Robert De Niro might be a pro at parenting, but he knows it’s not the easiest job. While attending the New York premiere of his new movie aptly titled About My Father the 79-year-old, who recently welcomed his seventh child, offered his advice on parenthood.
“Sometimes, I don’t think people really know what being a good father is,” he told Access Hollywood on May 9. “Well, you know you have a responsibility but look, it’s a mystery, it’s a lot of excitement. But it’s scary,” he noted, “and you do your best.
In addition to his newborn, the Oscar winner is also dad to Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46—who he shares with ex Diahnne Abbott—and has 27-year-old twin sons Aaron and Julian with ex Toukie Smith.
He also co-parents son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen, 11, with his ex-wife Grace Hightower, who he split from in 2018 after over 20 years together. De Niro first announced the arrival of his seventh child in a recent interview with ET Canada, telling the outlet, “I just had a baby.”
And although the Meet the Fockers actor has yet to publicly share the name of the newborn’s mother, the private star did discuss his life as a dad during his recent sit-down. You know, my kids disagree with me at times, and they’re respectful,” he said. “My daughter, she’s 11, she gives me grief sometimes and I argue with her. I adore her, but, you know. And my youngest now, that’ll be more to come. But, that’s what it is.
Robert De Niro met his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, while making Taxi Driver, in which Diahnne had a bit part as the ticket taker at a porn theater Travis Bickle patronizes in the gritty 1976 classic and they tied the knot April 28, 1976.
Source: eonline
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