Robert De Niro Says He Hopes to Teach 8-Month-Old Daughter Gia to Speak Both Chinese and English

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert De Niro at the 2023 Gotham Awards.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute

Robert De Nirois opening up about his role as a dad.

In a new interview withRolling Stone, theKillers of the Flower Moonactor, 80, shared that he is hoping to teach his 8-month-old daughter Gia both English and Chinese. De Niro shares his daughter withTiffany Chen.

“[She is] half-Chinese. I want to try to teach her Chinese and show her nursery rhymes in English and Chinese,” the actor said. “I’m trying to have her learn both.”

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Robert De Niro.Mohammed Badra/Pool/Getty Images

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In addition to daughter Gia, De Niro is dad to six other kids, including daughter Drena, 52, and son Raphael, 47, whom he shares with his ex-wifeDiahnne Abbott; twin sons Julian and Aaron, 28, with his former girlfriend, model and actress Toukie Smith; and son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen Grace, 11, with his ex-wife,Grace Hightower.

De Niroopened up about life with his new little one in October,tellingThe Guardianit’s “going okay.”

“It doesn’t get easier,” he admitted 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.”

Robert De Niro.Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Asked if theSilver Linings Playbookstar enjoys fatherhood, he replied, “Of course I do,” adding he enjoys “all of it.”

During an appearance onTodayin June 2023, De Niro was asked aboutbeing a dad to a newborn, to which he replied, “It feels great.”

He continued about his parenting evolution, “I have certain awareness — when you’re older you have awareness of certain things in life, dynamics, everything, family dynamics. 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