Robert De Niro arrived late for an interview and in agony after he lost a TOOTH while munching on some toast
The actor, 75, left fans waiting around an hour while he was tended to by an emergency dentist
ROBERT De Niro was late for an interview after his tooth fell out as he munched toast — days after he was unveiled as the face of Warburtons bread.
The Godfather star was in agony after it dropped to the floor in his hotel room and needed emergency treatment.
The 75-year-old was about an hour late to the stage in Birmingham for An Experience with . . . Robert De Niro.
A source said: “He couldn’t believe his luck when it fell out. An emergency dentist had to fix him up so he could fulfil his function.
“He is going to get the tooth fixed properly at his regular dentist when he gets back to Los Angeles.
"But he saw the funny side because it fell out as he chomped toast the day before he was due to start work on the Warburtons ad.”
De Niro talked to patient fans about his career on Tuesday before driving to London at 3am.
He was filming the Warburtons ad. The Sun told how the Taxi Driver legend will front the bread firm’s advertising, replacing Peter Kay who is taking a break from work.
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It is believed the role comes with a six-figure payday. Bosses were keeping the filming location, thought to be in London, secret after the actor was among President Donald Trump’s critics sent suspicious packages last month.
A TV source said: “Warburtons love getting big names to front their adverts and they don’t come much bigger than De Niro.”
It comes days after he split from Grace Hightower after 21 years of marriage.
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