Kayte wore a white silk gown with beaded straps and bodice, which was custom-designed by Peter Langner for Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier. Her attendants wore matching black dresses.
Kelsey also had four groomsmen, including his son Jude, Kayte’s two brothers, and his friend Carl DeGersdorff.
After the ceremony, guests attended a lavish dinner in the Plaza Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. The ballroom was then transformed into a party venue, with gold lounge furniture, a bar and a large dance floor.
Kelsey made an emotional speech at the reception, in which he recalled the first time he met Kayte. The actor was flying to London to the West End production of La Cage aux Folles and Kayte was an attendant on the flight.
“It was really, really sweet,” a guest told People magazine. “Kelsey is very good with words. He’s an actor, so he was very articulate and sweet. She was, too, and very genuine. They looked very happy. Really, really happy.”
Kayte is Kelsey’s fourth wife. He wed dance instructor Doreen Alderman in 1982 but divorced her in 1990. They have one daughter, Spencer, 27. Kelsey became a father for the second time in 1992, when his girlfriend Barrie Buckner gave birth to daughter Greer, now 18. He then married exotic dancer Leigh-Anne Csuhany in 1992, but the relationship ended one year later.
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He announced his engagement to Tammy Alexander in 1994, but the pair broke up in 1995. Two years later he married former Playboy model Camille and the couple had two children, daughter Mason, 10, and six-year-old son Jude.
Kelsey filed for divorce from Camille in June 2010 and was photographed with Kayte in August. Kayte announced she was pregnant in October, but suffered a miscarriage six weeks later. She and Kelsey announced their engagement in December, 2010, and paid $100,000 to book the ballroom at the Plaza weeks before Kelsey’s divorce from Camille was finalised.
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Video: Kelsey Grammer strips off on romantic holiday with Kayte Walsh
