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And the actor himself has opened up about his father and the real reason his parents divorced.
And the reason behind the couple parting ways is because the senior De Niro came out as gay.

He said, “I was not aware, much, of it.
I wish we had spoken about it much more.
Now De Niro wants to honor his father by paying tribute to his life’s work.

“Because I regret certain things with my parents that I didn’t follow through on.
I feel it’s my obligation to kind of document what he did, to keep it going.
The whole reason to do it is for my father” (viaHuffington Post).
The actor joins many othercelebrities fighting mental health stigmaby openly, honestly, and unapologetically talking about mental illness.