Gary Busey Welcomes Son Luke

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It’s a boy for actor and reality star Gary Busey and girlfriend Steffanie Sampson.

The couple welcomed son Luke Sampson Busey at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. The baby boy weighed in at 6 lbs., 7 oz.

“This feels like a dream,” the couple said in a statement. “We feel so blessed and are overwhelmed with happiness at Luke’s arrival.”

Gary, 65, is already dad to a son, actor Jake Busey, 38, and a daughter, Alectra, 16, from previous relationships.

The couple announced the pregnancy in December. Gary will next be seen in the 2010 comedy Grown Ups.

Source: Entertainment Tonight

Comments

65 with a newborn??? I just don’t understand the things people are thinking when they decide to have a baby. Gary Busey is a train wreck. I kinda feel sorry for this innocent baby. He does not know what he was just born into! So sad!

- I♥CBB on February 23rd, 2010

congratulations!!!!!!!

bring on the negative comments about his age….

- lover on February 23rd, 2010

sorry, but there’s always gonna be negative comments when a 65-year-old man brings a newborn baby into the world.
best chances, gary will make it to see his son graduate high school. and that’s best chances.
poor kid. it’s a very selfish act to have a child at age 65. i’m sorry, but it really is.
but welcome to the world baby luke. i love that name.

- kmb on February 23rd, 2010

Gary Busey. i don’t care about his age but his erractic behavior! This guy has been off his rocker for some time! Best wishes for that baby! sorry, he’s just really out there!

- g!na on February 23rd, 2010

Instead of commenting on his old age of bringing a child into the world, I’m going to go with…Gary is suppossed to be a Christian yet he got his girlfriend. Pregnant. Nice!

- Doreen on February 23rd, 2010

Doreen you can still be a Christian and have that happen. WE are not the ones who judge…

- Reader on February 23rd, 2010

i’m going to stick up for Mr. Busey.

EVERYBODY is going to die eventually. NOBODY knows when. So when you have a child, you are taking the risk of dying and leaving it. What if Mr. Busey lives to be 100 and sees his kid go on to be an adult? What if YOU have a kid at 30 but die at 31? If this guy is active enough to impregnate his woman at 65 (major MAJOR props to him), I think he will be active enough to be a great father.

So he has displayed erratic behavior. He doesn’t deserve to be judged. Maybe he’ll pull a Nicole Richie on us.

@Doreen: So what if he is a Christian and impregnated his girlfriend? Do you expect Christians to be perfect? All Christians are human, therefore we are imperfect. But I guess you thought we were perfect, so I am flattered

- lover on February 23rd, 2010

You know what though…there are a lot of 18 to 35 year old men that produce babies that don’t stick around to see their births much less see them through till graduation either. I don’t think someone should be judged on bringing a child into this world due to their age. I think a much loved and wanted child of an older parent that has wonderful childhood memories of being raised by a loving older dad even though he may only have him say till age 15 beats not having any memories at all of a deadbeat younger dad that took off and left his mom because he wasn’t ready to be a family man yet.

- Shea on February 23rd, 2010

Lol @ I♥CBB

Tell us how you really feel

- Lola Marie on February 23rd, 2010

I laughed out loud at the Christian part.

Guess what? Christians are no better than anyone else, and they can still get pregnant. Christians don’t have special godfilled sperm.

- Ashley on February 23rd, 2010

Too old! A average man lives until 72 and I think its ridiculous to have a kid at that age.

- Holly on February 23rd, 2010

Shea, very true.

If I was going to concern myself with his business, I’d be more inclined to comment on his erratic behavior; not his age or the fact that he engaged in sex before marriage.

- Liliana on February 23rd, 2010

65 years old???!!!! Who wants to become a dad at THAT age?? I think that’s gross.

- eureka on February 23rd, 2010

Positive first: I love the name Luke and I’m glad when anyone brings a baby in the world. However, 65 with a newborn. Um, no. He’s the age my grandfather was when he became a great-grandfather for the first time!

- Luna on February 23rd, 2010

i agree with lover 1000%

- lover on February 23rd, 2010

WOW!!! This came out of left field!!

- Sarah on February 23rd, 2010

@ 2nd lover. i’m flattered you’re using my screen name.

- lover on February 23rd, 2010

Congrats to them both.. I agree with the comments about becoming a father at 65, but if they are happy ~ who are we to judge? I worry more about this health, including his mental health, more than anything. I’ve seen him on some shows recently, and it’s not pretty. Let’s hope all that is in the past!

- Rachael on February 23rd, 2010

Well here is my say, like that’s going to matter anyway, like in an earlier post said we have no control on when, where or even how we are going to die. We can to our best by eating better, exercise, meditate, whatever to help our longevity, So if someone older has a kid more power to them, hey it’s not me getting up in the middle of the night.
And Gary Busey can help his longevity by lying off the drink and drugs. Good luck Gary, You now have a second chance at making up for your drunken, drugged past life. I really do hope that your sobriety lasts. Your new baby needs you.

- mary on February 23rd, 2010

I’m not really bothered by his age but I am bothered that it’s Gary Busey having a child. Did anyone see Celebrity Rehab? He’s several fries short of a happy meal.

- Shay on February 23rd, 2010

And another man who finds himself more important than the welbeing of his child. He is too old and has too many problems!!

CBB, I would rather see attention for a lot of celebs and their kids who are now being ignored, than men like this!

- Linda on February 24th, 2010

Linda, he is a celebrity; therefore, a blog about celebrity children is allowed to feature stories regarding his family.

- Alicia on February 24th, 2010

Gary has two other kids and he didn’t exactly correct his behavior and problems/addictions for them, so why should this time around be any different? I truly believe people should have to get a license to bring a child into this world nowadays.

- Peaved on February 24th, 2010

LOL @ Peaved! I totally agree!

- daniela on February 24th, 2010

I don’t agree with a 65 yr old having a newborn, but I guess since his girlfriend looks to be under 30 at least the baby will have a parent to care for it. I love the name Luke and hope that the baby grows up happy and healthy.

- penguinlover on February 24th, 2010

I’m sure I read on another site that his girlfriend’s actually 40, but I could be wrong…

- Sam and Freya's mum on February 24th, 2010

You know what I think the problem is….I think a lot of women suffer from jealousy over the fact that a man could be 100 and has one foot in the grave and still have sperm enough to make babies from now till kingdom come!!!!

There I said it!!!

If women didn’t have to worry about their eggs expiring and their bodies going through menpause and all that. Do you think there would be half the critism over how old they are when they give birth????

There may be some but not as much as there is over a man who can still get it up and impregnate a woman!!!

The guy just had a kid, who cares how old he is. Even if his father passes on, he still has a mother and other family around who will make sure that he knows who his father was.

Why are we so worried and consumed about if he will live to see his kid graduate high school. At anytime any one of us can walk out of our house all healthy, relatively young or whatever and get hit by a bus or get in a car accident or fall prey to some illness and cut our lives short taking us away from our kids….so not all of us will get to see their kid’s graduation.

I’m just saying…..if you cant find anything remotely positive to say…maybe just not saying anything at all and moving on to the next story will suffice.

We can judge him and his behaviour but who is judging us?????

- Brownsugar1313 on February 24th, 2010

I don’t agree with the comparison saying anyone can get hit by a bus. That is completely different from making the choice and knowing for sure that you will not be there for your child when he/she reaches adulthood.

Say he lives to be 80 (higher than average) his son will still only be 15. Yes he will still have his mom but it is not the same. I wouldn’t wish losing a parent at a young age to anyone.

I’m 30 and I can’t imagine my life without my parents.

- Anna on February 24th, 2010

Anna- But what if he lives to be 100? His son would be 35 then.

- CelebBabyLover on February 25th, 2010

I feel sorry for Gary’s girlfriend…..she’s gonna have her child and her boyfriend in diapers at the same time!!! Lol

- HeatherR on February 26th, 2010

@ Anna….well I think that having SOME time with your child regardless of how old you are is better than NOT knowing them at all. That’s why I dont see what the big deal is about his age.

I still stand by the fact that if women were able to give birth past certain ages, we wouldn’t have such strong opinions.

I say as long as you can get it up and have a desire to have a child and find someone you want to spend your life with…..knock yourself out!!! Children are gifts from God and if he didn’t want old men to procreate he would dry up their sperms like he dries up our eggs!!!!

@ Heather, your joke is soooo not funny!!!!!

- Dee on February 26th, 2010

Dee- Sorry but my joke is definitely fuuny

You sound awfully heated about this topic. Of course I didn’t mean any harm. I believe that as long as the child is LOVED, the circumstances regarding age are irrelevant.

- HeatherR on February 26th, 2010

Just what the world needs. People complaining about Gary Busey being 65 and having a newborn. Why can’t we be happy that Gary Busey has made it to 65 years young and can still want and appreciate his baby. Stop and think a minute, Gary probably feels he has been given a second chance through this child. Take one day at time, people.Live every day like it is your last Be kind, do and say good things about people. Treat people as you want to be treated. Remember, we are all human beings. I am sure if it was anybody other than Gary Busey no one would really care. Best wishes and prayers to Gary and his family. Gary, go with God.

Nell in Louisiana

- Janel Furlong on February 28th, 2010

HeatherR, I thought your joke was very funny

- Lauren on March 1st, 2010

In reference to the last post-Gary does seem “out of it” at times,but he has a heart of gold.Thumbs up to Gary and his family,God Bless. V.

- veronica abato on May 6th, 2010