Robert De Niro welcomes 7th child at age 79, shares parenting wisdom – National | 24CA News
Robert De Niro is a brand new dad, for the seventh time, at age 79.
The Oscar-winning actor revealed that he’s welcomed a brand new baby into the world in a Monday interview with ET Canada, selling his appropriately named movie About My Father.
When De Niro was requested within the interview about being a dad to 6 youngsters, he piped up with a correction.
“Seven, actually,” he stated. “I just had a baby.”
It’s unclear who the mom of his seventh baby is, although quite a few shops have speculated that it might be Tiffany Chen, an expert martial artist. The pair has by no means publicly confirmed a relationship after first sparking courting rumours in 2021.
The Godfather actor shared a few of his experiences with fatherhood, saying he doesn’t assume he’s a “cool dad.”
“You know, my kids disagree with me at times, and they’re respectful. My daughter, she’s 11, she gives me grief sometimes and I argue with her,” he stated. “I adore her, but you know.”
De Niro added that there’ll seemingly be extra adolescent angst in his life with child quantity seven.
“And my youngest now, that’ll be more to come. But, that’s what it is,” he stated.
The Taxi Driver star has been married twice and can be a grandfather. He stated he prefers a loving strategy to parenting, however acknowledged he needs to be “stern about stuff” when mandatory.
“I mean, there’s no way around it with kids. I don’t like to have to lay down the law and stuff like that. But you just have no choice,” he shared. “And any parent, I think, would say the same thing. You always want to do the right thing by the children and give them the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes you can’t.”
In a separate interview with Access Hollywood Tuesday, De Niro famous that parenting may be “scary,” however “you do your best.”
“Sometimes, I don’t think people really know what being a good father is,” he stated. “Well, you know you have a responsibility but look, it’s a mystery, it’s a lot of excitement.”
De Niro’s oldest baby is 51 years previous — his adopted daughter Drena, whom he shares with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott. De Niro and Abbott had been married from 1976 to 1988, and likewise share a son collectively, 46-year-old Raphael.
In 1995, De Niro welcomed twin sons, Aaron and Julian, now each 27, with long-time girlfriend Toukie Smith.
The two-time Oscar winner was additionally married to Grace Hightower earlier than they break up in 2018. Together, they co-parent son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen, 11.
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