Robert De Niro and his wife divorce after 20 years of marriage

75-year-old actor Robert De Niro has parted ways with his wife, 63-year-old grace Hightower after years of marriage.

Sources told PEOPLE that it is still the husband and wife are already living separately.

The star of «the Godfather» and former flight attendant he met in 1987, when Hightower worked in the popular restaurant Mr. Chow in London. The couple married 10 years later. The couple has two children — 20-year-old son Elliot and 6-year-old daughter Helen grace.

«Sometimes things don’t work out as you had hoped or wanted,» reports the insider, which is included in the inner circle of the family of Hollywood actor.

The last time De Niro and Hightower were seen together in June on the red carpet of the 72nd annual awards Tony Awards in new York. It was then that the actor made his loud statement by President trump.

Robert De Niro and his wife divorce after 20 years of marriageRobert De Niro and his wife grace Hightower

About the breakup of the couple has said for the first time. In 1999, when their son was about a year De Niro filed for divorce. In the end, the couple reconciled, and in November 2004 they renewed their vows on a ranch in the foothills of the Catskill (NY) in the presence of many celebrities such as Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Ben Stiller and others.

At the moment, Hightower has their own Coffee of Grace, she also dabbled as an actress, singer, model and philanthropist. De Niro is also involved in entrepreneurial activities. In new York he owns two restaurants — Nobu and Tribeca Grill — and the Greenwich Hotel.

At the end of last month, De Niro was one of the recipients of homemade bombs that was sent out many opponents trump. The police arrested the sender Caesar by Sayoko, who was a DJ and an ardent supporter of the President.

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