" He ’s a few years old than me . God bless him , I ’m very well-chosen for him . "

Robert De Niroreacted to news thatAl Pacinois expecting hisfourth childat the age of 82.

The news comes after Robertrevealedhe “just had a baby” at age 79 last month with girlfriend Tiffany Chen. It’s Robert’sseventh childoverall — the oldest of whom is 51.

Fast-forward to yesterday, and it was announced that Al isexpectinga child with Noor Alfallah, age 29. It’s not super clear what their current relationship status is. Al’s oldest child is 33.

When asked in a recent interview about fatherhood at his age, Robert said, “Listen, Al Pacino just had a baby, I was told yesterday morning, and he’s a few years older than me. God bless him, I’m very happy for him.”

Robert De Niro open up about recently welcoming his seventh child , how fatherhood is at this stage , and reacts to Al Pacino also expecting a baby.pic.twitter.com/UAgFGIHCES

He continued, “It feels great, yeah. When you’re older you have awareness of certain things in life — dynamics, everything, family dynamics. You can’t avoid learning certain things and how you can deal with those and manage them and this and that, the usual.”

The hosts then brought up the news within the context of the recentviral Twitter pollasking who was hotter, to which Robert added, “It’s amazing, but I’m very happy about it.”

Robert was further asked byPeoplemagazine about the news of Al expanding his family, to which he said, “What a guy. Go, Al, God bless him.”

Well!

Robert De Niro, on the left, stands next to Al Pacino on the Oscars red carpet

De Niro looking serious on the red carpet

A close-up of Al at a red carpet event

Pacino and De Niro sitting together and smiling

Pacino and De Niro in their younger days, both wearing bow ties

De Niro and Pacino standing together