Airyn, Robert De Niro’s daughter, recently came out as a transgender.
The Oscar winner, in an interview with Entertainment tonight, He threw his weight behind his son’s decision.
“As long as they do not hurt themselves, doing anything that is destructive or something, must support them. Period,” he said.
The 29 -year -old previously revealed her identity as a trans woman in an interview with them.
At that time, the godfather’s actor shared a message of full support to his daughter who said: “He loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter. I don’t know what the big problem is. I love all my children.”
Robert’s constant support was visible in Airyn’s interview when he said: “Obviously no father is perfect, but I am grateful that my two parents have agreed to keep me out of the center of attention. They wanted him very private.”
“They have told me that they wanted him to have as much normal childhood as possible,” he concluded.
Together with Airyn, Robert has six children. He has married twice.
