At the end of 2023, Robert De Niro became a father for the seventh time at the age of 80.
Gia, his baby, was born from his relationship with
Tiffany Chen
, and today she is the light that illuminates his life.
In the last few hours, De Niro shared his first photo with the baby and talked about what it means for him to be a father at his age.
“Everything that consumes me or worries me disappears when I look at her,” De Niro said in conversation with AAPP The Magazine.
“I am a father at 80 years old and he is great.
“I want to be here as long as he can to enjoy it,” he added.
But the protagonist of Taxi Driver is not the only renowned artist who became a father at an advanced age.
Let's review 5 others who, like him, expanded his family after 70.
Robert De Niro and his daughter Gia.
Photo: AAPP The Magazine
Al Pacino
Noor Alfallah and Al Pacino (left and center).
They are already separated.
De Niro's co-star in The Godfather II went further than his colleague:
he became a father at 83
.
In May of last year, Pacino announced through his representative that he and his 29-year-old ex-girlfriend, businesswoman
Noor Alfallah
, were waiting for
Roman
.
In June the birth of the baby was confirmed.
Pacino had his fourth child after separating from his partner, so he had to arrange living costs and a move with her.
Mick jagger
Melanie Hamrick and Mick Jagger had Deveraux.
Photo: EFE
Mick Jagger named his last child
Deveraux Octavian Basil
not only on a whim, but because it was his eighth baby.
He had it in 2016, when he was 73 years old.
He was born as a result of his love for the dancer
Melanie Hamrick
, who was 29 at the time.
At the time, the British media reported that The Rolling Stones singer was not very happy with the news of his girlfriend's pregnancy.
"Family is very important to him, and he is not happy with the idea that when the time comes to teach his son to play ball he will be 80 years old," a source close to the star said at the time.
Richard Gere
Gere and his wife, Alejandra Silva.
Photo: REUTER
In 2020, Gere became a father for the third time at age 70.
His baby boy was the third from his relationship with the Spanish
Alejandra Silva
.
At the time, she was 37.
Both had already had children from previous partners.
He was the father of Homer, with Carey Lowell, and she of Albert, with Govind Friedland.
Silva and Gere have been married since 2015.
David Foster
Foster and McPhee in 2018. Photo: AFP
The Canadian music producer was 71 when he became a father for the sixth time.
It was 2021.
That year his first child was born with the singer
Katharine McPhee
, known for having participated in the fifth season of American Idol.
She was 36.
On that occasion, a source close to the couple told E!
News: "Katharine always wanted to be a mother and have a baby with David. They weren't necessarily trying to have one, but they were open to it happening."
Bernie Ecclestone
Fabiana and her husband, Bernie.
Photo: AFP
The renowned Formula 1 mogul had his fourth child in 2020 when he was nothing more and nothing less than... 89!
One of his daughters was 65 years old and a grandmother the year "Ace" was born.
The child's mother is
Fabiana Flosi
, Ecclestone's Brazilian wife who is more than 45 years his junior.
In October of last year, the 93-year-old businessman was sentenced to 17 months in suspended prison for tax fraud, but he was able to avoid jail after paying a large fine of millions of dollars.