79-year-old Robert De Niro became a father for the seventh time

The 79-year-old American actor Robert de Niro has a seventh child. He corrected an ET Canada journalist who, during an interview, called the two-time Oscar winner the father of six children.

“Actually, seven. Most recently, I had a baby,” – explained the 79-year-old de Niro.

He noted that he tries to be a loving parent, but sometimes you need to be strict.

“I don’t like making rules and stuff like that, but sometimes you just don’t have a choice. I think any parent would tell you the same thing.”he added.

The information that the actor had a seventh baby was later confirmed by a representative of de Niro. The sex of the child, as well as the name of his mother, has not yet been specified.

De Niro was officially married twice.

Oscar and Golden Globe winner de Niro was officially married twice. His first wife was actress and singer Dianne Abbott. In 1988, the couple broke up. In 1997, the actor married former flight attendant Grace Hightower. but got back together in 2004. They had a son, Elliot de Niro, in 1998, and a daughter, Helen Grace de Niro, in 2011. De Niro filed for divorce in 2018. According to his lawyer, the actor was broke due to bitter divorce and pandemic.