Love at first sight? Bradley Cooper doesn’t really believe it… Podcast guest Armchair Expert hosted by Dax Shepard, this Monday February 26, the star of Very Bad Trip confessed not having felt connected to her daughter Lea from the moment she was born. As a reminder, the young child is the fruit of the union between the most French of American actors and the model Irina Shayk. Born on March 6, 2017, she is Bradley Cooper’s only child. However, he accepts it: during the first months of his life, the actor did not understand when the other parents pretended “to be able to die in a second” for their child. “The first eight months of his life, I don’t even know if I really loved himhe remembers. “I was watching this thing transform. It was awesome. It was cool…” But nothing more.
“This is my experience”, continues the actor, adding that his daughter, who was still just a baby, THE “fascinated“. “I loved taking care of it. But Would I have been willing to die for her?what if someone had come in with a weapon?” He’s not sure. “And then, suddenly, there were no more questions. It became obvious“he confides. “I’m not sure I would still be alive if I hadn’t been a father“he added, explaining: “I just needed someone to tell me, ‘We’re going to drop anchor.’ At the time, I replied: ‘Why? We’re going too fast! […] And the universe said, ‘No, no, no, a tsunami is coming, you need an anchor and we’re going to drop it.'” A complex metaphor, but which has the merit of being clear in expressing the love that the actor now has for his daughter : it is his home port, his home.
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Bradley Cooper later admitted that he has been striving to be a better person ever since in order to “do as little harm as possible to [sa] girl.” “Because that’s what’s going to dictate all your actions.” Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk dated between 2015 and 2019. The actor said he was remained on good terms with his ex-partner, with whom he co-raises his daughter. Despite their separation, they spent several vacations together and were seen, in October 2023, going candy hunting in New York. However, the actor A Star Is Born has since moved on and has found love again in the arms ofanother model, the superstar Gigi Hadidaged 28, herself mother of a little girl named Khai, which she had with former One Direction member Zayn Malik. For his part, Irina Shayk is in a relationship with Tom Brady46, retired NFL star and former companion of Gisele Bündchen.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias.
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