Robert De Niro on becoming a father for the 7th time: ‘I’m an 80-year-old dad and it’s great and I want to…’

Robert De Niro has welcomed another child. The 79-year-old is now the father of seven. This happened last year. And now, while speaking to AARP: The Magazine, the legend has spoken about the feeling to be a father when he has almost turned 80 with the newborn daughter named Gia.

Niro said, “Everything that I’m consumed with or worried about or this and that just goes away when I look at her. So, that in itself is wondrous. She has a very sweet kind of way of looking at you and just taking you in… So I don’t know where it’s going to go with her later when she gets older but she’s thinking and she’s observing everything and watching. It’s really interesting. So, you know, I’m an 80-year-old dad and it’s great and I want to be around for as long as I can to… enjoy her.”

Last year, at a film premiere, Robert De Niro told The Associated Press about becoming a father again: “It’s always good and mysterious and you don’t know what the hell is going to happen.”

The Oscar winner is also a parent to Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, from his first marriage; and twins, Julian and Aaron, 27; Elliot, 24; and Helen Grace, 11, from his second marriage.

De Niro is a two-time Oscar winner for his supporting role in “The Godfather: Part II” and best actor in “Raging Bull.” In 2011, he was also honored with the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award for his impact on the world of entertainment and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom five years later.

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