The legendary 80-year-old actor, who welcomed a baby girl last year, became emotional when the topic of his seventh child came up in a recent interview.
Vet actor De Niro became emotional while discussing his newborn daughter in interview this week, telling AARP that parenting his baby girl is “wondrous.”
“I’m an 80-year-old dad and it’s great,” De Niro told the magazine for its latest cover story. “Everything that I’m consumed with or worried about… this and that… just goes away when I look at her.”
De Niro’s seven-decade-spanning career is marked by working 10 times with Scorsese. For their latest teaming, the Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon, the vet actor received his ninth Oscar nod.
“She has a very sweet, kind of… way of looking at you. And just taking you in. And my other daughter, Helen, had that too,” the actor explained, then contemplating Gia’s future and evolving persona. “So, I don’t know where it’s gonna go with her later on — when she gets older. But she’s thinking, she’s observing everything and watching. It’s really interesting. I want to be around for as long as I can, to enjoy it. Enjoy her.”
The Killers actor has just been nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the historical drama, his 10th film with Scorsese
De Niro welcomed baby Gia with his girlfriend, film producer Tiffany Chen, in April. Gia is the seventh child DeNiro has fathered over 47 years and his first with Chen.
Before his relationship with Chen, De Niro has been married twice. In 1976, as his career was igniting with starring roles in The Godfather, Part II and Taxi Driver, he married fellow actor Diahnne Abbott, with whom he fathered two children, Raphael and Drena. The couple divorced in 1988 after 12 years of marriage but De Niro remained dedicated dad.
Following the split, De Niro entered into a high-profile relationship with model and actress Toukie Smith; the couple never married but welcomed twin sons, Julian and Aaron, via surrogacy.
De Niro and Chen managed to keep their relationship relatively private. The two met on the set of the 2015 comedy, The Intern, and began dating in 2021.
The actor has also been the grandfather of four — one from Drena and three from Raphael.
