Bradley Cooper said fatherhood saved his life, and he’s not sure he’d “be alive” if he hadn’t become a dad to 6-year-old daughter Lea with ex-girlfriend model Irina Shayk.
During the 49-year-old actor’s recent appearance on the “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd” podcast, Cooper said becoming a father has led to incredible growth over the last few years because he wanted to change for Lea.
“I just want the least amount of damage that I could do to my daughter, please let me work on myself,” the “Maestro” star said. “I can just feel the safety that she feels. It’s so tangible; it’s palpable. That is so fulfilling.”
“I want her to have, as much as she can, a foundation that’s like 25 feet thick, cement, that she can walk on this earth with,” he added. “That’s the goal. Honestly, I’m not sure I’d be alive if I wasn’t a dad—I don’t…
