Katharine McPhee looks solemn as she is seen for the first time since the announcement that her child’s beloved nanny passed away unexpectedly, prompting her to pull out of her tour.
The singer, 39, who has been busy performing in Asia with her 16-time Grammy Award-winning partner David Foster, 73, shared the devastating news in a statement on her Instagram on Friday.
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show McPhee walking through Los Angeles International Airport without her husband on Friday.
McPhee kept a low profile, pulling a baseball cap over her face as she passed through the airport.
She announced that she will miss “the last two shows” of the tour, which were to take place in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, because she needs to “go home immediately to family.”
The singer and wife of producer David Foster canceled her remaining shows and left Indonesia immediately after hearing the news of the death of her child’s nanny.
McPhee kept a low profile, pulling a baseball cap over her face as she passed through the airport.
The singer, 39, who has been busy touring Asia with her 16-time Grammy Award-winning musician partner, 73, took to Instagram on Friday to share a statement
The actress wrote, “Dear Jakarta fans, it is with a heavy heart that I announce that I will have to miss our last two shows of our Asia run. David and I have had a terrible tragedy in our family and at least one of us has to go home to our family.
“Please know how sorry I am and how much I want to come back one day and perform for all of you. I love Katharine.’
The actress and singer – who welcomed her first child, son Rennie, in 2021 – did not share any further details about the incident.
Foster stayed to perform the last two shows of the tour in Jakarta, with the last one tonight in the Indonesian city.
He will be joined by Michael Bolton, Loren Allred, Peabo Bryson and Raisa for the final show.
It remains unclear at this time who the couple’s nanny was and how they died.
David and Katharine, who celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on June 28, are the parents of two-year-old son Rennie.
David is also a father to five adult daughters: Sara, 42, Erin, 40, and Jordan, 36, who he shared with second wife Rebecca Dyer.
He also has daughters Allison, 53, and Amy, 49, from previous relationships.
Shortly after she shared the news, her comment section was flooded with sympathetic messages of support from the couple’s celebrity friends.
Nicole Scherzinger said: ‘Sending my love and prayers to your family❤️’
David’s ex-wife Linda Thompson wrote, “Sending love to you and David, and hope all is well.”
The actress and singer – who welcomed her first child, son Rennie, in 2021 – did not share any further details about the incident.
It remains unclear at this time who the couple’s nanny was and how they died
It’s unclear what happened, but many celebrity friends sent their best wishes to the couple during this difficult time
It came after the couple’s two-year-old son, Rennie, showed off his drumming skills on Instagram earlier this year.
David shared the short video, which showed the toddler holding the beat while sitting behind his drum kit
‘PROGRESS!!’ he gushed in the caption, before telling his followers that Rennie is only “2 years and 3 months.”
The composer, arranger, producer and music executive has been documenting his son’s progress on the drums since last December.
In the clip, Rennie starts off with a cool lick on one of his tom drums, before moving to the snare-and-ride symbol for a throw on each.
At that point, the cute boy showed that he can keep a solid beat with the snare, kick and high-hat combination.
Katharine McPhee revealed that she and husband David Foster, pictured here, “had a terrible tragedy in their family”
The couple, who recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, share two-year-old son Rennie; pictured in June 2022, when Rennie was just 15 months old
David first uploaded a video of Rennie drumming on an electronic percussion device to Instagram on December 23, 2022, with the caption, “Little Drummer Boy.”
And he followed that up in January with a video of Rennie playing a real drum kit for the first time, sharing how he had “made progress after 22 months!!”
Three weeks later, Rennie was seen standing upright while focusing on the top hat symbol with an almost disco pattern.
Finding his groove. 23 months,” Foster wrote in the post.
Rennie’s passion for percussion was so great that he even grabbed some chopsticks and started beating away.
This latest post comes just over three months later, and his improvement on the drums is more than apparent.