Katharine McPhee looks solemn as she is seen for the first time since announcing her child’s beloved nanny had died unexpectedly, prompting her to abandon her tour.
The singer, 39, who had been busy performing in Asia with her 73-time Grammy Award-winning partner David Foster, shared the devastating news in a statement posted to her Instagram on Friday.
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show McPhee walking through Los Angeles International Airport on Friday without her husband.
Keeping a low profile, McPhee pulled a baseball cap over her face as she walked through the airport.
She announced that she would “miss the last two shows” of the tour, which were due to take place in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, as she “needs to return home to her family” immediately.
The singer and wife of producer David Foster canceled her remaining shows and left Indonesia immediately after hearing the news of the death of her child’s nanny
Keeping a low profile, McPhee pulled a baseball cap over her face as she walked through the airport.
The 39-year-old singer, who has been busy touring Asia with her 16-time Grammy-winning musician partner, 73, took to Instagram on Friday to share a statement.
The actress wrote: “Dear Jakarta Fans, It is with a heavy heart that I announce that I have to miss our last two shows of our Asia run. David and I have experienced a horrible tragedy in our family and in the least one of us has to go home to his family.
“Please know how sorry I am and how much I want to come back one day and play for all of you. I love Katherine.’
The actress and singer – who welcomed her first child, son Rennie, in 2021 – did not elaborate on the incident.
Foster stayed on to perform the last two shows of the tour in Jakarta, with the last being tonight in the Indonesian city.
He will be joined by Michael Bolton, Loren Allred, Peabo Bryson and Raisa for the final show.
It remains unclear who the couple’s nanny was and how they died.
David and Katharine, who celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on June 28, are parents to two-year-old son Rennie.
David is also the father of five adult daughters: Sara, 42, Erin, 40 and Jordan, 36, whom he shared with his second wife Rebecca Dyer.
He also has daughters Allison, 53, and Amy, 49, from previous relationships.
Shortly after sharing the news, her comments section was flooded with sympathetic messages of support from the couple’s famous friends.
Nicole Scherzinger said: “Sending my love and prayers for your family”
David’s ex-wife, Linda Thompson, wrote: “Sending love to you and David, and hope all is well.”
The actress and singer – who welcomed her first child, son Rennie, in 2021 – did not give further details of the incident
It is still unclear who the couple’s nanny was and how they died
It’s unclear what happened, but many famous friends sent their best wishes to the couple during this difficult time
It comes after the couple’s two-year-old son Rennie showed off his drumming skills on Instagram earlier this year.
David shared the short clip, which showed the toddler keeping a solid beat as he sat behind his drums
‘PROGRESS!!’ he gushed in the caption, before informing his followers that Rennie is only “2 years and 3 months old”.
The composer, arranger, producer and musical director has been documenting his baby’s progress on drums since last December.
In the clip, Rennie begins with a cool lick on one of his tom drums, before moving on to the snare and ride symbol for a roll on each.
At that point, the adorable lad then showed he could keep a solid rhythm with the snare, kick and top hat combination.
Katharine McPhee has revealed she and her husband David Foster, pictured here, ‘had a horrible tragedy in their family’
The couple, who recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, share two-year-old son Rennie; pictured in June 2022, when Rennie was just 15 months old
David first uploaded a video of Rennie playing drums on an electronic percussion device to Instagram on December 23, 2022, which he captioned: “Little Drummer Boy”.
And he followed that up in January with a video of Rennie playing live drums for the first time, where he shared how he had made “progress at 22 months!!”
Three weeks later, Rennie could be seen standing as he focused on the top hat symbol with an almost disco pattern.
‘Find your rhythm. 23 months,’ Foster wrote at the time of publication.
Rennie’s passion for drumming was so great that he actually grabbed a pair of drumsticks and started banging.
This latest post comes just over three months later, and his improvement on the drums is more than apparent.
