Sandra Bullock called her partner Bryan Randall “very patient,” “a saint,” and “evolved on a level that’s not human” in a 2021 interview amid his secret ALS battle that led to his tragic passing Saturday.
The 59-year-old actress spoke about Randall, a photographer, on a 2021 edition of Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris.
“He’s the example I’d like to set for my kids,” the Oscar-winning star said of Randall, who passed away after privately battling the disease for three years.
During the exchange, Bullock also said she didn’t feel the need to exchange vows with Randall amid their committed relationship.
“I’m someone who’s been through the divorce process,” Bullock said. ‘I have found the love of my life. We share two beautiful children – three children, his eldest daughter. It’s the best ever.
Details: Sandra Bullock, 59, called her partner Bryan Randall “very patient,” “a saint” and “evolved on a level that is not human” in a 2021 interview amid his secret ALS battle that led to his tragic death died at the age of 57 Saturday
Bullock and Randall were photographed in NYC in 2018, prior to his ALS diagnosis
“So I don’t want to say do it the way I do it, but I don’t need a paper to be a devoted partner or a devoted mother.”
Bullock, who was previously married to Jesse James from 2005 to 2010, said she “didn’t need to be told to always be there in the toughest of times” or “to weather a storm with a good man.”
The Speed actress spoke about the relationship dynamic she shared with Randall, a one-time model, and the example he set for her two children — son Louis, 13, and daughter Laila, 10. Randall also fathered daughter Skylar Staten, 29 , from a previous relationship.
“There are two very different ways of looking at things,” Bullock said. And I don’t always agree with him. He doesn’t always agree with me.
“But he’s an example, even if I disagree with him saying, ‘If they can take that away, and if that’s what they’re attracted to, then he’s just the right parent.'”
The Bird Box actress testified to Randall’s confidence in the chat, saying, “I have a partner who is very Christian.”
The Blind Side star and Bryan initially crossed paths in 2015 when he was on hand to take pictures for her son’s birthday.
They were last seen in public in July 2020 in Studio City, California, while she was out with her two children.
The Bird Box actress talked about Randall, a photographer, on a 2021 edition of Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris
The Oscar-winning star said of Randall, who died after privately battling the disease for three years: ‘He’s the example I’d like to set for my kids’
On the Red Table Talk outing, Bullock said Randall was a positive presence for her as a parent, even though he wasn’t involved in the adoption process.
On the Red Table Talk outing, she said Randall was a positive presence for her as a parent, even though he wasn’t involved in the adoption process.
“I had Louis first,” she said. “And when I met Randall, and I was like, and we hadn’t been together very long.”
She continued, “I’m going, ‘Remember that NDA you signed when you photographed my son?’ He was like “Yeah.” He’s still scared. His whole life had been unraveled by me.
And I said, “You know, that’s still true.” And he said, “Yeah, okay, okay, okay, why?” And I thought, “Because I’m bringing a kid home when I come back from Toronto.” And he said, “Sorry, what?”‘
Bullock said her partner was “so happy, but…scared” at the same time with the development.
Randall’s family has issued a statement People confirmed his death, saying: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Bryan Randall passed away peacefully on August 5 after a three-year battle with ALS.
“Bryan chose early on to keep his journey with ALS private, and those of us who cared for him did our best to honor his request.”
The statement continued, “We are immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the landscape of this disease with us and the amazing nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their own families to be with ours.
“At this time, we ask for privacy to mourn and to accept the impossibility of saying goodbye to Bryan.”