I will have a quite Christmas with family: Robert Downey Jr

He is tensed about his new film Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, but that doesn’t mean actor Robert Downey Jr is celebrating any less. When asked over e-mail what the actor is up to this Christmas, he admits that he would be celebrating the festival differently as his wife Susan Levin is expecting their first child.

“This year we are not planning any elaborate party or a celebration. I will have a quite Christmas with family,” says Robert in an email response. 

It is evident that after breaking up with actor Sarah Jessica Parker and subsequent divorce with actor Deborah Falconer (both reportedly due to his substance abuse problems and jail stints), Robert is now taking his family life very seriously. Robert feels that a party will stress his heavily pregnant wife. “As you know my wife is expecting, so I don’t want to stress her out too much by doing something elaborate,” he adds.

Downey’s first child with Susan, a boy, is expected to be born in the month of February, next year. He already has a son, Indio, with Deborah.