Kelsey Grammer’s daughter revealed one of many “meanest issues” her father ever informed her — a second that left her “sobbing” after the pair reconnected following 12 years of estrangement.
Greer Grammer mentioned that after she reconnected with the “Frasier” star at age 16, he later admitted he didn’t need her to make use of his final title rising up.
“[Grammer] was all the time my final title,” the 33-year-old “Awkward” alum defined to host — and her roommate — Alisha Marie — on the “Fairly Fundamental” podcast in November.
“I assume my dad did ask my mother — he informed me this later — however he was like, ‘I informed your mother it may be higher so that you can not have my final title. It could be simpler for you rising up,’” she recalled.
Greer mentioned she was 19 when he revealed that to her, including that it crushed her spirit.
“I began sobbing,” she mentioned.
“As a result of to me, that was just like the meanest factor you possibly can ever say to someone — like, ‘I knew I wasn’t going to be in your life, so I informed your mother it could in all probability be simpler for you to not have my final title.’”
Regardless of how deeply it damage, Greer mentioned Grammer’s recommendation was “truthful,” including that her father was “not unsuitable.”
Greer, whom Grammer shares with former girlfriend Barrie Buckner, mentioned she was 4 when her mother and father cut up and didn’t reconnect with him till she was 16 — calling it a generally misunderstood element about their relationship.
Although she has “very particular” reminiscences of spending time together with her dad earlier than he “left,” Greer mentioned they reconnected years later whereas she was finishing neighborhood service as Miss Teen Malibu at a Christmas tree lot.
“He got here as much as me and mentioned, ‘Are you Greer?’ And I mentioned, ‘Sure, I’m,’” she recalled. “Then he went, ‘I’m s–t.’ And I used to be like, ‘I do know who you’re. Duh.’”
The estranged father and daughter met for lunch every week later, marking the start of their reconnection.
Greer mentioned she was wanting to name him instantly, however her mom urged endurance, suggesting she give Grammer and his household time to course of earlier than reaching out.
As for the place they stand now, Greer defined that whereas she by no means had a belief fund, the “Cheers” star paid for her faculty and that the 2 “have a great relationship now.”
She later appeared alongside him in Season 2 of the “Frasier” reboot.
Grammer shares daughter Spencer, 43, with first spouse Doreen Alderman; daughter Mason, 24, and son Jude, 21, with third spouse Camille Meyer; and daughter Religion, 13, son Kelsey Gabriel, 11, and son James, 9, with fourth spouse Kayte Walsh.
The “X-Males” actor welcomed his eighth youngster with Walsh in 2025 at age 70, gushing that having a new child son, Christopher, at house is “superior and improbable.”
The actor has additionally acknowledged previous estrangements with different youngsters.
“I’ve uncared for a few the youngsters in my life, particularly the primary two,” he informed Individuals in Might. “I’m attempting to make up for a little bit of it now.”
“I’m nonetheless their dad, so you possibly can all the time have an opportunity to point out up,” he added.
