Robert De Niro gave a rare insight into how he is finding parenting his 20-month old daughter Gia on Thursday. 

The actor, 81, discussed what life is like at home with his little girl and how they spend time together in a new interview. 

Robert shares his youngest child Gia with his professional martial artist girlfriend Tiffany Chen.

He also has six other other children; Drena, 56, and Raphael, 47 with his ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, Elliot, 25, and Helen, 12, with ex-wife Grace Hightower, and twins Aaron and Julian, 28, with former girlfriend, Toukie Smith. 

Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Robert revealed he doesn’t watch as many movies as he should because he often finds himself watching children’s TV instead. 

‘I don’t watch as many movies as I should, I try to watch films especially that I’m to,’ he began.’

Robert De Niro gave a rare insight into how he is finding parenting his 20-month old daughter Gia on Thursday

The actor, 81, discussed what life is like at home with his little girl and how they spend time together in a new interview (pictured this month)

The Godfather star continued: ‘I just wanna keep up, but I watch current events if you will news stuff like that. Now I watch with my little girl, The Wiggles and Ms Rachel.

Scott asked: ‘Do you know about Bluey?’ 

‘I’ll look up, I’ll look for them,’ he replied. 

Scott added: ‘Please will someone write this down because this might change your life in terms of attention span. Do you know what I’m saying? Bluey and Hey Duggee.

Robert said: ‘The Wiggles and Ms Rachel I didn’t know of them until I started seeing them and my daughter loves to watch them… But they’re great!’ 

Last month Robert revealed he ‘tries his best’ to be a good father to his seven children but admits that ‘family is complex’.

He told The Times that if each of his children were asked to describe him that would ‘all have a different answer’.

Robert added: ‘Family is so complex. I try my best (as a father), that’s all. I hope they’ll be happy.’

Robert shares his youngest child Gia with his professional martial artist girlfriend Tiffany Chen (pictured in June 2024)

Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Robert revealed he doesn’t watch as many movies as he should because he often finds himself watching children’s TV instead

He sweetly added of spending time with his daughter Gia: ‘I’m an early riser. I’ve got a 19-month-old baby. I spend my mornings watching [the YouTuber for toddlers] Ms Rachel with her, and I give her her bottle.’ 

Back in February Robert gushed about the newest addition to his family, Gia, and the ‘joy’ she brings him. 

‘She’s such an adorable baby. So sweet,’ he said of his bundle of joy. ‘[When I] look at her, everything else goes away. So it’s a great joy and relief to just be with her in the moment.’

His elder children ‘all get a big kick out of her,’ he explained.

‘The grandkids even. She’s their aunt— [and] they’re about to be teenagers!’ he added. 

Raphael is a father of three and Drena’s son Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died at age 19 last year.

Robert also gushed about just how important family gatherings are to him: ‘The fact that they’d all be together,’ he said, ‘is everything to me.’

You can listen to the interview in full on BBC Sounds