“I Don’t Know What The Big Deal Is”: Robert De Niro Addressed His 29-Year-Old Daughter Coming Out As Trans With The Perfect No BS Statement

This week, Robert De Niro’s 29-year-old daughter, Airyn, whom helium shares with his ex, Toukie Smith, came retired arsenic trans successful an interrogation with Them.

Since starting hormone therapy successful November 2024, Airyn opened up astir “stepping into [her] caller identity” arsenic a trans pistillate aft years of struggling with her identity. “There’s a quality betwixt being disposable and being seen. I’ve been visible. I don’t deliberation I’ve been seen yet,” she said. “Trans women being honorable and open, particularly [in] nationalist spaces similar societal media and getting to spot them successful their success… I’m like, you cognize what? Maybe it's not excessively precocious for me. Maybe I tin start.”

Until now, Airyn — who has a duplicate brother, Julian — has lived a ace backstage life, and though she didn’t speech a ton astir her celebrated begetter successful the interview, she did explicit gratitude for her “normal” upbringing.

“I wasn’t brought up having a broadside portion successful 1 of dad’s movies oregon going to concern meetings oregon attending premieres. My dada was precise large connected america uncovering our ain benignant of path... I would privation [success] to hap connected my ain merit,” Airyn said. “Obviously, nary genitor is perfect, but I americium grateful that some my parents agreed to support maine retired of the limelight. They person told maine they wanted maine to person arsenic overmuch of a mean puerility arsenic possible.”

Now, arsenic radical observe Airyn’s Them interrogation online, her 81-year-old begetter has shared his enactment too, telling Variety successful a statement: “I loved and supported Aaron arsenic my son, and present I emotion and enactment Airyn arsenic my daughter. I don’t cognize what the large woody is. I emotion each my children.”

If you travel Robert distant from his acting career, you’ll cognize helium regularly finds himself connected the close broadside of past regarding authorities (e.g., his ongoing beef with Donald Trump). With that successful mind, it comes arsenic perfectly nary astonishment to perceive that he’s continuing to amusement others however it’s done, and galore online are praising him for his “what’s the large deal” attack to his daughter’s transition.

Some radical person pointed retired that it’s a small "sad" to spot that a genitor simply loving and supporting their kid unconditionally is header news, erstwhile that truly should beryllium the standard. Although successful 2025, the trans assemblage needs our enactment much than ever — and Robert proves it truly is that easy.

You tin find Airyn’s afloat Them interrogation here.