Wayne Brady Admits It Took 'So Much Therapy' for Him to Embrace His 'Authentic' Blended Family Dynamic: 'Feels Amazing'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jason Michael Fordham, Mandie Taketa, Maile Masako Brady, and Wayne Brady.Photo:Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

Wayne Bradyis showing his pride for his blended family.

Asked how he’s so authentic in sharing his family dynamic, Brady replied, “So much therapy.”

“Therapy and family, and it feels amazing,” he continued. “This show and us creating it, it was a way of entering this second act of life of trying to live in authenticity.”

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“I think I’m a better man because when you stop hiding things, you can truly be,” he added. “A lot of people don’t know anything about me because for years, I said, ‘I’m not saying jack! Y’all just watch what I do look, but you don’t need to know anything about me,’ because I was hiding all this stuff inside.”

“So we decided to break that wall down,” he continued.

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Wayne Brady and family at Christmas.Wayne Brady/Instagram

Wayne Brady/Instagram

Brady is not only a co-parent ofMaīle, but he also co-parents Taketa and Fordham’s sonSundance-Isamu, whom they welcomed through adoption in September 2021. When it comes to their healthy parenting relationship, Brady admitted, “She will deny this, but I think that Mandy is the crux of making this whole thing work.”

“Even once we divorced,” he recalled, “she made the decision that we’re still going to be family.”

source: people.com