Actor Robert De Niro (New York, 81 years old) has seven children – his last daughter was born in April 2023 – of four different women. Some have taken advantage of their father’s fame to make his steps in the world of interpretation, such as Drena (57 years), who has participated in films such as Joy and A star has been bornor Julian (29 years old), who in 2016 debuted in the film In uncertain struggle. It has not been the case of Airyn, a twin of Julian, who on Tuesday, April 29, appreciated in an unusual interview with Them that his parents – from Niro and actress Toukie Smith – have allowed him to live outside the foci. “They wanted me to have a childhood as normal as possible,” he says.
But Airyn, who until now was known as Aaron, began to call the attention of media such as the British tabloid Daily Mail When he was seen by the streets of New York with heels and long pink dreadlocks. “There is a difference between being visible and being seen. I have been visible. I think they haven’t seen me yet,” he says in his talk with Themwhere he also sincere about his transition process. After the publication of the interview, there have been many media around the world that have brought to their headlines the fact that Airyn is a trans woman, and this Wednesday, April 30 has been Niro who has spoken to demonstrate how little news that is the subject. “I wanted and supported Aaron as my son, and now I want and support Airyn as my daughter. I don’t know what the big problem is … I love all my children,” said the winner of two Oscar in a statement who has sent several media, such as Deadline or the magazine People.
Unlike his daughter, who reflects on what his transsexuality means at a time when the rights of trans people are being diminished by Donald Trump’s new policies, the actor does not pronounce himself on politics, as he has already done in the past in statements in which he was very critical of the US president. In May 2024, for example, the interpreter described the current president of the United States as “clown determined to destroy US democracy” at the doors of the New York court where Trump’s trial for money laundering was held.
In the interview, Airyn also talks about actresses who inspired him when making his transition public, among which is Laverne Cox, known for his papers in Orange is the new black either A promising young woman. “Trans women are honest and open, especially in public spaces such as social networks, and I can see them succeed. I think: ‘Do you know what? Maybe it’s not too late for me,” he says. This Wednesday, Cox itself has come to its Instagram profile, with seven million followers, to send a video message. “I just read that I am one of the women who have inspired you over the years and I feel deeply honored to be an inspiration to you. Read that of you, Airyn, was a reminder that I have enough, I am enough and I do enough, and I want to congratulate you for hugging the beauty you are, and I do not mean the external. I mean the beauty of being trans,” he says to the camera.
Aoryn also insists that the label is removed Nepo Baby with which it has been described in recent days, since it considers that at no time has it been used to be the daughter of who she is to achieve her own achievements. “I did not grow with secondary roles in dad’s films, nor going to business meetings or premieres. My dad insisted that we found our own way … I would like success to come for my own merits,” he says. Professionally, he explains Themhe is dedicated to forge a name in his own way, after having spent the last seven years looking for opportunities as a dubbing actress and model. “When choosing to renounce the Hollywood connections of his family, Airyn says that most directors of casting They have ignored or rejected. He tells me that he hearing for Jules’ role in Euphoriaamong other papers, “writes the interviewer.
The Airyn Instagram profile until now, where he barely adds 12 publications and 4,400 followers – many emerged from the interview – has been filled with messages of support in recent hours. “Thanks to all those who have been so friendly and have supported me! I’m not used to looking at me so much,” she said on Wednesday in her Stories. “Also for those who ask if I have a representative or if I have signed with someone, I am only a girl with a phone, apologize if their messages do not get to me!” He adds, assuming that now that he is being seen, he will also arrive more job opportunities, although his visibility is inevitably linked to his surname.
