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Katharine McPhee is celebrating David Foster — and the Dodgers!
The singer and actress, 41, marked her husband’s 76th birthday on Saturday, Nov. 1, with a sweet tribute on her Instagram Stories.
On top of a video of McPhee presenting her husband with cake and lit candles, she wrote, “Happy Birthday to my sweetheart @davidfoster. I love you so much & thank you for this wonderful life and family. Was a very busy day & Dodgers winning tonight took the cake!”
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McPhee and their 4-year-old son, Rennie Foster could be heard singing “Happy Birthday” to David, who was dressed to the nines.
McPhee’s caption acknowledged the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series victory after the team won game 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4.
In a follow-up Instagram Stories video, seemingly recorded by David, McPhee could be seen watching the game on her phone during an event.
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McPhee met Foster on American Idol in 2006, when the Smash alum was a contestant and the producer was a guest mentor.
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The pair remained friends — Foster even played the piano at McPhee’s first wedding to ex Nick Cokas— and the pair were later seen in public together a number of times in 2017, the same year Foster split from ex-wife Yolanda Hadid.
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Foster and McPhee eventually went public with their relationship, and the songwriter proposed to McPhee while the couple was on vacation in Italy in July 2018. They then got married at the Church of Saint Yeghiche in South Kensington, London, in June 2019.
McPhee and Foster welcomed their first child together, and Foster’s first son, Rennie David, in February 2021. (He is also a dad to five daughters from previous relationships.)
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Speaking with PEOPLE in 2024, Foster said he and McPhee keep their marriage strong by being open to change.
“[Marriage] is a moving target, as you probably know,” he said, adding, “If you’re a parent, then you absolutely know.”
The star also said that he and McPhee don’t follow “any hard and fast rules” in their years-long relationship.
As for co-parenting their young son, Foster explained, “Sometimes parents can agree to disagree and then agree on most things and a different philosophy on other things, but it just works itself out.”
