‘I think it’s a beautiful thing’: Billy Crystal comments on former co-star Robert De Niro having a baby in his ’70s

Robert De Niro‘s longtime friend Billy Crystal has shared his thoughts regarding the legendary actor welcoming his seventh child at 79. 

As previously reported, De Niro revealed earlier this week during a promotional tour of his latest project, About My Father, that he and his longtime partner had a child recently. At the time, few details were released to the public regarding the mystery woman and the child’s date of birth, name, and gender.

But days after the news of De Niro becoming a father again in his 70s went viral, CBS Mornings reported that De Niro and Tiffany Chen, whom he met in 2015 on the set of The Intern and have been dating since 2021 following his divorce from his second wife, were the proud parents of a baby girl named Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro. The outlet also states Chen-De-Niro was born in early April.

On May 11, while discussing De Niro’s newest addition with People magazine, Crystal couldn’t help but revel in the good news. The 75-year-old disclosed how amazing it was and that he was out with De Niro and Chen weeks before the couple had their daughter. He told the publication,

“I was with him two weeks before the baby was born. You know, it’s amazing.”

Further in the conversation, without revealing too much, Crystal would add that he thinks the pair’s experience of welcoming a child is a “beautiful thing.”

“I think it’s a beautiful thing. It’s wonderful.”

Crystal isn’t the only person close to De Niro publicly commenting on the news. The actor’s About My Father co-star Kim Cattrall raved about De Niro and his partner and expressed how happy she was for the couple. She said in a recent interview with Extra, 

“God bless him, his significant other. Tiffany is such a beautiful woman. She came to the set once with her family and watched filming, and she was gorgeous and sweet. I’m happy for both of them.”

At this time, no other details have been released.