Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper, 49, has admitted that for the “first eight months” of being a father, he didn’t know if he loved his daughter Lea. In March 2017, Bradley welcomed his first and only child with ex, model Irina Shayk, 38.
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The two, who have dated off-and-on from 2015 to 2019, currently maintain an amicable co-parenting relationship for their daughter. However, since October 2023, Cooper has moved on with Gigi Hadid, 28, while Shayk began dating retired NFL star Tom Brady, 46, as of Summer 2023.
On Monday (February 26), Bradley Cooper appeared on actor Dax Shepard‘s podcast ‘Armchair Expert‘ and opened up about his first few months of being a first-time dad and how difficult it was to connect with his now-six-year-old daughter.
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According to Page Six, Cooper said within the first few months of having his daughter he couldn’t understand how fellow parents claim they would die for their kid. He noted that after only a couple of months of being Lea’s father, he wasn’t too sure, but eventually understood.
He explained, “The first eight months — I don’t even know if I really love the kid. It’s dope. It’s cool. I’m watching this thing morph. That’s my experience. Fascinated by it. Loved taking care of it. But would I die if someone came in with a gun? And then all of a sudden, it’s like no question.”
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Cooper went on to make another confession. He explained that since welcoming his daughter, he has continued to work on being a better person in order to “do the least amount of damage that [he] could do to [his] daughter.”
He admitted, “I’m not sure I’d be alive if I wasn’t a dad. I just needed someone to say, like, ‘We’re gonna drop this massive anchor. I’m like, ‘Why? We’re speeding! I just got an upgrade on the boat, and I know where the wind’s coming in.’ They’re like, ‘No, no, no, there’s a tsunami coming in, and you need an anchor and we’re gonna drop it.’ Because this is gonna dictate everything you do from now on. Your DNA is going to tell you that there’s something more important than you.”
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