Robert de Niro's Partner, Tiffany Chen, Opens Up About Postpartum and Baby Gia Virginia on CBS Morning

2023-07-14 17:58:07

By Lea Mabilon

Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago

Gayle King carrying Gia Virginia, three-month-old daughter of Robert de Niro and Tiffany Chen, during a CBS Morning show airing Friday, July 14, 2023. Screenshot @CBSMornings

Robert de Niro became a father for the seventh time on April 6, 2023, with his partner Tiffany Chen. They gave birth to a daughter, Gia Virginia. At only three months old, the baby has already taken its first steps on American television.

This Friday, April 14, Tiffany Chen spoke at the microphone of Gayle King, on CBS Morning. The 45-year-old mother spoke for the first time since the birth of her daughter Gia Virginia on April 6, from her union with Robert de Niro, 79. The martial arts teacher took the opportunity to return to the complications experienced during her postpartum, as well as to present her three-month-old baby. “How Gia changed your life?” First asked the host to Tiffany Chen. And the latter to answer: “It became more fun”.

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The exchange posted on Twitter nevertheless caused discomfort for some Internet users. Among the passages in question, the one where the 68-year-old host asks to carry the child to exhibit it in front of the camera. “Look Gia, you’re making your TV debut,” she told him. Gia Virginia, very agitated in her mother’s arms, then calms down in those of her nanny, who carries her with her face hidden, while Tiffany Chen and Gayle King talk to the granddaughter. “Annoying.” Simply writes one user.

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Bell’s palsy

Many are those to have nevertheless been moved by the confidences of Tiffany Chen about her postpartum. After her pregnancy, she suffered from Bell’s palsy, a condition she still suffers from today. “When I got home (after childbirth, editor’s note), I started to feel like … my tongue was weird,” she explained. It tingled, I felt numb. And then I realized my face was weird. I didn’t know what the feeling was that I had. It was just weird.” Asked about the aesthetic aspect of her face, the wife of Robert de Niro replied that she had the impression that “everything was falling”. “My face was melting on itself. I called my doctor who told me to go to the emergency room immediately. I lost all facial function the minute I entered the hospital,” she continued. A situation that made Tiffany Chen fall into depression.

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A few days ago, the family also experienced another drama with the death of Leandro, the grandson of Robert de Niro, at just 20 years old. It was Drena, the mother of the boy and daughter of the comedian, who announced the sad news on Instagram. “My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description since the moment I felt you in my womb. You have been my joy, my heart and everything that has always been pure and real in my life. I would like to be with you right now. I would love to be with you,” the 51-year-old bereaved actress wrote.