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Robert De Niro<\/a> is getting candid about raising a baby daughter with girlfriend <\/span>Tiffany Chen<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The 80-year-old screen legend welcomed baby Gia — his seventh child and first with Chen — back in April, and recently opened up to\u00a0<\/span>The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>about the experience of being a new dad at his age,<\/span><\/p>\n De Niro admitted that things were “going OK,” but still felt challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n “You never know what’s going to happen,” De Niro said of being a parent and the innate mystery of child rearing. “They surprise you.”<\/span><\/p>\n One thing is for sure, in De Niro’s view: “It doesn\u2019t get easier.”<\/span><\/p>\n “It is what it is. It\u2019s OK. I mean, I don\u2019t do the heavy lifting,” De Niro admitted. “I’m there, I support my girlfriend. But she does the work. And we have help, which is so important.”<\/span><\/p>\n When asked if he enjoys fatherhood, De Niro exclaimed, “Of course I do… [I enjoy] all of it! With a baby it’s different to with my 11-year-old. My adult children. My grandchildren. It’s all different.”<\/span><\/p>\n De Niro <\/span>offered similar sentiments back in April<\/a> when ET spoke with him on the red carpet at the New York City premiere of his film, About My Father.<\/span><\/p>\n The Oscar winning actor addressed how dad life with a new baby has been in a comment to ET, declaring, “It’s great!”<\/span><\/p>\n De Niro shares his adult children Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, as well as 27-year-old twin sons, Aaron and Julian, with former girlfriend Toukie Smith. He also shares son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen Grace, 11, with ex-wife Grace Hightower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Baby Gia\u00a0made her TV debut during her mother’s\u00a0<\/span>CBS Mornings<\/em><\/a>\u00a0interview with\u00a0<\/span>Gayle King<\/a>\u00a0that aired in July. The baby made a brief appearance during the near-10-minute conversation, during which the world-champion martial artist opened up to King about the scary postpartum complication she endured after giving birth.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked how her daughter has changed her life, Chen responds that the 3-month-old has “made it more fun” for her and her Oscar-winning partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n