Robert De Niro Steps Out With Rarely Seen Son Elliot, 24: Photos

Robert De Niro, 79, was spotted spending immoderate prime father-son clip with his 24-year-old lad Elliot in New York City connected Friday. The brace were photographed connected a casual stroll connected March 17, during which they chatted it up earlier entering a building. Elliot is an avid tennis subordinate and the fifth of six De Niro children. The two-time Oscar victor besides has daughters Drena, 51, and Helen Grace, 11, and sons, Raphael, 46, twins Julian and Aaron, 27, and Elliot, 25.

Both Robert De Niro and his son, Elliot, donned achromatic coats during their March 17, 2023 locomotion successful the Big Apple (Photo: BACKGRID)

Elliot and Robert dressed casually for their stroll. The Meet the Fockers star kept lukewarm successful a collared shirt, a achromatic jacket, and achromatic sweatpants. He besides donned a achromatic beanie and a grey and achromatic scarf. His son, who is simply a fewer inches taller, besides wore a achromatic jacket, which helium paired with bluish jeans, agleam bluish sneakers, and a greenish beanie.

Robert De Niro and his son, Elliot, near the New York City sidewalks and walked into an unnamed gathering during their outing (Photo: BACKGRID)

Elliot did not travel his father’s footsteps into acting, but helium is simply a talented tennis subordinate and adjacent appeared successful a promotional video starring up to the 50th Anniversary of the Special Olympics. Elliot has autism, and his begetter said successful the past that helium and Elliot’s mother, Grace Hightower, signed him up for the athletics to assistance him negociate his peculiar needs. “He wasn’t brainsick astir it, astatine times. His parent was bully astatine pushing [him], and wanting him to beryllium carnal and enactment out,” the prima admitted successful a video for ESPN.

“He has realized, ‘Oh, I tin execute this,’” Grace added. “It has helped him socially,” she continued earlier the Godfather jumped backmost in. “It helps him beryllium much assured erstwhile helium sees that he’s really bully astatine this,” helium noted. “That’s the champion self-motivator 1 tin have. He’s gonna consciousness amended astir himself, which helium does. So, it’s a win-win for everybody, particularly [Elliot].”

Elliot is 1 of 4 children betwixt Robert and Grace, who divorced successful 2018 aft 20 years of marriage. Robert shares his 4 youngest children with Grace, his twins with his erstwhile partner, model Toukie Smith, and his lad Raphael with his archetypal wife, Diahnne Abbott. Drena is Diahnne’s biologic kid from a erstwhile marriage, who Robert adopted arsenic a child.

Robert has said successful the past that being a begetter is his top blessing, contempt it being hard astatine times. “I emotion my children, conscionable being with them,” helium told Us Weekly successful 2019. “It’s not easy. Sometimes it’s amusive and you emotion your kids, and sometimes you privation to termination them! Then, erstwhile you person the bully moments,” helium continued, “you hide astir the ones that weren’t good.”

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