Posted by April MacIntyre Jul 6, 2010, 20:04 GMT
Since when does "dad" call the kids on Father's Day?
04/18/2010 - Kelsey Grammer - "La Cage Aux Folles" Broadway Show Opening Night - Curtain Call - Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street - New York City, NY, USA © Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos
This is the day that the chilluns get to shine with their summertime arts and crafts efforts, like a Gimp key chain or a giant soap on a rope for their Father to enjoy. Perhaps a cake, or just leaving dad alone so he can nap.
But for whatever reason actor Kelsey Grammer is being pilloried in the press for not picking up the horn and calling his kids...to say what? 'Hi kids, it's Father's day, still love me?'
If "Pops" is out of town, this is the day that Mother must marshall the kiddie troops to call their dad and tell him "Happy Father's Day" and then ask him, "what are you bringing home for me from your trip?"
His estranged wife Camille took time out from her alleged injectables appointments and alerted the media that Kelsey was such a cad he missed the opportunity to call his children.
"The truth is I did call my kids that evening," he writes on his Web site KelseyLive.com.
"Frankly, I was surprised that they did not call me in the morning but I was thousands of miles away and working that day so I didn't give it a second thought," says Grammer, 55, who has two kids, Mason, 8, and Jude, 5, (perfect Gimp making ages) living in Los Angeles.
"I called them to see how they were doing as I do almost every night at around the same time, 11 p.m. my time, 8 p.m. their time, just before they go to bed," he writes. "Mason had been upset earlier that day because she was missing me. I spoke to her for some time and reassured her that I loved her and that I would be seeing her soon."
Kelsey got in one more zing: "Gossip and the rumor mill always thrive during times like these, as in the Father's Day story," he writes. "Whatever might be said, I ask that you take the 'high road.' I intend to do the same."
We are low road country people at the DDA, but feel you Kelsey.
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