Robert DeNiro has given a rare insight into his life with girlfriend Tiffany Chen and their five-month-old daughter.
Chen, 45, and De Niro, 80, welcomed a baby girl named Gia in April.
Speaking with The Guardian, The Intern actor has revealed Chen does most of the work when it comes to raising Gia.
“It is what it is,” he said, “It’s OK. I mean, I don’t do the heavy lifting.
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“I’m there, I support my girlfriend. But she does the work. And we have help, which is so important.”
Gia is De Niro’s seventh child He is also father to Drena, 51 and Raphael, 46, from his first marriage to Diahnne Abbot, twins Julian and Aaron, 27, with model Toukie Smith, and Elliot, 24, and Helen, 11 from his second marriage with Grace Hightower.
The actor revealed he is enjoying fatherhood but even though he’s had 51 years of practice, he admits it hasn’t gotten any easier.
“It’s always good and mysterious and you don’t know what the hell is going to happen. It’s true for everybody,” he said.
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“With a baby, it’s different to with my 11-year-old. My adult children. My grandchildren.
“I don’t talk to the adult children the way I talk to my baby or the way I speak to my 11-year-old, though she’s pretty smart.”
In the same interview, De Niro also shared that one of his main concerns these days is to ‘stay alive’.
“Of course I think about it, at my age,” he said.
“It’s not going to stop me, but you think about it. I’m aware of it, you think more about time.
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“Every summer, every new season, everything, you say, ‘Well, I’m going to use these few months of the summer to be with my kids, my family.’
“I can’t wait until the next – I don’t know what’s going to happen.
“So each thing becomes more important. Everything I do, time-wise, is important. Whatever I’m thinking about doing in two years, I’d better think about doing it now.
“I have no control over it. What am I going to do? I might as well give in and go with it.”