NEW YORK — David Letterman is a daddy.
Letterman's girlfriend, Regina Lasko, delivered a baby boy lateMonday night. He weighed in at 9 pounds, 11 ounces and is 21 incheslong, Letterman announced on his show Tuesday night.
''I could never imagine ever being a part of something thatturned out this beautiful,'' Letterman said, according to atranscript from ''Late Show,'' which is taped earlier in theday.
Letterman, 56, said the baby — his first child — isnamed after his father, Harry Joseph Letterman, who died at 57.
''So God bless dad and God bless Harry,'' said Letterman, whogrew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Ball StateUniversity.
The talk show host joked: ''I don't know, maybe I shouldn't havedone this. First thing I took him home and dangled him over thebalcony,'' a reference to pop star Michael Jackson briefly danglingone of his children over a balcony.
Band leader Paul Shaffer had filled in for Letterman as host ofthe ''Late Show'' Monday night when Lasko went into labor. TomKeaney, spokesman for Letterman's production company, WorldwidePants, said he didn't know where the baby was born.
The show Tuesday night included a Top Ten list of reasons whyLetterman was excited to be a father. The No. 1 reason: There isnow tangible evidence that I have had sex.
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