Bradley Cooper and daughter Lea.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Nothing is more important toBradley Cooperthan being a dad.While appearing onDax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast this week, theMaestroactor, 49, shared that his relationship with his daughter Lea, 6, is one of the most important things in the world to him. Cooper shares his daughter with his model exIrina Shayk.“Being a parent? Honestly, I’m not sure I’d be alive if I wasn’t a dad. I don’t know,” Cooper tells theParenthoodactor.“What would’ve happened?” Shepard asks.“I don’t know. I don’t know man, I’m not sure.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Bradley Cooper.Jesse Grant/Getty for DisneyEarlier in the podcast, Shepard asks Cooper if he’s thought about whether his daughter will grow up to marry someone like him or not, saying that girls often grow up to marry men like their dads and boys often grow up to marry women like their moms.“I think about that a lot, in terms of how does my relationship with my daughter impact her growth and the journey that she’s going to be on? And specifically romantically in life, wherever intimacy finds her,” Cooper says.“I’ve clocked that she’s going to be 7 in March. You know my relationship with my dad, [I didn’t ] spend a lot of time with him. I think I’ve already logged more hours with my daughter than I did with my dad his entire life. So that alone is bonkers.“Bradley Cooper.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImageThe actor also shares that he loves being able to have full conversations with his daughter.“All the time. Every conversation,” Cooper says in response to Shepard’s question about having profound talks with his daughter. “Her ability to articulate her feelings at 6 years old.““Her mother and I bawled over this human being that we’re raising that is able to articulate in her voice.”
Nothing is more important toBradley Cooperthan being a dad.
While appearing onDax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast this week, theMaestroactor, 49, shared that his relationship with his daughter Lea, 6, is one of the most important things in the world to him. Cooper shares his daughter with his model exIrina Shayk.
“Being a parent? Honestly, I’m not sure I’d be alive if I wasn’t a dad. I don’t know,” Cooper tells theParenthoodactor.
“What would’ve happened?” Shepard asks.
“I don’t know. I don’t know man, I’m not sure.”
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Bradley Cooper.Jesse Grant/Getty for Disney
Jesse Grant/Getty for Disney
Earlier in the podcast, Shepard asks Cooper if he’s thought about whether his daughter will grow up to marry someone like him or not, saying that girls often grow up to marry men like their dads and boys often grow up to marry women like their moms.
“I think about that a lot, in terms of how does my relationship with my daughter impact her growth and the journey that she’s going to be on? And specifically romantically in life, wherever intimacy finds her,” Cooper says.
“I’ve clocked that she’s going to be 7 in March. You know my relationship with my dad, [I didn’t ] spend a lot of time with him. I think I’ve already logged more hours with my daughter than I did with my dad his entire life. So that alone is bonkers.”
Bradley Cooper.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage
Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage
The actor also shares that he loves being able to have full conversations with his daughter.
“All the time. Every conversation,” Cooper says in response to Shepard’s question about having profound talks with his daughter. “Her ability to articulate her feelings at 6 years old.”
“Her mother and I bawled over this human being that we’re raising that is able to articulate in her voice.”
source: people.com
