Art Garfunkel a Father Again at 64

[browneyedgirly]

Art Garfunkel and his wife, Kim, are the proud parents of a baby boy named Beau who was born through a surrogate mother.

"He's eight weeks," Garfunkel told PEOPLE at his wife's Monday night cabaret performance at Manhattan's Makor Center Cafe.

This is the second child for the couple. Their son, James, was born in 1990, two years after the Garfunkels wed.

"It's intoxicating" Garfunkel, 64, says of his role as dad. (Usually, he's known as half of the legendary folk duo Simon & Garfunkel.) "You're being pinched out of normal life. You are going to be chumped and made silly and startlingly ecstatic."

But, he insists, "I'm doing pretty good. The baby's pretty good. We have good help."

As for any plans to resume work with Simon, he says: "I might tour with my old partner. I'm going to start a new album."

People Magazine

[NurseNoir]

Gawd, I'm sick of these old farts who are wearing Depends while their babies are in Pampers! I'll happily agree to believe that they're still virile without their having to "proove" it. (An assinine notion in itself... as if that really means anything.)

[Lobelia]

I'm with you, Nurse. I don't get it. Why would you want to deal with a baby/small child when you're getting old (one that doesn't go home)? When the kid is 16, Art will be 80 years old, if he's even alive. Maybe he'll be a spry 80, who knows. I know there are no guarantees in life for health, but the odds are not in your favor, the older you get. Yeah, it's his personal choice, but it seems batty to me.

[SVZ]

holy crap! he's not goign to make it through grade school.

[slurikaine]

Why a surrogate? Did they have to do that with their other son too? Because if they didn't, that should be the sure sign they don't need any more kids.