Kerry Katona has defended Robert De Niro after he revealed he'd become a dad for the seventh time at age 79.
The Hollywood legend has announced his youngest, Gia, made her arrival in April.
Many of Robert's fans congratulated the Taxi Driver star on becoming a father again, but some claimed the actor was 'selfish' for still procreating in his late seventies.
Giving her opinion on the matter, mum-of-five Kerry, 42, said: "Some people have said it's selfish to have a baby at a later age, but I think the most important thing is that the child is loved and cared for."
However, she then continued: "I'm only 42, but I do think about my age and worry about DJ not having as much time with me as my other kids have had.
"Not that I'm saying I'm on my deathbed, but it's something I think about. It's probably why I mollycoddle DJ so much," she told new! magazine.
Robert shared the news about the latest addition to his family while promoting his upcoming comedy film About My Father, which is set to be released later this month.
He was asked during the interview about being a father-of-six, before the Academy Award winner commented: "Seven, actually." He subsequently confirmed: "I just had a baby".
The mother of Robert's youngest child is Tiffany Chen. The actor first met the tai chi star on the set of his hit flick The Intern, which was released in 2015.
The Meet the Fockers star and his current partner were snapped together in March after leaving a dinner date together in LA. They had been spending time with Harvey Keitel and Billy Crystal and Tiffany showed off her blossoming baby bump at the time.
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall is a close friend of Robert's and previously said of his relationship with the martial arts instructor: "God bless him, his significant other. Tiffany is such a beautiful woman. She came to the set once with her family and watched filming, and she was gorgeous and sweet. I'm happy for both of them."
In the first image of their first child together, Gia, whose full name is Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro, looked adorable sporting white and pink baby grow.
The tot is the youngest sister of Robert's two children - Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46 - with his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, and Elliot, 25, and Helen, 11 - who he shares with his ex-wife, Grace Hightower.
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