David Crosby and Melissa Etheridge throughout 1995 MTV Rock the Vote in Los Angeles. Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic, Inc
Melissa Etheridge is for life thankful for the present of life that late pal David Crosby presented on her and ex lover Julie Cypher when he accepted be a sperm contributor for the pair in the 1990s. In a meeting with People to advertise her brand-new docuseries Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken— which premieres on Paramount+ on July 9– Etheridge, 63, claims that along with being the organic papa to her child Bailey and late kid Beckett, Crosby “really taught me about generosity.”
“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 claims ofCypher “So we weren’t going to go to a sperm bank because she wanted them to know.” That led them to Crosby, that passed away in 2023 at 81 and appeared up for the job without any strings connected.
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“To me, I didn’t want someone who wanted to be a father,” the vocalist stated of Crosby, that was additionally a papa to kids James and Django and little girls Erika andDonovan “I didn’t want all of a sudden my children to have… ‘Oh, there’s dad.’ And who am I? That sort of thing”; Bailey is currently 27 and Beckett passed away of an opioid overdose in 2020 at 21.
In truth, it was Crosby’s other half, Jan Dance, that recommended he aid the pair out, and according to Etheridge, they weren’t the just one that went through his kindness.
“They had just had help having their son and they appreciated that. They wanted to pay it forward,” Etheridge stated. “We’re still locating youngsters from David Crosby out on the planet. My child’s like, ‘I have another half-sister.’” The key, she said, was that Crosby was happy to donate sperm, but did not need to be a hands-on father to Etheridge’ s youngsters, which is why the partnership functioned.
“That’s what really made it clear for me, was that he was willing to say, ‘Yeah, I was the biological father,’” Etheridge stated ofCrosby “And my kids call him bio dad, so he’s the biological father, but they didn’t need a relationship with him.”
When the Byrds, Crosby, Stills & &Nash owner passed away Etheridge paid caring homage to the rocker. “I am grieving the loss of my friend [and] Beckett and Bailey’s biological father, David,” she composed at the time.“He gave me the gift of family. I will forever be grateful to him, [son] Django, and [wife] Jan. His music and legacy will inspire many generations to come. A true treasure.”
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