Bradley Cooper Gets Candid About Becoming A Dad Following The Death Of His Father

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The A Star Is Born director and star also opened up to Bear Grylls on how the death of his own father has changed him, too.

: The Challenge, Bradley explained that his outlook on being a dad has been shaped by his own father Charles, who died in 2011.“I mean you learn from your predecessor’s mistakes and I’ll make tons that hopefully Lea will learn from and then being rigorous with myself to grow,” he said. “To help unburden her with any of my bulls**t.

“He gave me a huge gift - he died in my arms,” Bradley said. “To see that kind of factual example of mortality.”When Bear asked him if that experience had changed him, he answered: “Some ways for the worst. I definitely had a nihilistic attitude after, for a little bit. Just like, wow, I’m gonna die.

“It was not great for a little bit until I realised I had to just embrace who I actually am and try to find peace with that. And then it sorta evened out.” Bradley tends to keep his family life out of the spotlight, although he previously spoke effusively about parenthood during an appearance on the“Every single thing is absolutely shaded by, or brought into glorious colours by, the fact that I get to be a father to a wonderful human being,” he told hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes.

“You have this wonderful thing or breakthrough with a script, or you have a wonderful moment on this set or in an editing room … you have like 40 of those moments every day with your kid, that are that level of joy,” he added. “That’s not spinning it, that’s just the truth.”

 

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