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Kaye Adams, 62, Admits She Lied About Her Age for Decades

She says pressures on older women in television made honesty about her age feel impossible.

Overview

  • Adams revealed she concealed her true age for years, including from her two daughters.
  • She told her children she was a decade younger and suggested their father, Ian, was ten years older, though both were born in 1962.
  • The ruse unraveled when her elder daughter, Charly, discovered Adams' real age online and challenged her.
  • Adams traces the deception to her thirties and to a doctor labeling her an “elderly primigravida” during her first pregnancy at 39.
  • She later embraced ageing, turning 60 and launching the How To Be 60 podcast and stage show, and now presents her openness as a stand against ageism.