Bradley Cooper is “not sure” he’d be alive if not for daughter Lea
nme.comBradley Cooper has revealed that he is “not sure” whether he would still be alive if it were not for his six-year-old daughter, Lea.In an appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, he suggested that the arrival of his daughter gave him the grounding to realise that he needed to slow down.“I just needed someone to say, like, ‘We’re gonna drop this massive anchor,’” Cooper said. “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.”In the past, Cooper has been open about his struggles with addiction, although it is thought he has been sober for many years.Lea was born to Cooper and his then-girlfriend Irina Shayk in March 2017.
The two were a couple from 2015 to 2019.In 2021, the actor also recalled an “insane” moment when he was held at knifepoint while picking his daughter up from school in New York City.“It was pretty insane.
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