Katharine McPhee Suffers ‘Horrible Tragedy,’ Leaves Her Own Tour
Katharine McPhee Suffers ‘Horrible Tragedy,’ Leaves Her Own Tour
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00:00 Katherine McPhee, who is on the road with her husband, David Foster,
00:03 for the couple's Hitman tour, rushes home to handle a horrible tragedy.
00:08 The American Idol alum shared a message with her fans in Jakarta, Indonesia,
00:13 on Instagram Friday, writing that it's with a heavy heart she has to miss the final two
00:19 shows of their Asia run. Without revealing what happened, Katherine explains,
00:24 "David and I had a horrible tragedy in our family and at least one of us needs to get back home to
00:30 our family." Apologizing for her absence, Katherine promises to return one day to perform for the
00:36 Asian audiences. The message implies that David will continue on with the tour, performing the
00:42 final two shows. Some of David and Katherine's famous friends swooped into the comments to
00:48 share their love. Amanda Kloots writing that she's sending "loads of love." Nicole Scherzinger
00:54 adding that she's sending "love and prayers," while David's ex-wife, Linda Thompson, said she's
01:00 "hoping that everything is okay." The couple tied the knot in 2019.
01:05 "You guys have a love story for the ages. I love it. What has been your favorite part
01:10 about married life so far?" "Uh, the fact that we just really love being
01:15 with each other. There's no arguing, no like drama. It's just easy. So that's how it should be."
01:21 And welcome to a son named Rennie in 2021. "It's the best."
01:25 "She's a fantastic mother. I mean like an amazing mother and we're having the best time."
01:30 "Having so much fun. It's just great being a mom. Yeah, I love it. I absolutely, I mean last night
01:35 for a couple hours was a little rough. The time, it was, he was up in the, you know, when you're
01:39 traveling with the kids, it's, you have your moments where you get overtired and frustrated,
01:43 but it's, it's just so precious because it's just a moment in time that you know is not going to
01:47 last forever. And so you just, from my perspective, I just cherish it and we're having fun."
01:52 It's unclear whether their little one was traveling with his parents on this tour,
01:56 but in June, David shared this clip of his son rocking out on the drums.
02:01 "He's certainly obsessed with the drums or imaginary drums for that matter."
02:11 The proud dad's caption, "Progress. Two years, three months."
02:17 [Drumming]
02:27 [Drumming]