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Actor Robert De Niro has opened up concerning the “pleasure” of recent fatherhood after welcoming his seventh child last year.
The Oscar-winning actor and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen welcomed daughter Gia in April.
“She’s such an cute child. So candy,” the 80-year-old mentioned in an interview with People printed on Wednesday.
He added: “(Once I) have a look at her, all the pieces else goes away. So it’s an amazing pleasure and aid to simply be along with her within the second.”
“The Godfather Half II” and “Taxi Driver” actor mentioned it means “all the pieces” to him when his household can “all be collectively.”
From 1976 to 1988, the actor was married to Diahnne Abbott and they’re the dad and mom of two youngsters, Drena, 56, and Raphael, 47.
In 1995, he welcomed twin sons, Aaron and Julian, together with his then-girlfriend, Toukie Smith.
De Niro was additionally beforehand married to Grace Hightower earlier than they break up in 2018, and the pair are dad and mom to son Elliot and daughter Helen Grace.
Speaking about Gia, De Niro mentioned, “The children all get a giant kick out of her.”
“The grandkids even,” he continued. “She’s their aunt — (and) they’re about to be youngsters.”
The 2-time Oscar winner has been nominated for greatest actor in a supporting function on the upcoming Academy Awards for his function as homicide mastermind William Hale in Martin Scorsese’s 2023 historic crime drama “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
In response to the Oscar nomination, De Niro mentioned “you possibly can’t take into consideration” profitable, however merely being nominated is “nice.”
He mentioned “it’d be good” if his costar Lily Gladstone gained greatest actress in a number one function. “I really feel that Lily has an excellent probability of profitable it,” he mentioned, including: “I’m hoping that that’ll occur.”
In his interview, De Niro mentioned he enjoys working, including: “I’m able to take no matter life offers me.”