Aussie TV presenter tells ‘irresponsible’ Robert De Niro to have a vasectomy for Father’s Day after the Hollywood star, 79, announced the birth of his seventh child
An Australian TV presenter has urged actor Robert De Niro to have a vasectomy as a ‘Father’s Day gift’ as he prepares to welcome his seventh child at age 79.
In a column for 9HoneyChannel Nine personality Shelly Horton criticized De Niro’s decision to become a father again well into retirement age.
She said it was “irresponsible” for older men to father children because they often die before the child reaches maturity, leaving their younger partners as single mothers.
De Niro’s girlfriend Tiffany Chen is said to be 45 years old.
“It is irresponsible to have children at that age, especially considering that the child will undoubtedly grow up without a father for most of his life,” Horton wrote.
An Australian TV presenter has urged actor Robert De Niro (pictured) to have a vasectomy as a ‘Father’s Day gift’ as he prepares to welcome his seventh child at age 79
“While some argue that women shouldn’t have to sacrifice their desire to have children because their partner is older, they should think about the long-term consequences of that decision.”
Horton said it’s “incredibly difficult for single moms to raise kids on their own,” and while De Niro may be able to provide financial support, he can’t help but bear the emotional and physical burden of parenthood once he’s dead or dead. ill is.
“As parents get older, they may also struggle with health issues that make it difficult for them to provide the care and attention young children need,” she said.
Horton, 50, expressed concern that De Niro’s child is at risk of emotional trauma from losing his father at a young age.
Shelly Horton (pictured) criticized De Niro’s decision to become a father again well into retirement age. She said it was “irresponsible” for older men to father children because they often die before the child reaches maturity, leaving their younger partners as single mothers.
She then recorded an interview De Niro gave to The Hollywood Reporter in 2016, in which he himself said it was irresponsible for him to have any more children.
‘I don’t think it’s responsible to have more children at my age. I’m going to be 70 years old, and they’re going to have to deal with the things people have to deal with at that age,” he told the publication.
De Niro made the shocking announcement earlier this week about his newborn child, which he shares with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
When asked by an ET Canada reporter what it was like to be a father of six, the Godfather star admitted that he had recently welcomed his seventh child.
Horton took note of an interview De Niro gave to The Hollywood Reporter in 2016, in which he himself said it was irresponsible for him to have any more children.