Robert De Niro has become a father again at 68

Robert de Niro and his wife Grace Hightower De Niro, 56, welcomed a baby daughter through a surrogate mother, Entertainment Tonight reports.

The baby, whom they’ve named Helen Grace Hightower, weighed in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces.

Robert de Niro and Grace Hightower also have a 13-year-old son, Elliot.

The Oscar-winner has four other children – daughter Drena, 40, and son Raphael, 35, with former wife Diahnne Abbott, as well as 16-year-old twin sons Julian and Aaron, born via surrogate with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith.

 

 

Robert de Niro and Grace Hightower have been married for almost 14 years but are rarely photographed together, choosing to keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

They met in 1987 and married ten years later.

After hitting a rough patch, Robert de Niro and Grace Hightower managed to reconcile and renew their vows in front of friends and family at a romantic ceremony back in 2004.

The couple’s early marital troubles played out on a public scale, with a 1999 divorce filing by Robert De Niro and a 2001 custody case over their son Elliot.

But after their second set of vows, the couple became resolutely private about their renewed relationship.

They’ve been solid ever since, and the actor is a devoted father to all this children.

Robert de Niro said: “One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in my years as a father is to keep the lines of communication open with my kids.

“I have five of them, ranging in age from 14 to their 30s, by three mothers, so I guess you could call it a fractionalized family of sorts.”

“But I care deeply about all of them, and I have made a conscious effort to talk to and to listen to them.

“Sometimes it’s hard to talk to kids, especially when they’re teenagers.

They’re in their own world, and they don’t look like they’re even listening to you.

“But that’s the time when it’s most important to find a way to talk to them – not to lecture them, but to tell them things I think are important for them to know.”