Lionel Richie's Red Signal To This Name For His Grandchild Ahead Of His Birth

American singer Lionel Richie is excited to welcome his grandchild as his daughter sophia is pregnant and he said no to this one name for baby.

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00:00 Famous American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie, father of three, is about to welcome

00:08 his grandchild between May and June.

00:11 He is excited about this new baby, but ahead of his birth, he showed his red signal to

00:18 one name.

00:21 Lionel Richie's daughter Sophia and her husband, Elliot Grange, will welcome their first child

00:27 soon.

00:28 Lionel Richie made it clear that he didn't want to dominate or intervene in between parents'

00:36 choices of baby's name, but he strictly said no to one name.

00:41 He said, "You can't call her Lionella."

00:45 He clarified in an interview with E! News.

00:48 The meaning of Lionella is "little lioness," which derived from his own first name.

00:54 But he also said that he had left this decision to the baby's parents.

01:00 The endless love singer already has experience of handling grandchildren.

01:06 He is the grandpa of his eldest daughter Nicole Richie's kids, Harlow and Sparrow.

01:13 But he is damn excited about his other grandchild and said, "I would be that loving pop-pop

01:20 that comes in the doors and spoils the child."

01:24 Richie raised his three children and made them independent, and now he wants to enjoy

01:30 his grandfather's face.

01:32 He said, "I can't wait to start laughing because it is at that point now where I said,

01:39 'You are having a little girl.'"

01:42 He talked about the kind of relationship he shared with all his kids, including grandchildren.

01:48 "Each child has a different relationship with him, which he loves and everyone has

01:54 their own personality," he said.

01:56 "I love my grandchild."

02:00 "I love my grandchild."

02:04 (dramatic music)