Robert De Niro Reveals Name of 7th Child, 1st Photo of Daughter


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Daddy’s little woman! Robert De Niro has shared the title and first photograph of his seventh little one, which is his first with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.

Through the Thursday, Might 11, episode of CBS Mornings, host Gayle King mentioned her current interview with De Niro, 79, on the heels of his child information. King, 68, had requested the actor — who was selling his function within the movie About Your Father — about his personal parenting journey.

“I mentioned, ‘Might I please, please break the information about what sort of child is it, what’s the newborn’s title, how did this come about?’” King recalled in the course of the dwell episode, noting the Meet the Fockers star is “very non-public” about his life. “At first there was lifeless silence after which he went, ‘OK.’”

King went on to disclose that the Goodfellas star and Chen, who’ve been collectively since 2021, had named their first little one collectively — a child woman — Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro. The CBS broadcaster, who’s a mom of two herself, then flashed the primary snap of child Gia. The toddler appeared lovable in a pink, striped onesie as she beamed for the digital camera, exhibiting off her full head of darkish hair.

“She weighed 8 kilos [and] 6 ounces when she was born on April 6,” King gushed. “How cute is that this child? Robert De Niro and his associate, that’s Tiffany Chen, are over the moon about this little woman.”

The Oscar-winning actor and Chen had stored Gia’s arrival beneath wraps for practically one month earlier than information of her start broke earlier this month.

After an ET Canada reporter requested De Niro about his “six children” throughout a Monday, Might 8, interview, the About My Father star issued a correction. “Seven, truly. I simply had a child,” he replied.

De Niro later advised Web page Six that his and Chen’s bundle of pleasure had been “deliberate,” which he reiterated to King.

“I mentioned, ‘Did you need a child?’ He goes, ‘Sure. This child is deliberate,’” the Maryland native mentioned on Thursday. “They each wished this child, they’re over the moon. She was introduced right here by love, so he’s very psyched and really enthusiastic about it.”

De Niro first turned a father in 1976, welcoming son Raphael, now 46, with then-wife Diahnne Abbott. The Meet the Mother and father star additionally adopted Abbott’s daughter from a earlier relationship, Drena, who’s now 51. De Niro went on to welcome twins Julian and Aaron, now 27, with ex Toukie Smith, in addition to son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen, 11, with ex-wife Grace Hightower.

The Taxi Driver additionally turned a proud grandfather in 2005 after Drena welcomed her 19-year-old son Leo. De Niro’s son Raphael later added to the grandchild depend when his three kids — son Nicholas and daughters Ella and Alexandra — arrived along with his ex-wife, Claudine DeMatos.