Kelsey Grammer shares his agony over ex-lover’s decision to have an abortion in shock admission

By ADAM S. LEVY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 01:26 BST, 7 May 2025 | Updated: 01:33 BST, 7 May 2025

Kelsey Grammer opens up about his past experience with abortion – and his current thoughts on the topic – in his new book Karen: A Brother Remembers.

‘I know that many people do not have a problem with abortion, and though I have supported it in the past, it eats away at my soul,’ the actor, 70, said in the book.

Grammer, who played the iconic role of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC primetime hits Cheers and Frasier, said he and a partner got an abortion in 1974.

He wrote that he regret trying to talk her out of it, as he was ‘willing’ to become a dad at the time.

The Emmy-winning actor said he felt bad he ‘did not plead with her to save [the unborn child’s] life.’

The actor, who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, wrote that he felt bad about what had occurred – which came six months prior to his sister’s tragic July 1, 1975 death.

Kelsey Grammer opens up about his past experience with abortion – and his current thoughts on the topic – in his new book Karen: A Brother Remember. Pictured in NYC last month

The Emmy-winning actor said he felt bad he ‘did not plead with her to save [the unborn child’s] life’

Grammer wrote that ‘volunteered to have my son’s body vacuumed out of his mother’s. I regret it. That’s all I meant to say.’

Grammer was also critical of the medical professionals involved in the procedure.

‘The doctor, or so-called doctors, who have executed generations of children in this manner – I have no idea how they call themselves doctors,’ he wrote.

He added, “Something about the “first, do no harm” thing. But I offer no controversy.’

Grammer in the book spoke about how he and wife Kayte had been expecting twins when tragedy ensued.

He said that a fetus sack ruptured more than three months into the pregnancy.

It would not repair, endangering the life of his spouse, Grammer wrote.

Grammer said: ‘Doctors advised us his continued growth without the safety of his amniotic fluid would surely kill him and probably take Faith too.’

Grammer played the iconic role of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC primetime hits Cheers and Frasier

The actor’s new book Karen: A Brother Remembers is available now. Pictured in NYC last year 

Following extensive prayer, Grammer wrote that he and his spouse made the heart wrenching decision to abort the male fetus to spare Walsh.

He said: ‘We killed our son so Faith might live. We wept as we watched his heart stop. It is the greatest pain I have ever known. 

Grammer, who is father to seven kids with four women, said Walsh’s ‘scream was enough to make a man mourn a lifetime.’

Karen: A Brother Remembers is available now.  

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Kelsey Grammer shares his agony over ex-lover’s decision to have an abortion in shock admission

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