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Robert De Nirois getting candid about his parenting responsibilities.
“It doesn’t get easier,” he shared of parenting. “It is what it is. It’s okay. I mean, I don’t do the heavy lifting. I’m there, I support my girlfriend. But she does the work. And we have help, which is so important.”
Asked if theSilver Linings Playbookstar enjoys fatherhood, he replied, “Of course I do,” adding he enjoys “all of it.”
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Robert De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen arrive to the screening of “Kiss the Future” during the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival at OKX Theater.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
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De Niro and Chen first sparked dating rumors with aPDA-filled outingin August 2021. The pair met years prior when filming a movie together in 2015. Chen, a martial arts instructor, had a role inThe Intern, which starred De Niro.
In a CBS Mornings EXCLUSIVE that aired on Friday, July 14, 2023, Tiffany Chen shares details about her Bell’s palsy diagnosis that caused facial paralysis, and she introduces Gayle King to Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro, the daughter she shares with partner Robert De Niro. The full interview airs on Friday, July 14, 2023.Gail Schulman/CBS via Getty
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The actor officiallyintroduced his daughterto the world on an episode ofCBS Morningsin May. Revealing her full name — Gia Virginia Chen De Niro — the actor shared a photo of her and said she was born weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. on Thursday, April 6.
While later appearing onTODAY, De Niroopened up about becoming a fatherto a newborn “at this stage and age.”
“It feels great, yeah,” he said at the time.
Asked how his parenting has evolved over the years, the father of seven said, “I have certain awareness — when you’re older you have awareness of certain things in life, dynamics, everything, family dynamics.”
He continued, “You can’t avoid learning certain things and how you can deal with those and manage them and this and that, the usual. It’s amazing, but I’m very happy about it.”
source: people.com
