"True magnanimity"
Melissa Etheridge reveals her kids’ sperm donor
It was an open secret for a long time. When Melissa Etheridge wanted to have children with her then partner Julie Cypher, a fellow musician offered to donate sperm: David Crosby, who died last year, became the father of her daughter Bailey and son Beckett.
In "People" magazine, the singer now reveals details of this very private affair for the first time. As well as the fact that the rock 'n' roll hall-of-famer had brought many more children into the world. Etheridge: "We keep finding more David Crosby kids in the world."
"David was perfect"
According to Etheridge, her partner did not want an anonymous donor from a sperm bank in the early 1990s: "Julie was adopted herself and it was very important to her that our children would at least know the identity of their father."
When her good friend David Crosby, who became famous with the band The Byrds in the 1960s, offered to help her and Cypher, Melissa accepted the offer immediately: "David was perfect because he was already a father himself and therefore didn't need a close relationship with his other children. I didn't want a sperm donor who was desperate to play dad and would have confused my children."
"True magnanimity"
Thanks to Crosby's help, daughter Bailey Cypheridge was born in 1997 and son Beckett Cypher in 1999 (he died of a drug overdose at 21 in 2020). The 64-year-old: "David showed me back then what true generosity means."
This led to the "Crosby, Stills & Nash" singer apparently also helping many other childless couples by donating sperm. Etheridge: "My daughter tells me all the time: 'I've found another half-sister!"
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