Hollywood legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro</a> said on Friday he would &#8220;never&#8221; portray former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> as an actor as he issued a warning about the upcoming election.
The Oscar-winner talked about his red line in filming during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5I9OS1VX0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an appearance</a> on HBO&#8217;s latest episode of &#8220;Real Time&#8221; with host Bill Maher, who, like De Niro, is a vocal Trump critic.
&#8220;He’s such a mean, nasty, hateful person,&#8221; De Niro said of Trump. &#8220;I’d never play him as an actor, because I can’t see any good in him. Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing redeemable in him.&#8221;
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Robert de Niro: Trump “is a total monster” and “if he wins the election, you won’t be on this show anymore, he’ll come looking for me&#8230;That’s what happens in that kind of a dictatorship.” He’s “sociopathic, psychopathic, malignant narcissist,” an “idiot” and “a clown.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealTime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RealTime</a> <a href="https://t.co/RFN2XqWQxi">pic.twitter.com/RFN2XqWQxi</a>
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De Niro went on to make drastic predictions about what could happen to himself and Maher if Trump ends up winning a second term in the White House.
&#8220;If he wins the election, you won&#8217;t be on the show anymore,&#8221; De Niro said. &#8220;He&#8217;ll come looking for me. There&#8217;ll be things that happen that none of us can imagine. That&#8217;s what happens in that kind of a dictatorship, which is what he says.&#8221;
De Niro appeared to be referencing Trump&#8217;s pledge last year to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rejects-threat-to-democracy-hoax-says-biden-poses-the-real-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">be a “dictator”</a> only on the first day of a second term in order to tackle issues such as border security and drilling for energy.
President Joe Biden has argued that U.S. democracy is at stake in the 2024 election. Both he and Trump are running for a second term, paving the way for what could be a 2020 rematch.
“Donald Trump poses many threats to the country, from the right to choose to civil rights to voting rights to America’s standing in the world. But the greatest threat Trump poses is to our democracy, because if we lose that, we lose everything,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/09/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-los-angeles-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in remarks last December.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rejects-threat-to-democracy-hoax-says-biden-poses-the-real-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Biden had it backward.
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Biden is the “real threat to democracy for two simple reasons: he’s corrupt and incompetent — grossly incompetent,” Trump said.
De Niro told Maher on Friday that he did not know why Trump is performing so well against Biden in polls, including among women and Latinos.
&#8220;I just don’t want to feel the way I did, and many of us don’t, after the election in 2016 where we couldn’t believe that it happened. The guy is a total monster,&#8221; he added.

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Robert De Niro Says He Would ‘Never’ Play ‘Total Monster’ Trump

Robert De Niro Says He Would 'Never' Play 'Total Monster' Trump

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro</a> was ridiculed on Tuesday for his continued obsession with former President Donald Trump after he claimed his prepared speech slamming Trump was edited.
During the 80-year-old actor&#8217;s appearance on Monday at the Gotham Awards in New York City, De Niro became agitated while reading his remarks once he noticed his Trump comments were censored, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/robert-de-niro-anti-trump-gothams-speech-censored-1235810577/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> reported.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to go back. I&#8217;m sorry. Okay, there was a mistake in this. I&#8217;ll keep going. Just keep scrolling,&#8221; De Niro told the audience. &#8220;I just want to say one thing. The beginning of my speech was edited, cut out, and I didn&#8217;t know about it. And I want to read it.&#8221;
He went on to read the anti-Trump comments from his phone, and near the end of his speech said, &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna say these things, but to Apple and thank them and all that, Gothams, blah, blah, blah, Apple. But I don&#8217;t feel like thanking them at all after what they did. How dare they do that, actually?&#8221;
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Social media users on X slammed the actor once video <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/robert-de-niro-anti-trump-gothams-speech-censored-1235810577/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surfaced</a> of the &#8220;Goodfellas&#8221; star&#8217;s remarks.
&#8220;It&#8217;s really interesting that for years Robert De Niro had this quiet brooding mystique about him and then he finally started opening his mouth and everyone realized he was actually a moron,&#8221; one person <a href="https://x.com/Howlingmutant0/status/1729526321485652264?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
Another <a href="https://x.com/RokerGlasses/status/1729564259690934456?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, &#8220;So Robert De Niro is angry that Apple edited the first part of his speech which was his usual unhinged rant about Trump. Imagine that. A Lefty upset by censorship.&#8221;
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While a third person shared on <a href="https://x.com/lordvictor/status/1727617603030413676?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X,</a>&#8220;Robert De Niro is literally a professional liar. Pretends to be someone else for a living. I respect his body of work in film but his political commentary means nothing. Less than most of my twitter mutuals.&#8221;
One person wrote, &#8220;I don&#8217;t get why some actors keep preaching the others, and get into politics, while on stage… where politics have absolutely NOTHING to do with it. Don&#8217;t they understand that, by doing so, they instantly LOSE half of their fan base? #RobertDeNiro I love you but…&#8221;
It was only the latest anti-Trump speech De Niro has given after he famously used his time at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zNr8Pf1QkY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tony Awards</a> in June 2018 to yell &#8220;f*** Trump!” — which was met by a round of applause.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-de-niro-blasts-president-trump-in-yet-another-awards-speech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro Blasts President Trump In Yet Another Awards Speech</a>

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Model and actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Brigitte Nielsen</a> insists it’s never too late to have another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/motherhood">baby</a>.
The celebrity gave birth to her fifth child in 2018, when she was 55 years old, after undergoing IVF. She said her adult children expressed their disapproval at the time, but she disagreed with them. 
&#8220;Half the world was saying that when I got pregnant at 55 — including my four older sons,&#8221; Nielsen told People in an <a href="https://people.com/brigitte-nielsen-loves-being-a-mom-at-60-8404349">interview</a> published Monday. &#8220;But first of all, there’s no such thing as ‘too old.'&#8221;
The model also implied it was sexist to question a woman getting pregnant in her later years. She claimed older dads like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a> and Al Pacino weren’t facing criticism for parenting children in their 80s.
&#8220;We don’t say that to men who have children in their 60s, 70s, even 80s! … Look at Robert De Niro. He&#8217;s 79, and he has a 7-month-old,&#8221; Nielsen argued.
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&#8220;When I was a younger mom, I was often juggling being single, being on a plane, on a movie set. Now Frida comes first,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;You know how kids say grandmothers are the best? I feel like I have that mindset and emotion. I have the patience and that extra bit of love to give now, and I think it’s because I’m a grandmother’s age.&#8221;
Nielsen married her current husband Mattia Dessì in 2009 when she was 42 and he was 27. The couple did many rounds of IVF before she became pregnant with their now five-year-old daughter, Frida.
&#8220;The doctor warned me to be realistic about my chances,” she told the outlet. “He told me I had a two and a half percent chance of getting pregnant, so when it finally happened, it was just amazing. And then there was fear, because I was such high-risk, being 54.&#8221;
&#8220;It was the easiest pregnancy I ever had,&#8221; Nielsen said. &#8220;Maybe because I had done it four times before, and my priorities had shifted. It was a deep, deep desire within me and a choice.&#8221;
Besides Frida, Nielsen has four adult sons. She shares Julian with her first ex-husband Kasper Winding. Her son Killian’s father is Nielsen’s ex-boyfriend Mark Gastineau. The model has two sons, Douglas and Raoul Meyer Jr., with her fourth husband, Raoul Meyer. 
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The celebrity did not have children with her second husband, Sylvester Stallone, nor her third husband, Sebastian Copeland. She’s also been linked romantically to Flavor Flav, Sean Penn, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a>’s production company, Canal, must pay an ex-assistant to the actor $1.2 million after it lost a sexism lawsuit brought against it.
Graham Chase Robinson was awarded two identical damages payments of $632,142.96 for gender discrimination and retaliation after filing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">lawsuit</a> against the actor’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/courts">production company</a>, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12730819/Robert-Niros-producion-company-ordered-pay-ex-assistant-Graham-Chase-Robinson-1-2-million-bombshell-lawsuit.html">The Daily Mail</a>. She originally sought $12 million.
The settlement amount was meant to represent four years of lost work based on her previous salary. Robinson, 41, claimed that she was unable to find a new job after being let go from De Niro’s employment and faulted him for it. 
De Niro counter-sued his former employee for $6 million to account for the airline miles she allegedly stole from him, but she was found not liable. The outlet reported that Robinson was visibly overjoyed after the verdict was read and smiled at the jurors as they left the courtroom.
“We are delighted that the jury saw what we saw and returned a verdict in Chase Robinson&#8217;s favor against Robert De Niro&#8217;s company, Canal Productions,” Robinson’s lawyer David Sanford said. 
“Not only did Ms Robinson win her case against Canal but the jury completely vindicated Ms. Robinson by finding De Niro&#8217;s claims against her to be without merit.”
De Niro was not present for the reading of the verdict, but his attorney also expressed that it was “gratifying” that De Niro was not personally found liable. 
“I&#8217;m not going to comment on the verdict &#8211; we have to analyze the damage amount,” Richard Schoenstein said.
“It strikes me as a compromise. Obviously they were seeking $12 million and they got $600,000,” he added. “I am very grateful for the service of the jury. We are really happy they separated out Bob from this. It is a dispute between an employee and their former employer.”
Robinson began working for De Niro&#8217;s company in 2008 as an executive assistant with a $75,000 salary. She exited in April 2019 with the title of VP of Production and Finance and a $300,000 salary. Robinson accused De Niro of calling her a “b*tch” on multiple occasions and berating her for minor infractions.
Robinson also claimed female employees were treated differently than their male counterparts. “Female employees were expected to be on call 24/7 for Bob. He didn&#8217;t expect male employees to be on call for him,” she said during her testimony. 
“I gave this job my life. I didn&#8217;t have kids because I worked,” she claimed.
While Robinson’s psychiatrist said Robinson suffered from a “serious and often disabling psychological condition” including insomnia and memory loss due to the trauma of losing her livelihood and reputation, a psychiatrist hired by De Niro’s lawyers said the ex-staffer was “narcissistic and paranoid.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro</a> testified on Monday in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> courtroom during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">case</a> brought by his former personal assistant, who accused the 80-year-old actor of abusive behavior.
Graham Chase Robinson worked for De Niro between 2008 and 2019. She left her employment as his vice president of production and finance in 2019 with an annual salary of $300,000, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/10/30/robert-de-niro-testimony-former-assistant-trial-graham-chase-robinson/71388662007/">USA Today</a>. 
Robinson is suing her former boss for $12 million in damages for “severe emotional distress” and “reputational harm,” saying the actor refused to give her references after she left the job. Court documents also showed disagreements conflict between Robinson and De Niro’s girlfriend, Tiffany Chen.  
De Niro was the first witness called to the stand, the outlet noted. The “Raging Bull” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actor</a> became audibly agitated during his testimony, loudly defending his past actions. When Robinson’s lawyer mentioned an incident when De Niro summoned her very early in the morning when he hurt his back, the actor shot back, saying, “That was one time when I cracked my back falling down the stairs!&#8221; He said the incident happened at 1 or 2 a.m., and he delayed calling her until several hours later.
The two-time Academy Award winner also defended a time when he asked Robinson to oversee some details after he purchased a townhouse in Manhattan, which he planned to move into with Chen. &#8220;It is not like I&#8217;m asking for her to go out there and scrape floors and mop the floor,&#8221; he said, per USA Today. &#8220;So this is all nonsense!&#8221;
Robinson’s attorney <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/robert-de-niro-to-testify-in-sensational-showdown-with-ex-assistant-in-manhattan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the actor of calling his client names and making sexist remarks about women, including joking about the use of Viagra. The ex-assistant said the celebrity “urinated during telephone calls” with her and would sometimes interact with her while wearing nothing but his “pajamas or a bathrobe.”
The lawyer also clarified that the relationship between the star and his employee was completely platonic. “There was never anything romantic between the two of them,&#8221; Robinson&#8217;s attorney stated.
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Furthermore, Robinson&#8217;s legal team will be introducing evidence, including profanity-laced voicemail messages and text exchanges reportedly between their client and her former boss. “You f***ing don’t answer my calls. How dare you? You’re about to be fired. You’re f***ing history,” De Niro allegedly says in one message. “This is bullsh**. How dare you f***ing disrespect me? You gotta be f***ing kidding me, you spoiled brat! F*** you!”
Meanwhile, De Niro’s lawyer argued that his client was “kind, reasonable, [and] generous” with Robinson, &#8220;but [she] always thought she deserved more.&#8221; 
De Niro’s company previously sued Robinson in 2019 for alleged workplace misconduct. He accused his former personal assistant of binge-watching Netflix during working hours and stealing “millions” of her boss’s frequent flyer miles, per <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/robert-de-niro-to-testify-in-sensational-showdown-with-ex-assistant-in-manhattan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>. She was also accused of using the company American Express credit card to purchase tens of thousands of dollars worth of trips, iPhones, Ubers, a Louis Vuitton handbag, dog-sitters, and pricey dinners.
The trial is expected to last two weeks.

Robert De Niro Testifies In Court After Being Accused Of Abuse By Ex-Assistant: ‘This Is All Nonsense!’

Robert De Niro Testifies In Court After Being Accused Of Abuse By Ex-Assistant: 'This Is All Nonsense!'

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Iconic movie director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/martin-scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> said his first time working with both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/leonardo-dicaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a> on the same project caused some friction.
The trio of greats teamed up for Scorsese’s newest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies">film</a>, an American Western crime drama called “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The Academy Award-winning filmmaker said in a recent <a href="https://www.wsj.com/style/martin-scorsese-killers-flower-moon-b4989f0c">profile</a> by The Wall Street Journal Magazine that the two actors didn’t always get along on set.
It all had to do with DiCaprio’s tendency to talk a lot during his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">improv performances</a>. &#8220;Every now and then, Bob and I would look at each other and roll our eyes a little bit,&#8221; Scorsese told the outlet. &#8220;And we&#8217;d tell [DiCaprio], &#8216;You don&#8217;t need that dialogue.'&#8221;
The director highlighted the difference between the two men, saying DiCaprio’s talking was &#8220;endless, endless, endless!&#8221; while De Niro &#8220;didn&#8217;t want to talk.&#8221;
Scorsese has touched on this before, but insisted that both actors complemented each other.
&#8220;I found I could work with [Leo] if I talked with him a lot,&#8221; Scorsese told reporters at a press conference in early October, per <a href="https://ew.com/movies/killers-of-the-flower-moon-exclusive-clip-robert-de-niro-leonardo-dicaprio/">Entertainment Weekly</a>. &#8220;His method for me is a method of constant conversation, constant exploration. With De Niro, it&#8217;s a little different. Yes, there&#8217;s talking, but then there&#8217;s quiet.&#8221; 
He said this was actually a good thing, insisting that &#8220;the two together played off each other so beautifully.”
&#8220;When Leo and I started to work together, I discovered we had similar sensibilities that Bob and I had,&#8221; Scorsese added. &#8220;He was also brave enough to go to places the way that Bob would — difficult places. [He had] a fearlessness about performing and trying anything.&#8221;
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“Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in 1920s Oklahoma and explores America’s interactions with indigenous people at the time. It follows a string of murders, dubbed the “Reign of Terror,” of members of the Osage Nation. DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, a World War I veteran, while De Niro portrays his uncle, Oklahoma businessman William Hale. 
Though the three Hollywood legends have never worked together before, this is Scorsese’s tenth film with De Niro and his sixth with DiCaprio. De Niro and DiCaprio also appeared in movies together several times, beginning with “This Boy’s Life” in (1993).
“Killer of the Flower Moon” premieres on Friday.

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Martin Scorsese Reveals How Leonardo DiCaprio Irritated Robert De Niro On Set Of ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’

Martin Scorsese Said Leonardo DiCaprio Irritated Robert De Niro On Set Of 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'

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The cause of death for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro</a>’s 19-year-old grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez was revealed to be an accidental drug overdose, per the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Rodriguez’s cause of death was determined an accident, per <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-de-niros-grandsons-cause-of-death-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>, that was the result of &#8220;toxic effects of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine.&#8221;
Sofia Haley Marks, 20, was arrested in July for allegedly selling Rodriguez drugs before his death, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arrest-made-in-connection-with-death-of-robert-de-niros-grandson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. She was charged with federal drug crimes.
Rodriguez’s mother, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drena De Niro,</a> had previously stated that her son died after being sold pills laced with fentanyl. “Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” she wrote. “So for all these people still f***ing around selling and buying this s***, my son is gone forever.”
De Niro, 79, has seven children, including a newborn daughter. He and his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, welcomed Gia Virginia Chen De Niro on April 6.
De Niro issued a statement about his grandson’s death just after it made headlines. “I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo,” the Academy Award-winning actor said at the time.
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Drena also shared a lengthy tribute to her late son. &#8220;My beautiful sweet angel,” the 51-year-old filmmaker began. “I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly.”
“You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life,” Drena went on. “I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you.”
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De Niro’s daughter said she plans to “spread the love and light” going forward because of Leandro’s impact on her life.
“You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you. I’m so sorry my baby. Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy,” the grieving mother concluded.

Robert De Niro’s Grandson’s Cause Of Death Revealed

Robert De Niro's Grandson's Cause Of Death Revealed

Death

Drugs

An arrest has reportedly been made in connection with the overdose death of Robert De Niro’s 19-year-old grandson.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/woman-arrested-over-suspected-od-death-of-leandro-de-niro/">reported</a> that Sofia Haley Marks, 20, was arrested Thursday for allegedly selling Leandro Anthony De Niro-Rodriguez drugs before he was later found dead in his apartment.
She was arrested around 6 p.m. EST during an undercover sting operation conducted by local and federal law enforcement officials, the report said. She was charged with federal drug crimes.
Law enforcement officials told the publication that &#8220;a white powdery substance and drug paraphernalia&#8221; were located near Leandro&#8217;s body when he was found dead.
Drena De Niro, mother of Leandro Anthony De Niro-Rodriguez, 19, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cause-of-death-of-robert-de-niros-grandson-revealed-by-mother" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> last week that her son died after being sold pills laced with fentanyl.
“Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” she wrote. “So for all these people still f***ing around selling and buying this s***, my son is gone forever.”
Drena is De Niro’s oldest child. The “Meet the Parents” star adopted her in 1976 when he married her mother, Diahnne Abbott, per Page Six. Drena took on the last name De Niro at the time. Abbott and the Oscar winner divorced in 1988.
De Niro, 79, has seven children in total, including a newborn daughter. He and girlfriend Tiffany Chen welcomed Gia Virginia Chen De Niro on April 6 of this year.
De Niro shared a statement about his grandson’s death on Monday. “I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo,” the Academy Award-winning actor said, per People.
A recent CDC report said that drug deaths involving fentanyl increased from 5.7 per 100,000 people to nearly 22 per 100,000 people from 2016 to 2021, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-fentanyl-related-deaths-more-than-tripled-over-5-years-2023-05-03/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
Nearly 110,000 people died in the U.S. last year from drug overdoses, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/drug-overdose-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preliminary data</a> released by the federal government.
Fentanyl has become a major political issue and one of the top issues on the campaign trail for candidates running for office.
It has also been behind numerous high-profile deaths in recent months, including a former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-disney-executive-dies-from-overdose-on-trio-of-drugs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney executive</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/officials-release-cause-of-death-for-ufc-hall-of-famer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC Hall of Fame Fighter</a>, and a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/medical-examiner-releases-official-cause-of-death-for-famed-rapper-coolio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rap artist</a>.
Amanda Harding contributed to this report.

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a>’s girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, recently described a complication she experienced after delivering the couple’s baby.
De Niro made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">headlines</a> months ago for becoming a father for the seventh time at the age of 79. Now Chen is discussing what happened after she delivered their daughter, Gia Virginia. She <a href="https://people.com/tiffany-chen-lost-all-facial-functions-after-giving-birth-daughter-robert-de-niro-7560267">told</a> CBS Mornings that she experienced Bell’s palsy, which causes facial paralysis, following the baby&#8217;s birth.
Bell&#8217;s palsy affects about 40,000 people in the U.S. each year, <a href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/bells-palsy">according</a> to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Pregnancy and childbirth are two risk factors for developing the condition.
&#8220;When I went home, I started to feel like &#8230; my tongue felt strange,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Chen</a> told the outlet. 
&#8220;It felt a little tingly, just starting to get a little bit numb. And then I realized my face just felt weird. I didn&#8217;t know what the feeling was that I was having. It felt weird.&#8221; 
Chen, 45, went on to discuss how her condition worsened over time.
&#8220;When I got home, it was like everything was starting to just fall down on itself. Like, my face was melting on itself,&#8221; Chen explained. &#8220;And then a week after giving birth, that was when it all hit. And I called my doctor, and I &#8230; was trying to eat.&#8221;
She said, &#8220;I went to put a fork of food in my mouth and everything came out. I couldn&#8217;t eat. And then I was starting to slur. So I said, &#8216;There&#8217;s something really going on here.'&#8221;
Eventually, things got bad enough that the martial arts professional was told to go to the ER immediately. &#8220;I lost all facial function the minute I got into the hospital,&#8221; she said.
De Niro and Chen were rumored to be romantic partners for years before they announced the birth of their daughter. The “Meet the Parents” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-de-niro-79-announces-birth-of-7th-child">revealed</a> that Chen had given birth while he was promoting the film, “About My Father.” 
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“I mean, there’s no way around it with kids. I don’t like to have to lay down the law and stuff like that. But, [sometimes] you just have no choice,” De Niro said at the time. “And any parent, I think, would say the same thing. You always want to do the right thing by the children and give them the benefit of the doubt but sometimes you can’t.”
The interviewer asked about the actor’s six children, which is when De Niro corrected him by saying, “Seven, actually.”
De Niro’s oldest daughter Drena is 51.

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The grandson of actor Robert De Niro died this week after being sold pills laced with fentanyl, according to his mother.
Drena De Niro, mother of Leandro Anthony De Niro-Rodriguez, 19, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-de-niros-daughter-mourns-her-19-year-old-son-you-didnt-deserve-to-die-like-this" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that her son died this week in a post on Instagram. A cause of death was not initially revealed.
However, Drena later <a href="https://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/robert-de-niros-19-year-old-grandson-died-after-being-sold-fentanyl-laced-pills-teens-mother-says/3290767/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to an account that asked her how Leandro died.
“Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” she wrote. “So for all these people still f***ing around selling and buying this s***, my son is gone forever.”
Drena is De Niro’s oldest child. The “Meet the Parents” star adopted her in 1976 when he married her mother, Diahnne Abbott, per Page Six. Drena took on the last name De Niro at the time. Abbott and the Oscar winner divorced in 1988.
De Niro, 79, has seven children in total, including a newborn daughter. He and girlfriend Tiffany Chen welcomed Gia Virginia Chen De Niro on April 6 of this year.
De Niro shared a statement about his grandson’s death on Monday. “I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo,” the Academy Award-winning actor said, per People.
A recent CDC report said that drug deaths involving fentanyl increased from 5.7 per 100,000 people to nearly 22 per 100,000 people from 2016 to 2021, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-fentanyl-related-deaths-more-than-tripled-over-5-years-2023-05-03/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
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Nearly 110,000 people died in the U.S. last year from drug overdoses, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/us/politics/drug-overdose-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preliminary data</a> released by the federal government.
Fentanyl has become a major political issue and one of the top issues on the campaign trail for candidates running for office.
It has also been behind numerous high-profile deaths in recent months, including a former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-disney-executive-dies-from-overdose-on-trio-of-drugs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney executive</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/officials-release-cause-of-death-for-ufc-hall-of-famer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC Hall of Fame Fighter</a>, and a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/medical-examiner-releases-official-cause-of-death-for-famed-rapper-coolio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rap artist</a>.
Amanda Harding contributed to this report.

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Cause Of Death Of Robert De Niro’s Grandson Revealed By Mother

Cause Of Death Of Robert De Niro's Grandson Revealed By Mother

Fentanyl

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a>’s daughter Drena wrote an emotional tribute to her 19-year-old son, Leandro, who died over the weekend. 
&#8220;I can barely type through my tears but all the love, the messages, calls, texts, emails, the friends and family that held me up these last 24 hrs I’ve not been able to respond yet but we’re grateful for the all your love and condolences,&#8221; the 51-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">filmmaker</a> shared on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuQXVDxN9wW/">Instagram</a>. 
&#8220;None of this is right or fair and my heart hurts in a way I never knew possible while still breathing and barely functioning. Leo my darling I love you today like the first day I held you in my arms.&#8221;
Drena is De Niro’s eldest child. The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Meet the Parents</a>” star adopted her in 1976 when he married her mother, Diahnne Abbott. The couple divorced in 1988.
&#8220;The same man that picked us up from the hospital when you were born drove us to the funeral home where I touched and held you for the last time,” she continued in the post. &#8220;You were kindness acceptance and love and I can’t believe any of this is real YOU made everything bearable and every burden lighter. You didn’t deserve to die like this but I can only believe that God needed a strong powerful angel in their army.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m holding you every second of every moment I’m my heart and memories until I’m with you again. My heart is broken forever. Me daddy and your family love you, I love I love you with every beat of my crying heart,” Drena wrote.
De Niro shared a statement about his grandson’s death on Monday. &#8220;I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo. We’re greatly appreciative of the condolences from everyone. We ask that we please be given privacy to grieve our loss of Leo,&#8221; the Academy Award-winning actor said, per <a href="https://people.com/robert-de-niro-statement-death-of-teenage-grandson-leandro-7556525">People</a>. 
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The teen’s cause of death is still unknown. Drena previously announced her son’s passing via Instagram on Monday with a post that said, “You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you.”

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Robert De Niro’s Daughter Mourns Her 19-Year-Old Son: ‘You Didn’t Deserve To Die Like This’

Robert De Niro's Daughter Mourns Her 19-Year-Old Son

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro’s</a> 19-year-old grandson, Leandro, has died, according to his mother Drena.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">actor’s</a> daughter posted a tribute to her late son on her Instagram page on Sunday. “My beautiful sweet angel,” the 51-year-old filmmaker began. “I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly.&#8221;
“You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life,” Drena wrote. “I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you.”
De Niro’s daughter said she plans to “spread the love and light” going forward because of Leandro’s impact on her life.
“You were so deeply loved and appreciated and I wish that love alone could have saved you. I’m so sorry my baby. Rest in Peace and Eternal Paradise my darling boy,” she concluded. Drena tagged Leandro’s father, sculptor Carlos Mare, in her social media update. She did not provide any details on her son’s cause of death. 
De Niro did not post anything publicly about his grandson as of Monday morning.
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Drena is De Niro’s oldest child. The “Meet the Parents” star adopted her in 1976 when he married her mother, Diahnne Abbott, per <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/07/03/robert-de-niros-grandson-leandro-is-dead-at-19-reveals-mom-drena/">Page Six</a>. Drena took on the last name De Niro at the time. Abbott and the Oscar winner divorced in 1988.
De Niro, 79, has seven children total, including a newborn daughter. He and girlfriend Tiffany Chen welcomed Gia Virginia Chen De Niro on April 6 of this year. 
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&#8220;I&#8217;m going to have a new one every year,&#8221; the actor <a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/494455/robert-de-niro-talks-baby-number-eight-after-welcoming-seventh-child/">joked</a> about becoming a father again, saying the experience has reenergized him. 
&#8220;It feels great, yeah,&#8221; he told Hoda Kotb on Today during a June interview.
&#8220;I have certain awareness — when you&#8217;re older you have awareness of certain things in life, dynamics, everything, family dynamics,” De Niro said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t avoid learning certain things and how you can deal with those and manage them and this and that, the usual. It&#8217;s amazing, but I&#8217;m very happy about it.&#8221;

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