Robert De Niro is displaying his sweet bond with his 10-month-old daughter, Gia. In a fresh photo obtained by Page Six, the “Goodfellas” star, 80, is shown cradling the child on his lap and tenderly resting his cheek against her head. His child of joy wore a lovely onesie covered with musical squirrels and smiled heartily.
“She’s such a cute baby.” “So sweet,” De Niro said in an interview with People published Wednesday. The actor also laughed about the unique chemistry in his family after having his seventh kid at the age of 79. “She amuses the kids to no end. The grandchildren even. “She’s their aunt, and they’re about to become teenagers!” He said.
In addition to daughter Gia, whom he welcomed in spring 2023 with partner Tiffany Chen, De Niro is the father of Drena, 56, Raphael, 47, twins Julian and Aaron, 28, Elliot, 25, and Helen, 12.He has four grandchildren, including Drena’s 19-year-old son, Leandro, who died of an accidental overdose last year. During an AARP interview last month, the Oscar winner became emotional as he discussed his newest addition.
“Everything that I’m consumed with or worried about just goes away when I look at her,” he said with a grin. “It’s wondrous.” During an interview with the Guardian last October, he also revealed details about his home life with Chen, 45, and baby Gia. When asked about his age, he frankly stated that he has stepped back from doing “the heavy lifting.””I’m there to support my girlfriend. “But she does the work,” he explained.
“And we have help, which is so important.” De Niro and Chen first became acquainted in 2021 after meeting on the shooting of his 2015 film “The Intern.”When we were working, it was just work,” Chen explained to Gayle King on “CBS Mornings” of their romance, which began in July 2023.
“And then a couple of years later, we got back in touch, and I said, ‘Oh, I guess we get along, and I guess we really get along.'” The “Killers of the Flower Moon” star was previously married to Diahnne Abbott from 1976 to 1988, and Grace Hightower from 1997 until 2018.