Robert De Niro Shares Rare Comments About How He Spends His Days with His 22-Month-Old Daughter Gia

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert De Niro and his daughter Gia.

Robert De Nirois opening up about how he spends his days with his 22-month-old daughter.

While speaking with Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2’sThe Scott Mills Breakfast Show, theZero Dayactor and executive producer, 81, shared that he doesn’t watch as many movies as he should because he’s busy watching the news or television shows with his daughter Gia, 22 months.

“I just want to keep up, but I watch current events, if you will news [and] stuff like that,” he told Mills. “Now I watch, with my little girl,The Wigglesand Ms. Rachel.”

“I didn’t know of them until I started seeing them and my daughter loves to watch them,” he added. “But they’re great!”

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Robert De Niro and his daughter Gia.Courtesy Robert De Niro

Courtesy Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro attends “Zero Day” world premiere in New York.Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty

Shortly after welcoming his youngest daughter, De Niro reflected onbeing a father of seven.

While chatting withAccess Hollywoodat the premiere of his new filmAbout My Fatherin May 2023, the actor opened up about being a dad and shared his wisdom about being a good father.

“Sometimes I don’t think people really know what being a good father is, you know you have a responsibility, but it’s a mystery, it’s a lot of excitement but scary and you do your best,” he said.

While talking to PEOPLE in February 2024, De Niro said his favorite thing to do with his children is “just being together, taking trips to warm places.”

“The fact that they’d all be together is everything to me," he said.

source: people.com