Robert De Niro has been nothing however supportive since his daughter Airyn De Niro got here out as trans.
“The help has nonetheless been nonstop from him, and I'm so grateful,” Airyn, 30, gushed in an interview with Them revealed on Thursday, October 30. “He was speaking about how completely satisfied he was for me as a result of I've a tremendous boyfriend who he's met, and [he said], ‘You've any individual who loves you for you, and also you don't want to alter your self for anyone.'”
Airyn additionally revealed that she and Robert, 82, lately mentioned her transition in a remedy session.
“He stated, ‘There's no different factor to do than settle for your child for who they're and the place they resolve to go in life,'” she recalled. “He's superb at being a dad and, not simply that, [but also] accepting individuals from all walks of life.”
Airyn joked that at her father's “ripe outdated age, he's not even setting a excessive bar. It's similar to, that must be the usual.”
Airyn publicly got here out as trans in an interview with Them in April.
“I used to be at all times advised I used to be an excessive amount of of one thing or not sufficient of one thing rising up: Too huge, not skinny sufficient,” she advised the outlet of struggling to slot in with society's requirements. “Not Black sufficient, not white sufficient. Too female, not masculine sufficient. It was by no means simply, ‘You're good, simply the best way you're.'”
Airyn stated she discovered inspiration within the tales of brazenly trans ladies.
“Trans ladies being trustworthy and open, particularly [in] public areas like social media and attending to see them of their success … I'm like, you understand what? Possibly it's not too late for me,” she continued.
Airyn additionally thanked her dad and mom, Robert and actress Toukie Smith, for permitting her to develop up exterior of the limelight.
“Clearly no guardian is ideal, however I'm grateful that each my dad and mom agreed to maintain me out of the limelight. They needed it very non-public,” she stated. “They've advised me they needed me to have as a lot of a traditional childhood as potential.”
Airyn additionally touched on her expertise with rising up feeling totally different than her members of the family.
“I at all times grew up a bigger-bodied individual,” she recalled. “Everyone else within the household [was] comparatively skinny or match; I used to be not, so I kind of stood out like a sore thumb and there wasn't anyone in my household that might relate to that have.”
Following the Them article, Robert expressed his help for Airyn in a press release on the time.
Full home! Whereas Robert De Niro is one in every of Hollywood's most esteemed actors, he additionally takes satisfaction in his function as the daddy of seven. The Oscar winner grew to become a guardian in 1976 when he welcomed son Raphael together with his first spouse, Diahnne Abbott, whom he married after engaged on the movie Taxi Driver collectively. […]
“I beloved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I like and help Airyn as my daughter. I don't know what the large deal is. I like all my youngsters,” he stated.
Moreover, the Oscar winner advised Leisure Tonight in June, “So long as they're not hurting themselves, doing something that's damaging or something like that, you must help them. Interval.”
Robert and Smith, 73, share Airyn and her twin brother, Julian. The previous couple dated from 1988 to 1996. The Intern star additionally shares children Drena, 58, and Raphael, 48, with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, Elliot, 27, and Helen, 13, with ex-wife Grace Hightower and Gia, 2, with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
