On Live with Kelly and Ryan back in September, Liotta revealed that his daughter Karsen and Nittolo’s son, who are around the same age, met at a party where Karsen told Nittolo to go on a date with her movie-star dad. At first she wanted “nothing to do with” an actor “whatsoever,” according to Liotta.
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With a laugh, he said that when Nittolo found out Liotta’s name, she said, ” ‘Wait a second though, isn’t he, like, in his 60s? I’m in my 40s.’ But the buzz-kill for me was she also had a 10 year old. When you’re in your 60s, the last thing that you want is a 10 year old. Luckily this kid is very cool!”
When he spoke to PEOPLE last year, Liotta also opened up about not taking family for granted. Raised in New Jersey, the star was adopted from an orphanage as a baby by his father Alfred, an auto parts store owner, and mom Mary.
“At first, I didn’t understand how a parent could give up a child,” he said. “So I had that kind of energy of just being like, that’s f—ed up. And then when I finally met my birth mom in my 40s, by then, I wasn’t as angry about it. It’s just another journey.”
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Added Liotta, “After years, you grow up, and you just see the pattern of things. I’ve definitely developed more patience. Now I’m grateful for my health. And being born. For my parents that adopted me. I mean, it could have gone a lot of different ways.”
