{"id":1234,"date":"2025-05-01T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=476690"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"robert-de-niros-daughter-has-come-out-as-trans-and-everyone-is-talking-about-his-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/05\/01\/robert-de-niros-daughter-has-come-out-as-trans-and-everyone-is-talking-about-his-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert De Niro\u2019s daughter has come out as trans, and everyone is talking about his response"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airyn De Niro, daughter of Hollywood legend Robert De Niro<\/a>, came out as transgender<\/a> this week as she detailed how the stories of openly transgender women such as Laverne Cox and Marsha P. Johnson had aided her gender story.<\/p>\n

Airyn detailed the many things that factored into her accepting her gender identity, from the activist pioneers of the past to Halle Bailey’s depiction of Ariel in The Little Mermaid. In fact, it was the live-action remake that spurred the decision to get dreadlocks for the first time. She further cited KeKe Palmer<\/a>, Kat Graham, Jools Lebron, Michaela Ja\u00e9 Rodriguez, Naomi Campbell, and Raven-Symon\u00e9 as inspirations for an alternative to the whitewashed ideals of what a woman is.<\/p>\n

“I was always told I was too much of something or not enough of something growing up: Too big, not skinny enough,” she told THEM<\/a>. “Not Black enough, not white enough. Too feminine, not masculine enough. It was never just, \u2018You\u2019re just right, just the way you are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Noting how she was a “late bloomer”, only starting hormone replacement therapy in November, she added: “Trans women being honest and open, especially [in] public spaces like social media and getting to see them in their success … I\u2019m like, you know what? Maybe it\u2019s not too late for me.”<\/p>\n

Though Airyn’s mother, Toukie Smith, is yet to publicly comment on her daughter’s transition, her father, Robert De Niro, did not mince his words. While it’s somewhat a queer instinct to assume anyone over a certain age is against the community, his response is another lesson in why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter,\u201d Robert, 81, said in a statement shared with Deadline<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the big deal is. I love all my children.\u201d<\/p>\n

People LOVED Robert De Niro’s response to Airyn coming out<\/h2>\n
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The chad Robert De Niro vs. the virgin Elon Musk https:\/\/t.co\/xkMOTQabG6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tZUoOWIVp2<\/a><\/p>\n

— 679 Enthusiast (@marionumber4) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n