Rufus Wainwright Proud Father To New Daughter

popeater.com:

Canadian singer Rufus Wainwright announced last Friday that he is the proud father of new baby girl Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen.

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Comments

[onionboy]

10:54 AM on 02/22/2011

I have no issues with their sexuality, but I oppose the proliferation of famous Canadians. They've been taking over the entertainment industry for too long now. :)

[Tolms]

10:49 AM on 02/22/2011

Was that the BEST picture of Rufus they could find!?!?!?

That aside...CONGRATS!!! :)

[KennebunkportIndependent]

09:02 PM on 02/23/2011

This is how he will look after numerous 3 am feeding sessions.

[lolalux]

06:51 AM on 02/22/2011

Please get the facts right, Rufus and Lorca have been friends for a long time, and she's not a surrogate, in his website they clarify that Rufus is the father (Jorn, his partner, her deputy dad) and Lorca is the mother of Viva.

And I will add I have a lot of respect for Rufus for choosing to have a kid this way, a much more loving, natural way than hiring someone as a baby incubator.

Before the homophobic accusations, I don't like the surrogate thing especially with straight people, I find the whole transaction nothing but a big sci-fi exercise of narcissism, the caprice to have a mini-me.

Having the mother of the baby you can't have yourself, for whatever reason that is, be a friend, and be included in the family seems like a balanced, adult decision that I applaud.

[KennebunkportIndependent]

09:03 PM on 02/23/2011

I believe Rufus and Lorca have known each other since he moved to Montreal as a young boy.

[The-JuRK]

03:26 AM on 02/22/2011

Michael Jackson's kids have a better shot at a normal childhood.

"Daddy One, Daddy Two, who's Mommy Two?"

[JSDKoeln]

07:30 AM on 02/22/2011

In your dreams. MJ's kids are messed up for life--just look at what a find job those hetero parents did raising the rest of the Jackson brood. The parent's sexuality has nothing to do with the mental health of a kid...

[The-JuRK]

09:57 AM on 02/22/2011

You are obviously a racist.

[KennebunkportIndependent]

09:05 PM on 02/23/2011

Rubbish.  She will be fine.  The world has moved beyond your prejudices.  Look at this - from a Dutch CHILDREN'S show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qf0puHJ-KM

[Contact1972]

12:28 AM on 02/22/2011

Is Rufus' partner also American?

[Ryhunt86]

09:13 AM on 02/22/2011

His fiance is German.

[Contact1972]

10:23 AM on 02/22/2011

Thanks. I would hope Rufus would speak up about the UAFA but I have a feeling he won't.

[mitchfaw]

09:54 PM on 02/21/2011

Huffington Post, c'mon - not surrogate. Lorca is Viva's mother and will be raising her, with plenty of involvement from Rufus and Jörn. Please spread the word. It's all very beautiful :)) So happy for the families!

[byteb]

05:20 PM on 02/21/2011

That little baby certainly has wonderful musical genes! I wish his mother, the amazing Kate McGarrigle, was here to share the happy news.

[bluguy8]

05:11 PM on 02/21/2011

he was born in Rhinebeck, New York, and raised in canada. He's not Canadian , he is a US citizen

[Hardyman1966]

12:22 PM on 02/21/2011

...and somehow, the Earth won't go hurtling into the Sun.

Congratulations to all.  :)

[AwesomeFratDude]

12:19 PM on 02/21/2011

this guy is nobody, just the son of someone, the only way to stays in the media is by claiming 50 cent is gay, stop reporting about this nobody, AOLington Post.

[Richard Hartman]

05:02 PM on 02/21/2011

Perhaps you are awesome, though I doubt it. You obviously have no idea who Wainwright is and don't care. Someone with the name awesomfratdude needs to back to his bong and stop bothering the rest of us.

[Tolms]

10:51 AM on 02/22/2011

Yeah, if you don't know who he is that is a poor reflection on yourself, not huffpo.

[glockman]

11:22 AM on 02/21/2011

Perhaps a bit off/on topic (since the article's about Wainwright), but "Foolish Love" and "Beauty Mark" give me a feeling of summer carnivals when I was a child. And I mean that as a compliment.

Congrats.

[jen q]

11:22 AM on 02/21/2011

Are Rufus and his partner going to share custody of their daughter with Cohen? I hope the situation works out well for all involved.

[CatClifford]

11:06 AM on 02/21/2011

This news made my day - fantastic! I always (semi) jokingly wish I could be adopted by the Wainwright family but the Wainwrights AND the Cohens? I'm jealous of a newborn and don't care who knows it. She'll probably rebel and end up an accountant now.

[canfemlib]

10:23 AM on 02/21/2011

Too bad she missed meeting her grandma, Kate McGarrigle.

[david5000]

09:30 AM on 02/21/2011

Biblical times are here again.