The 79-year-old actor unexpectedly revealed the birth of his seventh daughter. He was married to Diane Abbott until 1988, and the two had a child together.

In 1995, Robert and his then-girlfriend Tookie Smith gave birth to twins with the help of a surrogate mother. He married model Grace Hightower two years later, and they had two more children. The details, along with a photo of the sweet baby, were published on CBS Mornings. The baby is named Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro.