Baby boy for Gwen
2006-05-27 13:26
Los Angeles - Singer Gwen Stefani, wife of British rock star Gavin Rossdale, gave birth to the couple's first child on Friday, a son they named Kingston, her publicist said.
The baby, whose full name will be Kingston James McGregor
Rossdale, weighed 3.4 kg at birth, spokesperson Dave
Tomberlin said. He gave no further details.
US Weekly magazine reported the baby was delivered by
Caesarean section at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los
Angeles, after which Rossdale walked out of the operating room
to announce the news to waiting relatives.
One witness outside the hospital who saw the couple arrive
on Friday morning told the magazine that Stefani showed up
"wearing her signature red lipstick and looked so excited."
Stefani, 36, who played Hollywood actress Jean Harlow in
Martin Scorsese's film epic The Aviator, announced her
pregnancy last December during the final concert stop of her
solo tour, saying, "This is the end of a huge chapter for me".
She and Rossdale, 38, met in 1995 when Stefani's band No
Doubt opened for Rossdale's former band, Bush. The couple
married in September 2002 in ceremonies in London and Los
Angeles.
- Reuters