Luke Wilson Reportedly Welcomes First Baby With Girlfriend Kendall Yates at 54

Luke Wilson has reportedly entered fatherhood for the first time at 54, after welcoming a baby with his longtime girlfriend, 24-year-old Kendall Yates.

The Vacancy actor, who has been dating Yates for more than three years, is now the father of a baby girl with the model, People reported.

According to the outlet, the couple stepped out publicly with their child for the first time on Tuesday at a press event in Newport Beach, California, promoting Wilson’s forthcoming Netflix comedy series.

Wilson and Yates were said to have arrived with the infant in a carrier before presenting the newborn to attendees and to Wilson’s The Hawk co-stars, including Jimmy Tatro, at The Resort at Pelican Hill.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Wilson’s representatives for comment but has not yet received a response.

The pair were most recently photographed together in April, when Yates appeared to show a noticeable baby bump, though neither she nor Wilson ever publicly announced a pregnancy.

Wilson was also notably absent from the Legally Blonde reunion in June, which saw stars including Reese Witherspoon and Ali Larter join forces to promote prequel series, Elle.

He has kept his romance with Yates largely low-key – with the couple making their sole public appearance together at the Los Angeles Premiere of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 in June 2024.

The brother of Owen Wilson had previously spoken openly about his desire to become a father. In a 2019 interview, he said, ‘I’m 47, I’m ready for that. I need to get to work.’ 

Ahead of his 50th birthday in 2021, the actor said he was beginning to understand the term ‘midlife crisis.’

‘Thirty didn’t matter to me. Forty didn’t matter to me,’ he told People magazine. ‘I just steamrolled right through it, but 50 – I don’t know if it’s getting to me because I am sore when I wake up in the middle of the night, and I am forgetting the names of people I know.

‘It’s definitely one of those things that has had me thinking, oh, okay. So this is where the phrase midlife crisis comes from. I’m definitely starting to feel panicky about some stuff.’

Before getting involved with his girlfriend in early 2023, he dated several famous women.

Wilson courted Gwyneth Paltrow for about one year in 2001 and Drew Barrymore from 1997 to 1999.

In early 2022, Barrymore confirmed that she and the actor were together for two years when they were younger and revealed they had an ‘open relationship.’

‘When we first met, we were young and wild,’ the Charlie’s Angels vet said.

While speaking to Kate Hudson – who chatted about dating Wilson’s brother Owen – on her daytime talk show, she said: ‘I was dating him, but I think he was also dating other people.’

‘It was an open relationship,’ she added. ‘We were young.’

They met while filming the 1997 comedy-action flick Best Men and also starred together in the 1998 rom-com Home Fries.

‘We’re just young, we’re having fun, we’re all playing, acting, hanging out. You’re not taking it all so seriously, and it was fun and we had the best time,’ Barrymore said lightly. 

Wilson was also romantically linked to About Last Night actress Joy Bryant in 2003.

He has a verified Instagram account, where he rarely posts to his 11,000 followers.

The entertainer’s latest upload was in October – a photo of a book titled Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening.

He captioned the post, ‘Great book by the writer Jim Newton.’