Robert De Niro’s partner Tiffany Chen reveals how they fell in love: ‘I guess we get along’

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on “CBS Mornings” — her first since having the “Goodfellas” star’s seventh child in May and then suffering a bad bout of Bell’s palsy.“When we were working it was just work, and then a couple of years later we got back in touch and I said, ‘Oh, I guess we get along,’ and I guess we really get along,” Chen, 45, told host Gayle King while holding baby Gia Virginia Chen De Niro during the tot’s first-ever TV appearance.The lovebirds first sparked romance rumors after a PDA-filled outing in 2021.

However, they first met on the set of Nancy Meyers’ 2015 romantic comedy “The Intern,” in which she played De Niro’s character’s tai chi instructor.When asked about his martial arts prowess in the movie, Chen said: “I’ve had better students but he was OK.

He had a lot of other stuff to do in the movie.”From there, the infatuation blossomed into a full-blown romance. “That’s just how it evolved,” recalled Chen, who said her favorite aspect of the “Mean Streets” star is “how much he loves his family.”Elsewhere in the interview, Chen opened up about her battle with Bell’s palsy, an affliction characterized by sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face, leading to a lopsided expression.Chen said she initially noticed something was awry after giving birth to baby Gia, whereupon she experienced a host of unusual facial symptoms.“Right after delivering, I noticed I was getting a sharp pain behind my left ear while I was in the room just after having my C-section,” she said.