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Bradley Cooper didn’t feel connected to daughter Lea at first, says it took him 8 months to ‘really love’ her
Page Six ^ | 2/28/2024 | By Social Links forVanessa Serna

Posted on 02/29/2024 11:00:01 AM PST by NohSpinZone

Bradley Cooper admitted he struggled to feel connected to his and Irina Shayk’s daughter, Lea, when she was born.

The “Maestro” star appeared on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast Monday and discussed his growth as a father since welcoming the 6-year-old in March 2017.

Cooper, 49, explained the first few months of Lea’s life he didn’t understand when fellow parents would say, “I would die in a second for my kid.”

“That’s my experience,” the actor continued. “Fascinated by it. Loved taking care of it. But would I die if someone came in with a gun?”

He admitted after only a couple months into her life, he wasn’t sure.

“And then all of a sudden, it’s like no question,” he added.

Cooper confessed shortly after explaining he’s since strived to be a better person in order “to do the least amount of damage that [he] could do to [his] daughter.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: bradleycooper; daughter; love; podcast
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Hmmm, I think this falls into the category of "some things are best left unsaid".
1 posted on 02/29/2024 11:00:01 AM PST by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Why do people feel the need to embarrass themselves like this?

Keep your pie hole shut.


2 posted on 02/29/2024 11:04:12 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: NohSpinZone

Idiot. And it’ hilarious how some some think he’s some kind of decent man or a patriotic kinda guy because he had a movie role about a SEAL.
He’s still a Hollywood guy.


3 posted on 02/29/2024 11:04:57 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: NohSpinZone

Weird. Probably not married

Not a family

Women do this to their kids. Why fool
Around with someone who hasn’t married you. The kids are the ones who suffer

This child does not want to hear this or read it but she will


4 posted on 02/29/2024 11:05:33 AM PST by stanne
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To: Responsibility2nd

It’s because of the BS libtard mantra of “live your authentic life:.


5 posted on 02/29/2024 11:05:37 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

Its why God gave women maternal instincts and higher levels of agreeableness and openness - or we would never have survived as a species.


6 posted on 02/29/2024 11:07:18 AM PST by PGR88
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To: NohSpinZone

Most of those people in Hellywood are dopes. What an awful thing to say.

“Hey dude, shoot the kid, but not me”.

What a Dad.


7 posted on 02/29/2024 11:08:37 AM PST by dforest
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To: NohSpinZone

To them - Jerry Springer was a god.

So they live their life like a daytime TV talk show.

Attention Whores.


8 posted on 02/29/2024 11:08:51 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: NohSpinZone

Who?

As if this is important?


9 posted on 02/29/2024 11:12:39 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: NohSpinZone
Cooper, 49, explained the first few months of Lea’s life he didn’t understand when fellow parents would say, “I would die in a second for my kid.”

He's right, but probably not in the same manner as some are. We don’t say “I’d take a bullet for my kids.” We follow Patton.


10 posted on 02/29/2024 11:17:25 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: NohSpinZone

He is an absorbed actor who if you remember put weight for American Sniper, thus he rarely has the luxury to get in touch with himself.

He is essentially making the point he doesn’t take time out to live or feel anything but his current role.

I completely understand his emotional disconnect.

That said, he better enjoy the roses or his kids will be just like Harry Chapin’s song, He’s a lot like me song when the sin becomes the distant dad in the end.


11 posted on 02/29/2024 11:20:04 AM PST by Jumper
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To: NohSpinZone

This jerk perfectly exemplifies the me-first pro abortion believers.


12 posted on 02/29/2024 11:21:26 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: NohSpinZone

It happens. More often than people like to admit. Not everybody connects with their kids right away. Not everybody connects with their kids ever.


13 posted on 02/29/2024 11:21:45 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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I suppose, following obama’s example, cooper looked on his child as a burden.

It’s impossible to quantify the immense love a new parent ordinarily has for a newborn. And it only grows from there,

But cooper and his ilk are not ordinary people; they are, of course, our betters.


14 posted on 02/29/2024 11:26:08 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: DoodleBob

It’s a good quote, aside from calling his troop bastards.


15 posted on 02/29/2024 11:27:15 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: NohSpinZone
“Fascinated by it. Loved taking care of it. But would I die if someone came in with a gun?”

"IT" ??????

16 posted on 02/29/2024 11:27:22 AM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: NohSpinZone

A narcissistic navel-gazer. Every stupid thought that’s crossed his mind is worthy of deep contemplation by the stupid women who care about celebrities.


17 posted on 02/29/2024 11:35:15 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: discostu

How many kids do you have?


18 posted on 02/29/2024 11:39:42 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

0, the number I always wanted.


19 posted on 02/29/2024 11:41:28 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: dforest

Who the F says this out loud ?
What an azzhole. That guy l is gonna read that one day!
What a stooge; poor kid


20 posted on 02/29/2024 11:42:18 AM PST by bantam
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