Robert De Niro has seventh child at age of 79
10.05.2023 - 04:13
/ msn.com
Oscar-winning actor revealed the news during an interview to promote his latest film, About My Father. De Niro has a daughter Drena, 51, and son Raphael, 46, from his first marriage to Diahnne Abbott. In 1995, he welcomed twin sons Julian and Aaron, now 27, with his former girlfriend, the model Toukie Smith.
He also has Elliot, 24, and daughter Helen Grace, 11, from his second marriage to Grace Hightower. Discussing parenting with ET Canada, he said he believes “in being loving with [his] kids”, despite sometimes having “to be stern about stuff”. Asked about his six children, De Niro replied: “Seven, actually.
”He added: “I just had a baby. ”De Niro did not provide any further details about his latest offspring, or the child’s mother. However, his current girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, appeared to be sporting a baby bump when photographed having dinner with De Niro last month.
The actor was first linked to Chen, a New York-based martial arts instructor, in 2021 as the pair celebrated his 78th birthday in France. The couple, who worked together on The Intern in 2015, were spotted on a trip to Spain the following year. Chen took up figure skating at the age of eight and had won three gold medals in regional Figure Skating Competitions by the age of 11, according to an online biography by her father.
She switched to martial arts as a teenager, taking inspiration from her father, William Chen, a grandmaster and martial arts instructor. Now a grandfather, the actor had some advice to share on disciplining young children. He told ET Canada: “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, [sometimes] you just have no choice. “And any parent, I think, would say the same
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