Most seventies I know wear stretchy pants to accommodate the bulge that lives where their waist (remember?) used to be.
They rarely mention the body part that lies beneath, except to complain about having to get up and urinate too many times each 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 requires you to flit your pieces around in the bedroom.
Let’s be clear, there’s nothing wrong with seeding. Aging isn’t a negative – it’s unavoidable, unavoidable, and a little depressing at times. We all die eventually.
But a line has been crossed, a lone forester has really thrown the cat among the pigeons. Dared to grow old shamefully and challenge the norm.
A line has been crossed, a lone forester has really thrown the cat between the pigeons. Dared to grow old shamefully and challenge the norm. Pictured: Robert De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen
It is Tiffany who has experienced pregnancy and childbirth, with all the physical and mental strain that entails. Pictured with newborn Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro
At an age when most men (and women) notice their joints stiffening and their muscles slackening, a superstar has sent out a message that will shame the rest of his generation. He is a PROUD NEW DADDY for the seventh time!
Superstar Robert De Niro refuses to age like normal people and fathered a baby just before he reached his 80th birthday with his (much younger) girlfriend, Tiffany Chen.
The first sight of this newborn from father will be a wrinkled face with thinning hair, a bit like herself.
Robert De Niro is a brilliant actor, a living legend, winner of two Oscars and a Golden Globe.
Superstar Robert De Niro refuses to age like normal people and fathered a baby just before he reached his 80th birthday with his (much younger) girlfriend, Tiffany Chen. Pictured: Chen walking with newborn Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro in New York City
The first sight of this newborn from dad will be a wrinkled face with thinning hair, kind of like herself
And now he’s a father of one in a million. He casually told a TV reporter this week “I just had a baby” as if it was nothing more than brushing his teeth or changing the litter box.
After six kids, does this man know what “having a baby” means? It’s not like ordering something for dinner at one of your own trendy restaurants.
Or a cocktail with good friend Leo De Caprio. Not even an engineering marvel could allow De Niro to actually “get” the baby in a medical sense.
The person doing all the behind-the-scenes work is his newest partner, martial arts expert Tiffany Chen.
It is Tiffany who has experienced pregnancy and childbirth, with all the physical and mental strain that entails. De Niro just (we assume) provided the necessary DNA and a lot of encouragement.
Fatherhood is a skill this great actor has spent many decades perfecting – this is his SEVENTH lucky 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 long-term partner Toukie Smith.
The family grew further when De Niro fathered Eliott, 25, and Helen, 11, with his second wife, Grace Hightower.
The person doing all the behind-the-scenes work is his newest partner, martial arts expert Tiffany Chen (left)
His current relationship is said to have started when the star met Ms. Chen – a veteran martial arts expert – while making The Intern in 2015.
What keeps an aging man growing his already large family? Is it a way to support your ego?
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you have to.
Can you imagine the uproar when a woman has a child at age 79 with the help of surrogate mothers and sperm donors?
Throughout his distinguished career, Robert De Niro has regularly played tough guys, men you would never want to encounter on a dark night in a slum.
In films such as The Godfather Part 2, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Irishmen, he was an example of brutal masculinity.
These menacing and powerful characters were adored by millions of slacker and less macho boys who sat on their butts at home watching the fighting and carnage from the safety of the couch.
De Niro was their hero. And for women he was without a doubt a sex symbol. I worshiped him.
As he marched through his sixties and seventies, he turned to comedy, playing dumb dads and confused grandpas.
Amazingly, playing a senior citizen on screen didn’t seem to affect De Niro’s love life. Some men must be superhuman.
He may wear comfortable shoes and baggy, flowing pants like most of his generation, and he may not have the slim waist and split body of his thirties, but by giving birth to a baby at age 79 , Robert Niro has sent a clear and disturbing signal. for all men of a certain age.
It’s never too late to procreate.
Mick Jagger (also 79) has eight children – the youngest, Deveraux, was born to ballerina girlfriend Melanie in 2016, when Mick was 73.
Rod Steward has eight children, with five different mothers, but his youngest son, Aiden (by Penny Lancaster), was born when Rod was 66.
Mick Jagger (also 79) has eight children – the youngest, Deveraux, was born to ballerina girlfriend Melanie in 2016, when Mick was 73
Rod Steward has eight children, with five different mothers, but his youngest son, Aiden (by Penny Lancaster), was born when Rod was 66.
With offspring ranging in age from 51 to 11, De Niro will get their take on the new acquisition whether he likes it or not.
He has said he hopes to expand the family even further, saying the baby was planned. He describes being a father as “always good and mysterious… everyone can relate to that.”
It must cost a fortune to run such a large family. Education, houses, support and appropriate gifts.
That may be why De Niro has never stopped working and has shot 19 films in the past decade.
He will release four films this year and has already committed to several in 2024. How much time is left to be a practical father?
As he’s gotten older, the roles have become more stereotyped, the scripts less challenging.
He is no longer the gloomy gangster, but the wacky old man who stands up to the younger generation.
Some films have titles he might prefer to forget, such as Dirty Grandad (2016) with Zac Efron – described as the “careless fumbling of a classic talent.”
Or The War with Grandad (2020) – slated to be “irregularly funny and mostly out of place.” In his new comedy – About My Father – due out later this month, he plays yet another aging family member – an Italian father whose son is getting married to an American girl.
It’s a sad truth that men can procreate, while many women just do the dirty work at home and wait for the father in question to come in.
Although De Niro was my secret crush, I would never switch roles with Ms. Chen.