Robert De Niro's daughter on Friday marked what would have been her late son's 20th birthday with an Instagram post, calling him her 'little angel' and sharing several photos of him.
"I see that many people feel it's necessary to place the blame on my son for using the drugs, to me as his mother for being hurt, shocked and angry at the sudden loss of my only child and even on his grandfather, whom many seem to think possesses a direct connection or influence on how the U.S. borders are operated," she wrote of her famous father.
Drena said she realized there’s"no way to reason with stupidity or ignorance, but I will say that as long as we keep blaming the addict and the person suffering mental illness we are going to continue to see more of this." She explained that Leandro has struggled during the coronavirus pandemic and addiction eventually took over his life.
She asked social media users commenting about his death to consider the"emotional and mental fragility of the people you're attacking online" and concluded that she hoped the media and readers would focus more on theLeandro De Niro Rodriguez would have been 20 years old on Friday. He died on July 2. "You can politicize it till your face turns blue but mental health and addiction and fentanyl doesn't care about pointing fingers and calling names and blaming, it chooses who it chooses and gets in the hands of too many people who then distribute it," she wrote. At the time of Leandro's passing, Robert De Niro said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital,"I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo.
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