Robert De Niro on the ‘Amsterdam’ movie premiere Gregory Tempo/Shutterstock
One other one! Robert De Niro revealed that he just lately welcomed child No. 7.
The Oscar winner, 79, confirmed the information throughout an interview with ET Canada revealed on Monday, Could 8. When the reporter started a query concerning the actor’s “six youngsters,” De Niro corrected her, replying, “Seven, truly. I simply had a child.”
A rep for the Raging Bull star then confirmed to the outlet that he’s now a father of seven. Neither De Niro nor his spokesperson recognized the kid’s mom.
The Godfather Half II actor grew to become a father in 1976 when he and then-wife Diahnne Abbott welcomed son Raphael, now 46. De Niro additionally adopted Abbott’s daughter from a earlier relationship, Drena, now 51.
After his 1988 break up from Abbott, 78, the Irishman star welcomed twins Julian and Aaron, 27, with ex Toukie Smith. The Taxi Driver actor additionally shares son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen, 11, with ex-wife Grace Hightower.
In 2005, De Niro grew to become a grandfather when Drena welcomed her son Leo, now 19. The New York Metropolis native has three different grandchildren because of Raphael, who shares son Nicholas and daughters Ella and Alexandria with ex-wife Claudine DeMatos.
Whereas the Cape Worry star is called the most effective actors of all time, De Niro instructed ET Canada that he doesn’t actually think about himself to be a “cool” dad. “I’m OK,” he quipped. “, my youngsters disagree with me at instances, they usually’re respectful. My daughter, she’s 11, she offers me grief typically and I argue together with her. I am keen on her, however, you already know. And my youngest now, that’ll be extra to come back. However that’s what it’s.”
In April 2019, the Golden Globe winner admitted that parenthood isn’t at all times a stroll within the park, however he tries to deal with the happier instances. “I like my youngsters, simply being with them,” the On line casino star solely instructed Us Weekly on the time. “It’s not simple. Typically it’s enjoyable and you’re keen on your youngsters, and typically you need to kill them! Then, when you may have the nice moments, you overlook concerning the ones that weren’t good.”
The Silver Linings Playbook star has been open through the years about what it’s like to lift biracial youngsters as a white father, telling Jimmy Fallon in 2020 that he takes “sure issues with no consideration” that his youngsters can’t.
“When folks say that they inform their youngsters, ‘Preserve your palms [up] while you’re stopped by any cops, hold your palms on the steering wheel, don’t make a sudden transfer, don’t put your palms beneath, don’t do that,’ you perceive that,” De Niro mentioned throughout an interview on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon that aired shortly after the homicide of George Floyd. “That’s scary. That has to alter.”
