Veteran Hollywood actor Robert De Niro had his seventh child with girlfriend Tiffany Chen at 79 in April. Recently, Tiffany has talked about her postpartum issues and have consequently witnessed issues post delivery like Bell’s palsy.
Robert De Niro had posted a glimpse of his daughter Gia Virginia Chen De Niro. He had mentioned that the decision to have a baby was a mutual one and they were over the seventh cloud with the arrival of their daughter.
In a conversation with CBS Mornings, Tiffany revealed that “When I went home, I started to feel like, my tongue felt strange. It felt a little tingly, just starting to get a little bit numb. And then I realized my face… my face just felt weird. It was just like everything was starting to just fall down on itself. Like, my face was melting on itself…. I couldn’t eat. I said, ‘There’s something really going on here.’ I lost all facial function the minute I got into the hospital.”
Tiffany was thereafter diagnosed with Bell’s palsy. It is a neurological condition that leads to weakening of muscles or may also lead to facial paralysis.
Robert and Tiffany’s relationshipa started from the sets of The Intern. They layer were spotted on a romantic vacation at France in 2021.
Robert De Niro on the professional front will be next featured in Killers of the Flower Moon, helmed by Martin Scorsese. The film also features Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser and Lily Gladstone in lead roles. It is schedule for release on October 6.
