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Howie Mandel's Wife Terry Mandel Cuddles Their New Granddaughter In Sweet Moment

The America's Got Talent judge became a grandpa for the third time in January. 

By Jackie Manno

Howie Mandel became a grandpa for the third time in January, and he couldn't be any more doting over his newborn granddaughter. 

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On February 25, the America's Got Talent Judge shared a touching Instagram post of his longtime wife, Terry Mandel, cradling the baby and grinning while ''All You Need is Love'' by The Beatles played.

''Nona and noa,'' Mandel sentimentally wrote on the clip. 

See the beautiful moment here

Howie Mandel as a grandpa

Mandel has three children with Terry: Jackelyn Shultz, 39,  Alex Mandel, 34, and Riley Ehrlich, 31. Jackelyn has two children, Abbey and Axel. 

When Mandel was on The Jennifer Hudson Show in January, he announced the wonderful news that he was going to be a grandpa again, as Riley was pregnant at the time. "Grandchildren, had I known it was this good and this much fun, I would've done that first," Mandel said to Hudson. "To have a child, to have a baby, to have this bundle of joy, this love that I can't get enough of. And then to be able to give it back when it starts to smell."

Then, a picture of Abbey and Axel popped up onscreen, "That's my little girl and my little guy. That's the joy of my life. That's all that matters in my life, are those two," he beamed. 

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"The beauty is, when you have babies, they think you're a superhero. You're the greatest thing in the world. And then a switch goes off at a certain age where you're just dumber than a rock. Not cool at all. I thought I would be a cool dad, they just... no," Mandel added. 

On January 25, Mandel shared the sweetest photo of the newborn girl. "My new beautiful granddaughter,"  he wrote in the caption, while ''Isn't She Lovely'' by Stevie Wonder played over the clip. 

AGT host Terry Crews wrote "Congratulations Howie!!!!❤️❤️🔥🔥," and Password's Keke Palmer commented, "😍😍😍." in support. 

Mandel is also a dedicated grandpa to Abbey and Axel, as Shultz shared a video of Mandel doing a fun photoshoot with Abbey in October 2023. In the pictures, we get to see Mandel and Abbey smiling and making goofy faces at the camera, while Abbey taught him how to pose. 

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"Abbey crashed Papa How’s photoshoot," Shultz captioned the post. 

On February 4, Shultz showed off how Axel has inherited his grandpa's curly hair, which Mandel had before he rocked his current bald look. 

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''Thanks dad for passing down your curly locks to my son. #AxelJackson,'' Shultz captioned the post.