Robert De Niro has revealed he has welcomed his seventh little one on the age of 79.
The Oscar-winning actor revealed the information throughout an interview to advertise his newest movie, 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, together with his former girlfriend, the mannequin Toukie Smith.
He additionally has Elliot, 24, and daughter Helen Grace, 11, from his second marriage to Grace Hightower.
Discussing parenting with ET Canada, he mentioned he believes “in being loving with [his] children”, regardless of typically having “to be stern about stuff”.
Requested about his six youngsters, De Niro replied: “Seven, really.”
He added: “I simply had a child.”
De Niro didn’t present any additional particulars about his newest offspring, or the kid’s mom.
Nonetheless, his present girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, seemed to be sporting a child bump when photographed having dinner with De Niro final month.
The actor was first linked to Chen, a New York-based martial arts teacher, in 2021 because the pair celebrated his 78th birthday in France.
The couple, who labored collectively on The Intern in 2015, have been noticed on a visit to Spain the next 12 months.
Chen took up determine skating on the age of eight and had gained three gold medals in regional Determine Skating Competitions by the age of 11, in line with a web based biography by her father.
She switched to martial arts as a youngster, taking inspiration from her father, William Chen, a grandmaster and martial arts teacher.
Now a grandfather, the actor had some recommendation to share on disciplining younger youngsters.
He informed ET Canada: “I imply, there’s no manner round it with children. I don’t prefer to have to put down the regulation and stuff like that. However, [sometimes] you simply don’t have any alternative.
“And any dad or mum, I believe, would say the identical factor. You all the time need to do the fitting factor by the kids and provides them the good thing about the doubt however typically you’ll be able to’t.”
A two-time Oscar winner for his roles in The Godfather: Half II and Raging Bull, De Niro is at present selling the brand new comedy About My Father, which opens on Might 26.
