Robert De Niro walked the red carpet at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Wednesday, November 11, with his longtime girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, on his arm. Us Weekly called it a rare red carpet date night. The occasion was the Focker-In-Law premiere, the latest in Ben Stiller’s franchise, where De Niro once again plays the patriarch Jack.
He is 83. Chen is 46. They have been together since 2021.
Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen at the Beacon Theatre
De Niro kept it simple. Gray turtleneck, classic black blazer, charcoal pants. Chen wore a blue checkered maxi dress with a gray cardigan, a black-and-white bag and gold jewelry.
Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen attended a red carpet event together. Two years into the relationship, in 2023, the couple welcomed a daughter. That made De Niro a father of seven. Us Weekly notes he has six older children from past relationships.
What He Has Said About Fatherhood at 83
Few subjects get more openness from him than his youngest. In February 2024, a year after her birth, he told People that looking at her means “everything else goes away.” He described being with her as a joy and a relief.
He has not pretended it is easy. Talking to People in August, he said there is no secret to it, only managing it all. And he admitted to feeling “a little guilty about not being there” at moments he thought he should be.
Guilt about not being present sometimes is something De Niro acknowledges. Fathers who have done this before know exactly where they fell short last time. Parenting is still a new experience, De Niro said, one nobody takes courses for. You just jump in, as he put it.
Age changes the math. On a 2024 episode of CNN’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, De Niro said that things just change. He joked that his gravestone would read “I tried my best.” Asked whether his career had pulled him away from his kids, he pushed back. He was busy, he said, but he always loved them.
Busy but loving. Plenty of grown children have heard a parent say exactly that, and plenty of parents have needed to say it out loud.
The Older Siblings and the Grandkids
His older children get a big kick out of their baby sister, he told People. The grandchildren too. He pointed out that the baby is technically their aunt, while they are about to be teenagers.
He found the setup funny. He also found it moving. “The fact that they’d all be together is everything to me,” he said.
Families stretched across that many years and that many past relationships do not knit together by accident. Someone has to keep showing up for all of them. She is part of that picture now. The Beacon Theatre carpet was one of the few times the two of them have stepped into public view together.
Where Things Stand
Promoting a film about in-laws and family chaos while raising a toddler at 83, Robert De Niro is busy again. The clothes, the arm, the walk down the carpet. That was the whole statement.
Sources: Us Weekly
