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Legendary Hollywood icon Robert De Niro, 81, takes his two-year-old daughter to meet The Wiggles
The Wiggles certainly have no shortage of fans across the globe, but even they were surprised this week when a Hollywood legend popped by to say 'hello'.
The iconic Australian children's group took to Instagram to share a backstage clip before a show in New York over the weekend.
While it was definitely The Wiggles' show, one guest took centre stage prior to the group wowing throngs of adoring fans.
Hollywood icon Robert De Niro looked absolutely chuffed to be meeting members Greg Page, Tsehay Hawkins, Simon Pryce, as well as the Dancing Tree Of Wisdom.
While he has previously admitted to being a fan of The Wiggles, doting dad De Niro used his star power to meet the Aussie icons and impress his youngest daughter Gia, two.
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De Niro shares his youngest child Gia with his professional martial artist girlfriend Tiffany Chen, 45, who was also in attendance.
While The Wiggles were obviously a bit starstruck about meeting the Hollywood legend, little Gia could only stare up at her skivvy-clad heroes in wonderment.
The family was even lucky enough to get an impromptu pre-show performance, with the Wiggles singing their song Rock-A-Bye Your Bear as De Niro watched on with a broad grin.
De Niro appeared genuinely appreciative of the meeting giving Greg Page a hearty hug after the performance.
Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins also shared a short clip of the auspicious meeting that was augmented with the iconic Godfather theme music.
The clips sent Wiggles fans into a frenzy, with many commenting on how humble De Niro appeared.
'I love that he reaches out to hug them all,' one fan offered, while another replied: 'I noticed that! And he shook everyone's hands. Seems like a genuinely nice man.'
'What an unforgettable experience! Spending time with Robert De Niro and his family must have been so special. A true legend,' another commented, summing up the sentiment of many.
Others were quick to point out just how happy the actor looked in the clip, with the likes of: 'Never seen Robert smile that much on anything.'
It comes after De Niro recently gave a rare insight into how he is finding parenting daughter Gia.
Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show in February, the Taxi Driver star revealed he doesn't watch as many movies as he should because he often finds himself watching children's TV instead.
'I don't watch as many movies as I should, I try to watch films especially that I'm to,' he began.'
The Godfather star continued: 'I just wanna keep up, but I watch current events if you will news stuff like that. Now I watch with my little girl, The Wiggles and Ms Rachel.
Mills asked: 'Do you know about Bluey?'
'I'll look up, I'll look for them,' he replied.
The radio host added: 'Please will someone write this down because this might change your life in terms of attention span. Do you know what I'm saying? Bluey and Hey Duggee.
De Niro said: 'The Wiggles and Ms Rachel I didn't know of them until I started seeing them and my daughter loves to watch them… But they're great!'
Aside from Gia, De Niro also has six other other children: Drena, 56, and Raphael, 47 with his ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, Elliot, 25, and Helen, 12, with ex-wife Grace Hightower, and twins Aaron and Julian, 28, with former girlfriend, Toukie Smith.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight last month, De Niro also revealed what he thought was the most important rule of parenting.
'As long as they're not hurting themselves, doing anything destructive or anything like that, you have to support them — period.'
The A Bronx Tale star added, 'Even if you don't go with it or think that they… you have to support them. And they have to know that you support them. Always.'
