Sophia Michaels
Robert De Niro recently revealed that the arrival of his seventh child was planned. At the premiere of “About My Father” on Tuesday night, De Niro told Page Six that the pregnancy was “planned” and asked “How you could not plan that kind of thing?” Despite having a newborn at home, the actor looked dapper in a navy blazer, striped shirt, black slacks and matching black shoes.
The 79-year-old actor has yet to reveal the name or sex of his little one, but his much younger girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, was photographed with a baby bump last month. The pair met in 2015 on the set of “The Intern” and were spotted on a trip to Spain the following year. They were also seen out to dinner with his pregnant girlfriend last month and celebrated his 78th birthday together in France.
In addition to his newest bundle of joy, the actor shares 51-year-old daughter Drena, whom he adopted in 1971 with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott. The exes also share son Raphael, 46. He is also father to twin sons Aaron and Julian, 27, with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith, as well as son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen, 11, with ex-wife Grace Hightower — whom he divorced in 2018 after over two decades of marriage.
Despite all of his acting accolades, those who know De Niro say being a dad is his favorite real-life role. Shawn Levy, author of 2014’s “De Niro: A Life” told Page Six Tuesday that he thinks it’s “crazy” that De Niro is a dad again at 79 years old, but added that he is “absolutely a great dad.”
The Oscar winner recently told ET Canada that he teeters between being “loving” and “stern” when it comes to parenting. He said that any parent would say the same thing and that they always want to do the right thing by the children and give them the benefit of the doubt but sometimes they can’t.
