New York — For decades, Greg Gutfeld was Fox News’ most unfiltered voice — the smirking provocateur who turned cynicism into an art form. But in 2025, the man who once joked that “sleep is for the sentimental” found himself pacing through sleepless nights for an entirely different reason: his newborn daughter, Mira.

At 60, when most men are calculating retirement or headline segments about “the next generation,” Gutfeld was suddenly holding the next generation in his arms — and realizing how little he actually knew about love.

He called it “the ultimate re-education.”

“When you have a baby at this age,” he said on The Five, “you don’t just change diapers — you change perspectives. You start wondering why you ever thought your career was the main act.”

For a man who built an empire out of satire and skepticism, fatherhood hit like an emotional ambush. Gone were the perfectly rehearsed monologues and late-night bravado. In their place: 3 a.m. feedings, lullabies sung off-key, and an unfamiliar panic each time his daughter coughed.

Elena Moussa, his wife of 20 years, called it “the softening of the sharpest mind I know.” She’d watched Greg juggle deadlines and debates for decades — now, she watched him fold onesies with the same intensity he once reserved for political takedowns.

And yet, beneath the jokes, there was something deeper — something almost redemptive. In one rare interview, Gutfeld admitted:

“When you become a father late, you feel the clock louder. You realize you won’t be around forever, and suddenly that makes every minute count. She’s my reminder that I still have time — but not to waste.”

His friends say the change is unmistakable. The once-acerbic host now leaves work early to be home for bath time. His producer confessed that during one taping, Greg stopped mid-rant, smiled at a baby photo on his phone, and whispered, “She’s learning to smile. That’s the real news.”

It wasn’t always easy. He spoke candidly about the fear that creeps in — fear of being “too old to keep up,” of leaving too soon, of missing first steps or school plays. But it’s precisely that awareness, he says, that turned fatherhood at 60 into a kind of grace.

“When you’re 25, you think you’ll live forever. When you’re 60, you know better — so you love harder.”

Fans who once tuned in for punchlines now find themselves witnessing something softer — a man who built a career on irreverence learning reverence, one late-night bottle at a time.

Greg Gutfeld used to end his shows with irony. These days, he ends his nights with a whisper to the crib:

“You’re the best story I’ll ever tell.”

And in that moment, the loudest man on late-night television finally learned what silence — the gentle breathing of a baby asleep — truly sounds like.