Robert De Niro‘s girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, revealed she confronted issues after giving beginning to their daughter, Gia.
Throughout an upcoming look on CBS Mornings, Chen, 45, recalled experiencing signs comparable to tingling and numbness in her tongue after she got here residence from the hospital.
“Then I noticed, like my face simply felt bizarre. I didn’t know what the sensation was that I used to be having. It felt bizarre,” she advised Gayle King in a clip shared on Thursday, July 13. “I used to be making an attempt to eat. I went to place only a fork of meals in my mouth, and all the pieces got here out. I couldn’t eat. After which I used to be beginning to slur.”
Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen Steven/AFF-USA/Shutterstock
Chen finally went to the hospital and was recognized with Bell’s palsy. “I misplaced all facial operate the minute I obtained into the hospital,” she revealed.
Bell’s palsy is characterised by sudden weak point within the facial muscle groups and is usually short-term, in accordance with the Mayo Clinic. The precise reason for the situation is unknown.
De Niro, 79, confirmed in Might that he and Chen had expanded their household when he corrected a reporter about having seven kids as an alternative of six.
The About My Father star, who began relationship Chen in 2021, opened up concerning the new addition throughout a separate interview with King, 68, that very same month.
Tiffany Chen just lately gave beginning to her first little one with associate Robert De Niro. On Thursday, July 13, 2023 Chen reveals a postpartum complication to Gayle King, completely on CBS Mornings. Gail Schulman/CBS Information
“I [asked him], ‘Did you need a child?’ He goes, ‘Sure. This child is deliberate,’” the published journalist mentioned on CBS Mornings on the time. “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.”
King famous that she obtained permission from De Niro to “break the information” about his new child’s arrival. “How cute is that this child? Robert De Niro and his associate, that’s Tiffany Chen, are over the moon about this little lady,” she added whereas displaying a photograph of Gia one month after her arrival.
De Niro turned a father when he welcomed son Raphael with Diahnne Abbott in 1976. He additionally adopted Abbott’s daughter from a earlier relationship earlier than their 1988 cut up. The Academy Award winner turned a dad once more when he welcomed twins Julian and Aaron with Toukie Smith by way of surrogate in 1995.
After exchanging vows with Grace Hightower, De Niro expanded his household with son Elliot in 1998 and daughter Helen in 2011. The pair, nonetheless, referred to as it quits in 2018 after 20 years of marriage.
“I really like my kids, simply being with them,” he gushed completely to Us Weekly in April 2019 whereas answering a query about fatherhood. “It’s not simple. Generally it’s enjoyable and you’re keen on your children, and typically you need to kill them! … When you will have the great moments, you neglect concerning the ones that weren’t good.”
