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Nicolas Cage becomes a girl father.
The 58-year-old actor revealed the big news on Thursday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
“I’m going to have a little girl,” Cage told host Clarkson.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent star explained that the name was inspired by his favorite Beatles song and his father, August Coppola.
Nicolas Cage becomes a girl father.
“And her name, because of ‘Across the Universe,’ her name will be Lennon. Lennon Augie. Augie after my father. I’ll call her Lenny for a moment,” Cage explained
NICOLAS CAGE MUST BE CONVINCED TO TAKE THE ROLE AS SELF IN “THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF A MASSIVE TALENT”.
“I’m thrilled,” added Cage. “This will be the greatest adventure of my life.”
“You’re going to be a girl dad,” Clarkson replied.
Fox News Digital confirmed in January that Cage and his wife Riko Shibata, 27, are expecting their first child together.
“The parents-to-be are thrilled!” a representative of the couple told People magazine at the time.
Cage, 57, is already the father of sons Kal-El, 16, and Weston, 31, from previous relationships.
Cage shared the name of the little girl he chose with his wife, Riko Shibata.
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The ‘National Treasure’ actor and Shibata, an actress, met almost two years ago in Japan and exclusively announced to Fox News Digital that they tied the knot in a ceremony in Las Vegas on February 16, 2021.
“It’s true, and we’re very happy,” Cage said of his fifth marriage in a statement to Fox News Digital last March.
The “Face/Off” actor and Shibata wed in a “very small and intimate wedding at the Wynn Hotel,” a Cage rep said at the time. “The date was chosen to honor the birthday of the groom’s late father.”
The bride wore a handmade Japanese bridal kimono from Kyoto, while the groom wore a Tom Ford tuxedo.
Shibata and Cage wed in 2021.
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Cage was previously married for four days in March 2019 to Erika Koike, actress Patricia Arquette from 1995 to 2001, Lisa Marie Presley from 2002 to 2004 and Alice Kim from 2004 to 2016.
Fox News’ Julius Young contributed to this report.