De Niro: Why do these ageing stars feel the need to prove it's never too late ... trends now
Most seventy-something blokes that I know wear elasticated trousers to accommodate the bulge that lives where their waistline (remember that?) used to be.
They rarely mention the body part that lies below, except to complain they have to get up and pee too many times every night.
They spend their days in baggy T-shirts, comfy slippers and zip-up fleeces. Activity means doing the crossword in less than 30 minutes, not something that involves flapping your bits about in the bedroom.
Let's be clear, there's nothing wrong in going to seed. Ageing is not a negative - it's unavoidable, inevitable and sometimes a little bit depressing. We're all going to die in the end.
But a line has been crossed, a lone ranger has really put the cat among the pigeons. Dared to age disgracefully and challenge the norm.
Mom and dad: She was born on Thursday, April 6, weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, he told CBS Mornings ' host Gayle King via a phone call; seen March 22, 2023
At an age when most men (and women) are finding their joints stiffening up and their muscles drooping, one superstar has sent out a message that shames the rest of his generation. He's a PROUD NEW DAD for the seventh time!
Superstar Robert De Niro has refused to age like normal folk and fathered a baby just before he hits his EIGHTIETH birthday, with his (much younger) girlfriend, Tiffany Chen.
This newborn's first view of dad will be a wrinkly face with thinning hair, a bit like her own.
Robert De Niro is a brilliant actor, a living legend, winner of two Oscars and a Golden Globe.
The latest: Robert De Niro confirmed he welcomed a daughter with his partner Tiffany Chen, also revealing her name - Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro
Covered: Tiffany shielded her newborn's face from the sun
And now he's a one-in-a-million dad - casually telling a TV reporter this week 'I just had a baby' as if it was nothing more than brushing his teeth or changing the cat litter.
After six kids, does this man know what 'having a baby' entails? It's not like ordering something for dinner at one of your own trendy restaurants.
Or a cocktail with close pal Leo De Caprio. Even a tech miracle could not allow De Niro to actually 'have' the baby in any medical sense.
The person doing all the behind-the-scenes work is his latest partner, martial arts expert Tiffany Chen.
It's Tiffany who has been through pregnancy and childbirth, with all the physical and mental effort involved. De Niro just (we assume) provided the necessary DNA and loads of encouragement.
Fatherhood is a skill this wonderful actor has spent many decades perfecting - this is his SEVENTH happy event, with his eldest children (with first wife Diahnne Abbott) Dina and Raphael, checking in at 51 and 46.
They were joined by twins, Aaron and Julian, now 27, by his
