Officially, Robert De Niro is a father to seven children.
The 79-year-old Oscar winner disclosed that he had had seven children during an interview with ET Canada, in which he also talked about parenting and his most recent movie, About My Father.
“With kids, there is no getting around it. I dislike having to enforce the law and other such things. But occasionally, you don’t have a choice,” he said.
“I believe that every parent would agree with this statement. Even while you always want to act in the kids’ best interests and give them the benefit of the doubt, you sometimes can’t.”
He said, “I just had a baby,” without elaborating on the new member of the family or the partner he welcomed child No. 7 with.
Six of the Oscar winner’s children were born through prior partnerships. The children of De Niro and his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, are son Raphael, 46, and daughter Drena, 51. Julian and Aaron, twin sons who are now 27 years old, were born to him and his ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith in 1995. With his ex-wife Grace Hightower, De Niro also has a son named Elliot, 24, and a daughter named Helen Grace, 11.
De Niro, a grandfather now, has stated that encouraging children to pursue their ambitions is the best thing a parent or grandparent can do.
“I always say to my kids, ‘If you want to be an actress or do this or that, that’s fine as long as you’re happy. Just be careful not to undersell yourself. According to De Niro, in January 2020. “That’s the most I could advise you: exert more effort and strive to achieve your goals. Be not afraid.
The actor said, “It’s important for them to find their lane.”
