Find what makes you happy and fight for it ❤️ #love #family pic.twitter.com/JsJmupmJko
— Brigitte Nielsen (@brigittenielsen) June 10, 2018
In May, we learned that 54-year-old Brigitte Nielsen was expecting her fifth child with her fifth husband. I was shocked, honestly. I would have been shocked at any 54-year-old announcing her pregnancy. I didn’t even know that Brigitte was currently married, nor did I realize that she is the mother to four sons already. Maybe that’s a good thing though – the fact that she flies under the radar for years means that she’s just being quiet and uncontroversial, right? Let’s hope. Anyway, Brigitte gave birth on Friday. After four sons, Brigitte finally got a daughter.
Brigitte Nielsen has welcomed her fifth child — and first daughter! — at 54, PEOPLE has exclusively learned. On Friday, the actress and her husband Mattia Dessi welcomed their daughter Frida in Los Angeles. At the time of her birth, the newborn weighed 5 lbs. 9 oz.
“We are overjoyed to welcome our beautiful daughter into our lives,” the proud parents tell PEOPLE exclusively. “It’s been a long road, and so worth it. We’ve never been more in love.”
The star of Red Sonja and Beverly Hills Cop II — who has been married five times — is already mom to her four sons: Raoul Meyer Jr., 23, Douglas Meyer, 25, Killian Gastineau, 28, and Julian Winding, 34.
Congratulations to them. I wonder how many rounds of IVF she had to go through, but again, it’s not my body. It’s her body, her choice, across the board. “Frida” is a pretty name which doesn’t get used as much as it should, especially because the name sounds pretty cool with a lot of different surnames. Frida Dessi is a great name, overall. Here’s hoping that everything is fine and everything will continue to be fine for years to come.
happy time ❤️ positive vibes #happyness #positivevibes pic.twitter.com/MrWnpLPC0J
— Brigitte Nielsen (@brigittenielsen) May 30, 2018
Photos courtesy of Brigitte’s Twitter.
Flavor Flav was asked about his thoughts on her pregnancy and he was really sweet about it – clearly they care for each other.
Fifty-four is a bit…old for this. But something tells me she’ll be a better mom to her one daughter than Alec Baldwin will be a dad to his bunch of little ones. And that dog is ADORABLE.
I don’t think she was quite all there for her her first four kids. I remember reading she dealt with a lot of substance abuse problems earlier on, I think she even noted in a recent interview she wasn’t really all there for them at the time. But I’m assuming this will be the first time she’ll be raising a kid sober and hopefully she’ll be able to enjoy it this time around.
Flavor Flav’s reaction was sweet, and a little over the top. You would have thought he was the one having the baby. LOL It did make me smile reading it, though.
Good luck to her
Aw, glad to hear mother and baby are well.
Frida really is a good name. Frida Kahlo is awesome. But as a mom I can’t help but think of my Nose Frida I use to suck the snot out of my kids’ noses. Yum.
Frida is a Scandinavian name that has been in use a very long time. Etymologically it is related to the word for peace. Brigitte is, after all, a native Swede. I love Frida Kahlo too, but in this case the reference is probably closer to ABBA-member Frida.
She’s actually danish. Born in Rødovre – don’t know why i know this…
Well good for her. I don’t think the narrative of “finally” getting a girl or a boy after having had the opposite is particularly helpful. Lots of people are quite content to keep their all-boy or all-girl families, and get tired of folks assuming they need/want a boy/girl to round out their families.
Yes, her age is a little surprising, but at least her daughter is clearly being born to parents who desperately want her and are thrilled to have her around. There are far worse things in the world. Congrats to them.
This. I love the name they chose, also. Congratulations to them.
Oh, jeez, again I thought it was Jared Leto…. congrats to her!
I came here to say that! Ha!
The dog in that first photo! That’s just too much for me <3
Also, congratulations to Brigitte and to the dad.
Her craziness on reality shows seemed to be an act. I remember when she was dating her now-husband, and they seemed genuinely sweet. The only shock was finding out that was more than 12 years ago!
I can’t imagine having the energy to deal with a newborn, toddler and young child in my 50’s/60’s, but I know grandmothers raise grandkids all the time. (Not to mention nannies!) Wishing this family happiness and health.
I can remember when my friend was having a baby at forty about six years ago, and she was noted to be of “advanced maternal age”…😳 glad to see thIngs progressing past forty being the death knell for women.
Yes, as soon as you hit 35. And that’s better than the alternative term—“geriatric pregnancy”.
It is a geriatric pregnancy. The quality of eggs becomes lower past 40 (thus the increased risks for the foetus to have genetic defects) and the pregnancy is at higher risks for the mother as well. It doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to have an easy, healthy pregnancy past 40 (most are), but it needs to be followed a bit closer than when you’re younger. It’s not agism, it’s simply how our bodies work.
Now, while ultimately, it’s the parents’ choice, I’m still unsure about how I feel about this. Regardless of the parents’ energy level, their life expectancy (anyone can die at any time, my dad died at 37) and all this, there are now strong evidences that having kids at a later age can cause epigenetic changes resulting in higher health risks for the children and grandchildren (increased rates of kids on the spectrum, schizophrenia, etc.). It needs to be better studied (it’s been mostly studied by following offsprings of older dads), but it’s still something that should be taken under consideration and doctors and aspiring parents should talk about it before trying to have biological kids once one of the partners is past their mid 40s.
Advanced maternal age is the new name for geriatric pregnancy so she kinda dodged a bullet!
Awww, Dessi was my grandmother’s name. I would love for it to become popular. Not that fond of Frida, I knew a mean lady named Frida.
I’m 55 and a definite hell, no! Good luck to her, I’m struggling with being mum to a 15 year old lol
I am 39 years old and childfree by choice. I simply do not have the energy or resources to properly care for a child (or children). I also never wanted the lifetime commitment or responsibility of parenthood. I do love being an auntie though! I love to spend time with the children in my life, spoiling them with treats/gifts, being there when they need to vent or talk about their day, ETC. And when our visit is over I return to the sanctuary of my small yet comfortable apartment where my two chihuahuas greet me at the door ❤
Congrats and massive respect to all of the parents out there doing their very best with their beautiful children 💛
Sounds like you have a pretty nice setup! 🙂
Love an older Mom!! With all the men contributing sperm at 50+, it’s refreshing to see a 54-year old woman having a baby. Also, I loved her with Flavor Flav!!
All the best to the new family!
I find it interesting that when an older woman adopts we don’t get the ‘selfish’ narrative about having children later in life.
My mother had me at 40 and I had friends whose parents were in their 50’s when they were born (naturally!).
There are no guarantees in this life – as long as you have resources in place and a happy home to care for them – go for it!
Life has no guarantees – So true. My viewpoint on being an older parent has changed through the years. I’ve seen young parents have life-altering illnesses and/or pass before age 50. If someone wants to have a child at 50 or older and can pull it off financially and emotionally, then good for them!
What a narcissist! Poor kid. It’s all about the mother and father’s vanity and not about the best interest of the child. Parenting is hard and at least a 20 year commitment, making the mother 74 when the daughter is 20. Of course we can all die at any time, but I’d like to think that having a kid in my 20s or 30s means I get to see my kids into adulthood barring some tragic accident or disease.
As a fellow 54 year old with two grown children, I would have to say that this woman is clearly out of her damn mind….72 at your kid’s high school graduation?? No thank you.
I had a Klingon slip past two forms of birth control earlier this year. It vanished itself after a couple of weeks (and the hormones made me feel like that was the most devastating thing ever), but if it had stuck around my partner would be a dad to a newborn at nearly 55. He’s much younger than his years, and due to my iron issues he has a lot more energy than me despite our large age difference.
My mum was a lot younger than my dad, and she died right after turning 50. My dad is in his 70s and still works 5 days a week.
Age and health aren’t the same thing.