Vin Diesel names new daughter after late co-star Paul Walker

An emotional Vin Diesel has revealed that he will always have a little piece of friend Paul Walker with him after naming his baby daughter in honour of the star.

The Fast & Furious actor announced on the today show Monday that he has called his little girl Pauline.

In a pre-recorded segment, the 47-year-old actor broke down in tears as he told Today's Natalie Morales while flying in a helicopter over Los Angeles.

Struggling to keep his emotions in check, the action man actor said he knew Paul was there supporting him and his girlfriend Paloma Jimenez, earlier this month when she gave birth to the little girl.

'There's no other person that I was thinking about as I was cutting this umbilical cord.

'I just thought... I knew he was there and it felt like, you know, a way to keep his memory a part of my family and a part of my world.'

Little Pauline is the third child for the couple who also share a daughter Hania, 6, and son Vincent, 4.

The actor has been having an emotional time recently dealing with the death of his friend.
Paul died at the age of 40 after the car he was a passenger in crashed in November 2013, killing him and the driver.

Last week at the preview screening of his new film - and Paul's last - Furious 7 in Los Angeles, California, Vin broke down in tears.

Speaking to the audience he said: 'This film was a labour of love. It was in some ways it was the hardest movie I’ve ever had to do because the relationships you see on film are so real.