David Foster Holds a Leather-Clad Katharine McPhee Close, Plus Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber & More

01of 102’FRIENDS' AND LOVERSShahar Azran/GettyDavid Foster and fiancée Katharine McPhee get cozy at the Friends of The Israel Defense Forces Western Region Gala in Beverly Hills on Thursday. 01of 102 ‘FRIENDS’ AND LOVERS Shahar Azran/Getty David Foster and fiancée Katharine McPhee get cozy at the Friends of The Israel Defense Forces Western Region Gala in Beverly Hills on Thursday. 02of 102 RAISING THE BAR Seth Browarnik/Startraks 03of 102’RESCUE' MISSIONAndrew Toth/GettyKeegan-Michael Key and producer Elisa Pugliese look sharp at the International Rescue Committee’s 2018 Rescue Dinner in New York City on Thursday.

David Foster Jokes He Was 'Bragging' About Katharine McPhee During Her Season of 'American Idol'

David Fosteralways knew his now-fiancéeKatharine McPheewas a star. The Grammy-winning songwriter and producer, 68, joked about his fortuitous introduction with McPhee, 34, on the set ofAmerican Idolwhen she was a contestant and he was a guest mentor in 2006. “I was bragging!” Foster said laughingly as hespoke withAccess Hollywoodon Thursday. During season 5, Foster worked with McPhee as she prepared to sing Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing,” which he helped write.

David Foster Jokes That He'd 'Be in Jail Right Now' If His Daughter Had Wanted to Go to College

David Fosteris jokingly relieved his daughter’s career path didn’t include a stop in college. The famed musician’s daughter Erin Foster shared a screenshot of a text conversation with her dad, who weighed in on the allegedcollege admissions bribery scandalthat has resulted in the arrests of actressesFelicity HuffmanandLori Loughlin. “Thank god you didn’t want to go to college-I’d Be in jail right now!!” David, 69, wrote in a text to Erin, which she then shared to Instagram on Saturday.

David Foster Played Piano at Fiancée Katharine McPhee's First Wedding in 2008

WhenKatharine McPheewalks down the aisle, it won’t be the first timeDavid Fostersees her in a wedding dress. The musician played piano at McPhee’s February 2008 nuptials to her first husband, Nick Cokas. Foster is seensitting at the keysbehind the bride inPEOPLE’s exclusive photosfrom theAmerican Idolalum’s wedding. He accompanied McPhee as she serenaded Cokas with Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole’s hit “Unforgettable,” after Cokas performed Billy Joel’s “She’s Got a Way.

David Foster Reflects on Working with Lisa Marie Presley: 'She Was Iconic in Her Own Right'

Photo: Rich Fury/Getty; Joe Scarnici/Getty for Icelandic Glacial David Fosteris rememberingLisa Marie Presley. Days after Lisa Mariedied at the age of 54on Thursday, the musician, 73, reflected on working with the late singer-songwriter while chatting with PEOPLE at the Music Center in Los Angeles for an event honoring Jerry Moss on Saturday evening. “I clearly remember the day we were in the studio together doing a duet with her father, ‘Don’t Cry Daddy,’ which was kind of profound in its own way, that she would be singing a duet with her father,” Foster says.