On the red carpet, Bradley Cooper proudly displays his fatherhood! At the premiere of his most recent movie, Maestro, the 48-year-old actor shared a touching moment with Lea De Seine Shayk Cooper, his adorable six-year-old daughter, whom he co-parents with his ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk.
Holding hands with Lea, Cooper couldn’t contain his happiness as they posed for pictures.
Lea looked adorable in a chiffon dress with a leopard print by Dolce & Gabbana, accessorized with a chic red purse and sparkling gold flats. Cooper dressed sharply for the event in a dark blue suit.
December 20 is when Cooper, who also wrote and directed the Netflix project, plans to make it available for streaming. He plays the late Leonard Bernstein, the well-known West Side Story conductor and composer, in the movie.
“Maestro” tells the enduring story of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein’s passionate and daring love affair. According to the official logline, the movie explores the emotionally epic portrayal of family and love and is referred to as a love letter to life and art.
Bradley Cooper is an expert in balancing his career and fatherhood
Cooper is an expert at balancing a demanding career with fatherhood. Praising him, Irina Shayk, 37, said, “He’s the best father Lea and I could ask for. It always functions, but only because we make it function.”
Cooper said on Wondery’s SmartLess podcast and Amazon Music, “Every single thing is absolutely shaded by, or brought into glorious colors, by the fact that I get to be a father to a wonderful human being.” Cooper was reflecting on fatherhood.
“On set or in the editing room, you have these amazing moments, or you have these amazing breakthroughs with a script. However, Cooper noted, “You have about 40 of those moments every day with your kid that bring that same level of joy.” “That’s not exaggerating; that’s just the reality.”
Cooper and Shayk have remained friends and shared a commitment to parenting even after their 2019 split. “We are teaching our daughter the value of showing kindness to others. We always stress to her, ‘Just remember kindness and love,'” Shayk wrote in an earlier piece for Harper’s Bazaar this year.
Fatherhood has completely changed Bradley Cooper
In a June 2022 SmartLess podcast episode, Bradley Cooper disclosed that becoming a father has profoundly changed his perspective on the world.
Cooper said that becoming a father changed everything for him and that he was able to build a new, stable sense of self-worth by overcoming addiction and accepting his role as a father. He talked about how being a father to his amazing daughter has had a profound impact on every aspect of his life, making the significant moments in his career seem insignificant.
Cooper continued by emphasizing that his happiness is derived from his child’s everyday moments, which even outweigh major screenplay advancements or noteworthy set moments. He went on to explain that he experiences roughly forty of these happy times each day, stressing that this is not hyperbole but rather the real deal.
All about Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk’s Daughter
After dating for a year, the Sports Illustrated model and the Oscar-nominated actor welcomed their only child, a daughter named Lea De Seine Shayk Cooper, into the world in 2017. But Cooper and Shayk made the decision to call it quits on their relationship after two years.
The couple chose to keep their romance and their daughter out of the public eye, so they kept a low profile and made few public appearances during their time together.
Shayk clarified in a 2019 interview with Glamour UK, saying, “I just decided my personal life will be quiet because my work requires me to be out there.” It’s for you and your family, which is why it’s called personal, and I’m content with it.”
Cooper and Shayk maintain their goodwill and prioritize getting along for the benefit of their daughter, even though their relationship has changed. According to a source, Lea asked for the family to travel to Italy in the summer of 2023.
The insider told PEOPLE, “Lea wants them all to travel together.” “They both want to make Lea happy.” The couple has been transparent about their experience as parents, sharing details about everything from how to deal with the difficulties of toddlerhood to the morals they want Lea De Seine to grow up with.
