Apparently singer Melissa Etheridge wasn’t the one one who had David Crosby’s assist in beginning a household.
In a Individuals interview printed on-line Tuesday, Etheridge opened up about her determination to make use of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Famer as a sperm donor for 2 of her kids. It seems that Crosby donated his sperm to different {couples} through the years too, she mentioned.
“We’re still finding kids from David Crosby out in the world,” Etheridge defined. “My daughter’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.’”
Crosby, who died in 2023 at age 81, donated sperm to Etheridge and her then-partner, Julie Cypher, many years in the past. Along with his assist, Etheridge and Cypher turned mother and father to a daughter, Bailey Cypheridge, and a son, Beckett Cypher.
“The situation was special with my partner at the time because she had been adopted and she wanted her children to know who their biological father was,” Etheridge informed Individuals. “So we weren’t going to go to a sperm bank because she wanted them to know.”
Etheridge thought that Crosby was “perfect,” including that he was already a dad to his personal kids and subsequently wouldn’t hunt down a detailed relationship together with her youngsters.
“To me, I didn’t want someone who wanted to be a father… I didn’t want all of a sudden my children to have…‘Oh, there’s dad,’” Etheridge mentioned. “And who am I? That sort of thing.”
Cypheridge, now 27, introduced her engagement to accomplice Jocelyn Simone final month. Beckett Cypher died in 2020 following an opioid habit. He was 21.
Etheridge ― who can also be mother to 17-year-old twins with ex Tammy Lynn Michaels ― informed Those who her expertise with Crosby “really taught me about generosity.”
The 2-time Grammy winner will delve additional into her life as each a mom and a musician in a brand new Paramount+ docuseries, “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken,” which is due out subsequent week. She returns to the live performance stage Wednesday in Avon, Colorado.