Meet Peta Gibb, Andy Gibb's daughter: What does she do for a living?
Many know Peta Gibb as the daughter of the late Andy Gibb. Her dad was an English-Australian singer/songwriter and the younger brother of the Bee Gees band members. Coming from a musical family, many expected Peta to follow in their footsteps. She sings, but music is not her primary career. This article unpacks important information the public knows about Andy Gibb's daughter, her whereabouts, and her family.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Profile summary
- Who is Peta Gibb?
- How old is Peta Gibb?
- Educational qualifications
- What does Peta Gibb do for a living?
- Who is the mother of Peta Gibb?
- Peta Gibb's parent's love story, marriage, and divorce
- Peta and Andy Gibb's relationship
- What did Andy Gibb pass away from?
- Is Peta Gibb close to the Gibb family?
- Who is Peta Gibb's husband?
- Does Peta Gibb have children?
- Did Andy Gibb's daughter inherit his estate?
- Peta Gibb's net worth
- Is Peta Gibb on Wikipedia?
- Did Victoria Principal and Andy Gibb ever date?
- Did Olivia Newton-John date Andy Gibb?
- Who was the richest Bee Gee?
- Facts about Peta Gibb
Peta Gibb was raised by her mother and never her dad. Andy passed away when she was barely 10. His legacy lives on, and so does his only child, whom he never met. Discover below what led to the singer's demise and Peta's relationship with his family.
Profile summary
| Full name | Peta Gibb |
| Known as | Andy Gibb's daughter |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthdate | January 25, 1978 |
| Age | 46 years (as of 2024) |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Birthplace | Australia |
| Residence | Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Sexuality | Straight |
| Father | Andrew Roy Gibb |
| Mother | Kim Reeder |
| Siblings | None |
| Marital status | Married |
| Husband | Matt Weber |
| Children | Darbey Weber and Flynn Weber |
| Education | Education and journalism degrees |
| Profession | High school teacher, vocalist, music performer |
| Net worth | $10 million (approx.) |
Who is Peta Gibb?
She is the only child of the late singer Andy Gibb. She is also famously known as the niece to Andy's brothers, Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, who formed the Bee Gees during the mid-1960s.
How old is Peta Gibb?
Andy Gibb's daughter is 46 years old in 2024. She was born on January 25, 1978, in Australia.
Educational qualifications
She had two degrees, one in education and another in journalism.
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What does Peta Gibb do for a living?
Peta is a high school teacher, part-time vocalist, and performer in Australia. She is also part of an all-female music group.
Who is the mother of Peta Gibb?
Peta Gibb's mother, Kim Reeder, had her about two years after her wedding to singer Andy Gibb.
Peta Gibb's parent's love story, marriage, and divorce
Singer Andrew Roy Gibb lived in Seven Hills, a Sydney suburb, where he married receptionist Kim Reeder at the Wayside Chapel on July 11, 1976. The two married 18 months after his sister, Lesley Evans, introduced them at a dog show.
The Bee Gees band (comprising Andy's elder brothers, Barry, and fraternal twins Robin and Maurice) started to become famous in America around the time Kim and Andy married.
At the same time, the Bee Gees' manager, Robert Stigwood, had arranged for Andy to fly to Miami to record some tapes. So, the singer interrupted his honeymoon in Bermuda (where he and Kim stayed at Stigwood's house) and headed for Miami.
He returned to Australia a few days after recording his debut album, Flowing Rivers, and signing up with Robert Stigwood's label, RSO Records. Andy's older brother, Barry, helped produce and record the famed album.
Shortly after the honeymoon, the newlyweds moved to West Hollywood, California, in 1977 to join Andy's family and, hopefully, expand his career.
Before recording his debut solo album, the singer had formed a band called Melody Fayre with guitarist John Alderson, bassist Stan Hughes, and drummer John Stringer.
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Andy's mum, Barbara, was the band's manager before the group disbanded. So, the singer and his wife relocated to America with former band members Alderson and Stringer, leaving behind Hughes.
Kim became pregnant and broke up with Andy the same year they relocated to the USA. So, she returned to Australia, where she gave birth to Peta in early 1978.
Reports state as Andy's fame took off, he started using drugs and paid less attention to his marriage. In a conversation with People in 1988, Kim recalled how the singer changed when they moved to America. She said:
All of a sudden, Andy wanted to go to the mountains by himself. He became ensconced in the drug scene. Cocaine became his first love. He became depressed and paranoid. He wasn't the man I married.
Did Andy Gibb know his daughter?
Kim Reeder and Andy divorced by the end of 1988. She and their then-2-year-old daughter, Peta, met the singer one last time in 1980 in Los Angeles, where he left his ex-wife a gold bracelet inscribed, “With all my love—A.G.”
Andy's bandmates, Alderson and Stringer, also later returned to the UK, forcing the vocalist to join a band called Zenta, whose other members were guitarist Rick Alford, bassist Paddy Lelliot, vocalist Glen Greenhalgh, and drummer Trevor Norton.
Zenta would appear later as his backing band for Gibb but did not participate in his recording sessions around 1975. Andy worked with the Gibb-Galuten-Richardson production team on his second album, Shadow Dancing, released in April 1978.
Peta and Andy Gibb's relationship
People would ask Peta about her father, but she never wanted to speak publicly about him. She didn't even want to acknowledge that she had a celebrity dad.
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After a family reunion with her cousins in 2017, Peta (39 then, married, and with two sons) felt ready to publicly share painful memories of her father and embrace the famous surname.
Andy Gibb's daughter told her story to news.com.au, describing her father as “just a guy on the end of the telephone line.” She said:
I didn't have the chance to get to know my father as well as I should have...As I grew, I learned that he was famous and that he had famous siblings, but for me, he was just a guy on the end of the telephone line.
Peta was raised by her mum in Australia, where she lived like a normal kid, far from her father's celebrity lifestyle in America. She explained:
I knew I had a dad. I knew he was a singer and that he lived in America, and that's it, really. It wasn't until much later that I knew he was famous.
I remember Mum calling me into a room once, pointing at Solid Gold on the TV and saying, ‘That’s your dad.’
She added:
It was so difficult for me to reconcile that this guy in gold pants was anything to do with me or my life, or the guy who called me from time to time. It was pretty confusing, actually.
In addition, Peta and her mother's media coverage and interviews never went well. For instance, they were once bullied after appearing on the cover of a gossip magazine in Australia.
Despite being ridiculed for having a celebrity dad and people calling Andy Gibb a drug addict, Peta still hoped they would meet and have a solid father-daughter relationship.
Nonetheless, Andy died in 1988 when Peta had just turned ten. Her Australian family tried to give her a "normal" life even after his death.
Andy Gibb's daughter does not deny that she still feels uneasy when people discuss this phase of her life in her presence.
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What did Andy Gibb pass away from?
The singer died of a heart condition called myocarditis. He died at a hospital in Oxford, England, on March 10, 1988, five days after his 30th birthday.
Andy Gibb had struggled with drug addiction and depression throughout his career. The damage had already been done when he finally sought rehabilitation in the spring of 1987 at the Betty Ford Clinic.
Is Peta Gibb close to the Gibb family?
After Andy Gibb's death, his daughter built a great relationship with his family. Peta confessed:
I’d see my uncles every time they’d come out on a tour. I would catch up with them, but their kids were rarely on tour.
She added:
I'd hear, 'Oh, you and Sam look so much alike; you'll have to play one day,' but it never worked out like that.
Maurice's daughter, Samantha Gibb, contacted Peta in 2016, requesting her to participate in The Gibb Collective. The project brought together the children of Andy, Barry, Robin, and Maurice to cover classic Gibb songs.
Peta initially hesitated but changed her mind after a two-hour conversation with Samantha. In 2017, she joined her cousins to create the Gibb Collective to honor Andy and his brothers' legacies.
Reconnecting with her cousins helped Peta make peace with being Andy Gibb's daughter. She said:
I've found such a connection with my cousins. The long overdue family reunion to come out of this project is something I never expected. I'm finally able to connect with that side of my life in a positive way, on my terms, and in a way that makes me feel proud.
The 10-track album Gibb Collective: Please Don't Turn Out the Lights was released in June 2017. Peta Gibb's songs on the album include Fool for a Night and Please Don't Turn Out the Lights.
She is also among the people behind the Bee Gees Fan Club—GSI official website. The platform shares Gibb's family history and images and commemorates Andy and his brothers' career achievements.
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Who is Peta Gibb's husband?
Andy's daughter is married to Matt Weber, and they are parents to two boys. The family resides in Australia.
Does Peta Gibb have children?
Her eldest son, Darby Weber, was born in June 2009, while her youngest son, Flynn Weber, was born in March 2011.
Did Andy Gibb's daughter inherit his estate?
She inherited most of her father's estate, including his music royalties and investments. Andy was worth around $5 million when he died in 1988.
Peta Gibb's net worth
Sources estimate her net worth at $10 million. The royalties she receives from her dad's music provide Peta with a steady income stream and significantly contribute to her net worth.
Additionally, her father, Andy Gibb, invested wisely during his lifetime, and Peta continues to manage and grow these investments.
She owns a clothing line, a restaurant, and several properties, including a home in Los Angeles and a ranch in Texas. Andy Gibb's daughter has also donated millions of dollars to various charities.
Is Peta Gibb on Wikipedia?
Peta Gibb's biography is unavailable on Wikipedia, but several other websites have been written about her. Wikipedia only has her father's bio, Andrew Roy Gibb, and biographies of her uncles, Barry, Robin, and Maurice, the Bee Gees band members.
Did Victoria Principal and Andy Gibb ever date?
After his marriage with Kim Reeder, the mother of his only child, fell apart, the singer dated actress Victoria Principal. They separated because she did everything to help him stop using drugs, but he ultimately chose drugs over her.
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Did Olivia Newton-John date Andy Gibb?
The public and the media always speculated a romantic relationship between Andy and the British-Australian singer/actress. When Fox News Digital asked author Matthew Hild to describe Olivia and Andy's relationship, he responded via email:
There was a lot of press speculation about whether they were romantically involved or not. But Olivia insisted, and always said, that Andy was one of her dearest friends. And even when Andy was alive, he would say the same thing about her.
Some people have speculated on whether they were more than friends. But nobody found any evidence of that. There was also a 10-year age gap between them. Those who knew them all said that their relationship was like brother and sister.
They appeared on TV together for a good four or five years. They looked good together and had great chemistry when they interacted with each other. But she always stressed that Andy was just a dear friend she greatly admired.
When they first met, Andy was just a kid who hung around a lot in the studio with his brothers. But once he turned 19 and 20, they shared a true friendship.
What surprised me during our correspondence was that Olivia said she viewed Andy as every bit as talented as his brothers. He suffered from a lot of insecurity and was worried that people would view him as riding on the coattails of his brothers. But she greatly admired him as an artist.
She strongly believed Andy had the voice, the looks and the charisma to be a star. Olivia said she felt Andy held so much promise.
Who was the richest Bee Gee?
Barry Gibb is the wealthiest member of the Bee Gees band, with an estimated net worth of $140 million. Maurice Gibb was worth $100 million when he passed away in 2003, while Robin Gibb was worth $80 million when he died in 2012.
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Facts about Peta Gibb
- Andy Gibb's daughter continues to receive royalties from her father's music.
- Peta lives a comfortable lifestyle and is committed to helping others.
- She has a down-to-earth personality and values her privacy.
- Peta rarely gives interviews or discusses her financial situation.
- She is proud of her dad's legacy and supports his music and charitable causes.
Peta Gibb has lived most of her life out of the limelight following her father's tragic death when she was young. She is keeping Andy's legacy alive, although the two never had a personal connection when he was alive.
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