It’s selfish to have a child at 79, Mr De Niro – I’m still mad at my dad for dying too soon

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “But he was too old to pick them up.” How are De Niro’s knees, I wonder? Even if De Niro is lucky enough to make his centenary, he won’t see his kid old enough to graduate, walk down the aisle, or reach the tender age where luminaries like Leonardo Di Caprio would date them. De Niro himself says that his seventh child wasn’t an accident but very much planned. While it’s not possible for a woman to give birth at De Niro’s age, I don't think any woman would if they could.