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Tiffany Chen details how she, Robert De Niro fell in love after meeting on ‘Intern’ set

  2024-03-14 pagesixLeah Bitsky19640
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Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen seamlessly “evolved” into a couple after meeting on the set of the 2015 movie “The Inter

Tiffany Chen details how she, Robert De Niro fell in love after meeting on ‘Intern’ set

Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen seamlessly “evolved” into a couple after meeting on the set of the 2015 movie “The Intern.”

The martial arts instructor — who welcomed daughter Gia with the actor earlier this year — shared in a new interview that the couple initially kept their relationship professional, but it progressed into a romance years later.

“When we were working, it was just work,” she told Gayle King on “CBS Mornings” Friday.

“And then a couple of years later, we got back in touch, and I said, ‘Oh, I guess we get along, and I guess we really get along.'”

In the film, De Niro, 79, portrayed Ben Whittaker, an elderly widower who re-enters the workforce as a senior intern for a fashion website and forges an unlikely friendship with the company’s CEO, Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway).

Chen, 45, had a small role in the buddy comedy as Ben’s tai chi instructor.

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Tiffany Chen detailed how she and Robert De Niro fell for each other years after filming “The Intern.” CBS Mornings
Tiffany Chen and Gayle King holding Gia.
“When we were working, it was just work,” Chen told Gayle King on “CBS Mornings.” CBS Mornings
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Chen played De Niro’s tai chi instructor in the movie. SplashNews

At the time of filming, De Niro was still with his second wife, Grace Hightower, but they separated in 2018.

The Oscar winner and Chen quietly welcomed their daughter, her first child and his seventh, on April 6.

De Niro casually broke the news when he was talking to a reporter who called him a “father of six.” The “Meet the Parents” star swiftly corrected the journalist, saying, “Seven, actually. I just had a baby.”

Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen on set of
“A couple of years later, we got back in touch, and I said, ‘Oh, I guess we get along, and I guess we really get along,'” Chen recalled. GC Images
Robert De Niro holding Gia.
The couple welcomed daughter Gia in April. CBS
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Gia is the “Taxi Driver” star’s seventh child. CBS

Later that month, King revealed Gia’s name and first photo on behalf of De Niro and Chen on “CBS Mornings.”

“They both wanted this baby,” the broadcaster shared at the time, adding, “They’re over the moon. She was brought here in love. He’s very psyched about it.”

During her Friday sit-down with King, Chen detailed being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy after giving birth.

Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen on a red carpet.
De Niro revealed in May that they welcomed the baby girl. Steven/AFF-USA/Shutterstock

“My face just felt weird,” she recalled. “It was like everything was starting to just fall down on itself. Like, my face was melting on itself.

“Then a week after giving birth, that was when it all hit,” she said, adding that she began to “slur” her speech and “couldn’t eat.”

By the time she returned to the hospital, Chen “lost all facial function” and was diagnosed with the condition, which causes weakness in muscles on one side of the face.

She and De Niro have been romantically linked since 2021.

Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen holding hands.
King confirmed the pair’s child was planned. Dave Benett/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

The twice-divorced Hollywood icon is also the father of Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, with Diahnne Abbott, as well as twins Aaron and Julian, 27, with Toukie Smith. Additionally, he shares Elliot, 25, and Helen, 11, with Hightower.

De Niro became a grandparent in 2004 when Drena welcomed son Leandro with Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez. The 19-year-old tragically died earlier this month.

“I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo,” De Niro told Pvnew in a statement on July 3.

Tiffany Chen and Robert De Niro in May 2023.
They’ve been linked as a couple since 2021. KCS Presse / MEGA

He added, “We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo.”

The Tribeca Film Festival co-founder was spotted looking downcast as he attended Leandro’s funeral in New York City this past weekend.

Leandro’s official cause of death has yet to be determined, but Drena claimed he died after taking pills laced with fentanyl.

(By/Leah Bitsky)
 
 
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