Robert De Niro Spends Mornings Watching Ms. Rachel with His Daughter

Robert De Niro loves being a dad!

The Oscar winner, 81, opened up about mornings spent together with his 20-month-old daughter Gia in an interview with The Sunday Times revealed on Saturday, Jan. 4.

“I’m an early riser,” De Niro, who shares Gia with Tiffany Chen, mentioned.

“I spend my mornings watching Ms. Rachel along with her, and I give her her bottle,” he added, referencing the favored youngsters’s YouTube star.

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When requested by the publication if he alters his daughter’s diapers, DeNiro admitted, “No, no, however I used to.”

The actor has seven kids: daughter Drena, 53, and son Raphael, 48, whom he shares with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, twin sons Julian and Aaron, 29, whom he shares with Toukie Smith, son Elliot, 26, and daughter Helen Grace, 12, together with his ex-wife, Grace Hightower.

He and Chen welcomed Gia in April 2023.

De Niro beforehand described Gia as an “lovable child” in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in February 2024.

“So candy,” he mentioned of his youngest. “[When I] take a look at her, the whole lot else goes away. So it’s an awesome pleasure and aid to only be along with her within the second.”

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In his Instances interview, the Zero Day star was additionally requested how his youngsters would describe him, to which he mentioned, “Oh God, they might all have a unique reply.”

“Household is so advanced … I attempt my greatest, that’s all. I hope they’ll be blissful,” De Niro continued.

The Taxi Driver star additionally spoke about fatherhood on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? in September 2024. 

“I’m trying my best,” he candidly informed CNN anchor Chris Wallace. “I will placed on my headstone, ‘I attempted my greatest.’ ”