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Bradley Cooper is making a shocking revelation about fatherhood!
Dax Shepard will appear on Monday’s episode.armchair expert‘ Podcast, ‘If it wasn’t for my dad, I don’t know if I’d be alive. ”
Cooper is father to 6-year-old daughter Lea Des Seine with ex Irina Shayk.
He said, “We needed someone to say, ‘We’re going to drop this huge anchor.'” I’m like, “Why?” It’s speeding up! We just upgraded our boat and now we know where the wind is coming from. ” They’re like, “No, no, no, there’s a tsunami coming, we need an anchor, we’re going to drop it.” Because this will determine everything you do from now on. Your DNA will tell you that there is something more important than you. ”
When Leah was born, he couldn’t fully relate to the common saying, “I’d die for my child.”
Instead, what went through his head was, “I don’t even know if I really love that kid. That’s dope. Cool. I’m watching this thing change.”
However, the situation suddenly changed and there was “no question” that he would die for his child.
Bradley wanted to be the best version of himself for Leah. He explained: “I’ve grown a lot in the last three years. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that there are parts of me that I really need to work on seriously…I’m a father, so I’m like, ‘I’m doing the least amount of damage to my daughter.’ I want to keep it that way.”
Cooper has been open about his journey to sobriety over the years.
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In a conversation with Dax, he admitted: I think I was 50 years old, carrying on the lineage of my predecessor. I would have become a father thinking it was okay to drink. And one day her daughter will look at me just like her father. No one knows what will happen to me. do. “
Bradley has been sober for nearly 20 years.
In 2015, Cooper opened up to the late Barbara Walters about getting clean at age 29.
He told Walters there was “no chance” he would interview her unless she was sober. He added that he “never would have been able to take care of her father the way he did when he was sick.”
In 2011, Cooper’s father, Charles, died in his arms after a long battle with cancer.
Bradley credits Will Arnett with helping him on his journey to quit alcohol and drugs, and now he’s returning the favor!
At the 2020 National Board of Review Gala, Brad Pitt praised Bradley for starting his own path.
Pitt told the crowd, “Bradley put his daughter to bed and rushed here to do this. He’s a sweetheart. This guy got me sober and every day since then, I’m happy. I love you and thank you.”
Earlier this month, Brad honored Bradley at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
“Extra” recently spoke with Bradley, and he joked that he “owes” him.
