EXCLUSIVE: Robert De Niro 'Is No Dirty Focker!' – 'Goodfellas' Icon Branded a 'Rotten Bum' For 'Refusing to Change Diapers' and 'Leaving Care of 7th Kid to Partner Tiffany Chen'
Robert De Niro is said to be shirking traditional daddy duties.
Feb. 16 2025, Published 8:00 a.m. ET
Robert De Niro boasts he doesn't change diapers for 19-month-old daughter Gia – but RadarOnline.com can reveal his friends think he's a "rotten bum" to leave it all to his baby mama and should keep his yap shut.
The 81-year-old Godfather legend welcomed Gia – his seventh kid and first with longtime girlfriend Tiffany Chen, 45 – in April 2023, and while he's happy to show her off, he won't do the diaper duty.
"No, no, but I used to," De Niro said, insisting he does help. "I spend my mornings watching (toddler YouTuber) Ms. Rachel with her, and I give her her bottle."
Pals are apparently calling out De Niro for 'dodging diaper duty.'
An insider added: "It's pretty insensitive to brag about being a deadbeat diaper changer, but he's an old-school guy.
"He insists he changed diapers with his older kids, but clearly doesn't see it as all that important now. He likes to be the Disneyland dad and swan in and out and leave the heavy lifting to Tiffany."
While martial arts expert Chen "tolerates it", according to sources, others told us some of their pals "think it's lousy" and "feel he would bond better with Gia and strengthen his relationship with Tiffany as well if he stepped up."
De Niro spends time with Gia – but refuses to change her diapers, sources say.
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De Niro also has adopted daughter Drena, 57, and biological son Raphael, 48, with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, 29-year-old surrogate twins Julian and Aaron with ex-galpal Toukie Smith, and Eliot, 26, and Helen, 23, also via surrogate, with ex-wife Grace Hightower.
With all that "daddy" experience, our source said: "The feeling among his pals is he needs to man up about the messy stuff with little Gia."
