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Who is Jessie J’s baby daddy Chanan Colman, who she called ‘the calm to my crazy’? The Danish-Israeli basketball star shares son Sky with the pop singer – and calls his mum his idol and inspiration

Chanan Safir Colman with his partner Jessie J in a recent photo. Photos: @chanancolman/Instagram
Chanan Safir Colman with his partner Jessie J in a recent photo. Photos: @chanancolman/Instagram

  • Born in Denmark to an Israeli mother and Jewish-American father, Colman was teased for speaking Hebrew as a child, but now plays in Israel’s Basketball Premier League and credits his mum for helping him
  • Colman met his partner, ‘Price Tag’ singer Jessie J, in 2021 soon after her miscarriage; the couple had a ‘whirlwind love’ and share a son who was born in May 2023

In May 2023, British pop star Jessie J and her partner Chanan Safir Colman welcomed their baby boy into the world. While the “Price Tag” songstress has typically endeavoured to keep her personal life under wraps, that changed after the arrival of her son, Sky. Not long after the birth, the singer shared a Instagram Story from the delivery room with a poignant message of gratitude for her partner.

Chanan Safir Colman shared a photo with his and Jessie J’s son, in an Instagram post in January
Chanan Safir Colman shared a photo with his and Jessie J’s son, in an Instagram post in January

“I struggle to keep things private,” her caption read. “I think if you know me, you know that. I want to protect people I love and keep it for myself. And then so often I think, f*** it because life is short, and don’t want to regret it. Once you open the door, you can’t close it.” Jessie J also described Colman as a “beam of light” and “the calm to my crazy”.

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From their life together to his professional endeavours, here’s all there is to know about Chanan Colman.

What is Chanan Colman’s background?

Outtakes from one of Chanan Safir Colman’s recent photo shoots
Outtakes from one of Chanan Safir Colman’s recent photo shoots
Born in Denmark to an Israeli mother and a Jewish-American father, Colman, 40, speaks three languages. “My first language is Danish, and when I was very young, I spoke Hebrew. So in total, Danish, Hebrew and English,” he revealed in an interview with Sports Rabbi.
Chanan Safir Colman honoured his mother with a photo montage on her birthday in 2023
Chanan Safir Colman honoured his mother with a photo montage on her birthday in 2023

Despite his multilingual upbringing, Colman shared in the same interview that he faced challenges maintaining his Hebrew. After being teased in kindergarten, he gradually stopped using the language – a decision he and his mother now regret.

He’s in Israel’s Basketball Premier League