Robert De Niro opened up about fathering his daughter Gia at age 80 during a candid chat on The View on Tuesday.
The iconic actor, who welcomed his seventh child at age 79 in April 2023 with partner Tiffany Chen, 45, in April 2023, said Gia was “pure joy” and the “only one” to love him. loves “without conditions.”
When asked if it was “more exhausting now” to be a father, he said: “I have people who help me’ and added that ‘he’s not doing everything himself’.
He said of Gia: “She is the only one who loves me, without conditions, without anything, without criticism.”
The happy couple confirmed the news of their daughter’s arrival a month after her birth.
Robert De Niro opened up about fathering his daughter Gia at age 80 during a candid chat on The View on Tuesday.
The iconic actor, who welcomed his seventh child at age 79 in April 2023 with partner Tiffany Chen, 45, in April 2023, said Gia was the “only one” who loves him “without conditions” , in the photo from last month.
De Niro began dating Chen in August 2021, following his separation from ex-wife Grace Hightower in November 2018.
In addition to Gia, De Niro is also the father of six other children, including Drena De Niro, 56, and Raphael De Niro, 47, whom he shares with his ex-wife Diahnne Abbott.
He also has twin children Julian De Niro and Aaron De Niro, 28, from his former romance with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith and Elliot De Niro, 25, and Helen Grace De Niro, 12, whom he shares with Hightower.
Robert gushed about Gia in an interview with PEOPLE in February.
‘She is such an adorable baby. How sweet,” the Raging Bull star told the outlet.
‘(When) I look at her, everything else disappears. “So it’s a great joy and a relief to be with her right now.”
Robert sees “a lot of similarities” between him and baby Gia.
She said Gia’s siblings “have a lot of fun” with her and that she also gets a lot of love from her brother Raphael’s three young children.
He said of Gia: ‘She is the only one who loves me, without conditions, without anything, without criticism’
The happy couple has been dating since 2021; seen in march
‘She’s their aunt (and) they’re about to be teenagers!’ she commented.
Robert said seeing all of his children together “means everything to me” and that he appreciates “just being together, traveling to warm places.”