Robert De Niro’s 29-Year-Old Daughter Airyn Just Came Out As Trans And Shared Some Rare Insight Into Her “Normal Childhood”

You cognize Robert De Niro. He’s the Oscar-winning prima of immoderate of the astir iconic movies ever, and is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the top actors of each time. And portion we’re precise acquainted with truthful galore of his characters, Robert’s idiosyncratic beingness is different matter.

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The 81-year-old has been joined doubly and is the begetter of 7 children, ranging successful property from 57 to 2. Despite having specified a celebrated father, Robert’s big children person mostly opted to unrecorded low-key lives. But now, his 29-year-old girl Airyn is leaning into the spotlight connected her ain terms.

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For context, Robert shares Airyn and her duplicate brother, Julian, with Toukie Smith, whom helium dated for astir a decennary from 1988 to 1996. The twins person ever been precise private; however, successful a caller interrogation with Them, Airyn opened up astir “stepping into [her] caller identity” arsenic a trans woman.

“There’s a quality betwixt being disposable and being seen,” she said. “I’ve been visible. I don’t deliberation I’ve been seen yet.” The caller interrogation comes little than 2 months aft the Daily Mail published photos of her “new look” during an outing with her dada successful NYC. Discussing this peculiar report, Airyn said: “I really didn’t find retired astir the Daily Mail happening until similar a week aft it was posted… Not lone did they get accusation incorrect astir me…They conscionable benignant of reminded maine that radical truly don’t cognize thing astir me.”

So, introducing herself to the world, Airyn got existent astir her struggles increasing up arsenic a “late bloomer” and feeling conflicted astir her identity. “I was ever told I was excessively overmuch of thing oregon not capable of thing increasing up: Too big, not skinny enough. Not Black enough, not achromatic enough. Too feminine, not masculine enough,” she said. “It was ne'er just, ‘You’re conscionable right, conscionable the mode you are.’”

In the Daily Mail report, Airyn was referred to arsenic a “nepo baby.” Reflecting connected this, she shared immoderate uncommon penetration into 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,” she 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.”

Airyn — who is an aspiring actor, model, and intelligence wellness counsellor — began hormone therapy past November, inspired by different trans women being “honest and open” successful nationalist spaces. “I’m like, you cognize what? Maybe it’s not excessively precocious for me. Maybe I tin start,” she recalled. “I deliberation a large portion of [my transition] is besides the power Black women person had connected me. I deliberation stepping into this caller identity, portion besides being much arrogant of my Blackness, makes maine consciousness person to them successful immoderate way.”

“I’d privation to hopefully beryllium an inspiration for astatine slightest 1 different idiosyncratic similar maine who is Black, who is queer, who’s not a size other small,” she said. “I’d privation to spot much trans women, much Black women who are possibly bigger-bodied oregon don’t acceptable the mold of ace bladed oregon heroin chic. I privation queer radical of colour and bigger-bodied radical to person an Alex Consani. I privation queer radical of colour and bigger-bodied radical to person a Hunter Schafer.”

Good for you, Airyn!! You tin work her afloat Them interrogation here.