Surprise! Sandra Bullock is a new mom & files for divorce
Turns out Jesse James wasn't the only one with a secret. As revealed this morning in an admirable bit of coordinated bombshell dropping on People.com and the "Today Show," Sandra Bullock is a new mom. In January, she and James brought home Louis Bardo Bullock, a now three-and-a-half-month-old baby boy.
The fact that she, James, their family (James's kids Sunny, 6, Jesse Jr., 12, and Chandler, 15, were in on the news) and their handlers managed to keep the adoption secret for almost four months is nothing short of a miracle considering the scrutiny both Bullock and James have been subjected to since Bullock's Oscar win and the subsequent shocker that James cheated on Bullock with at least one, and possibly several women.
Bullock named the baby boy, born in New Orleans, after New Orleans native Louis Armstrong because Armstrong's song "What a Wonderful World" came into her head the first time she saw him. Bullock tells People in the exclusive interview -- hitting newsstands on Friday, April 30 (we got an advance copy) -- that she hasn't had two full nights of sleep since the baby was born.
"You wake up, you feed, you burp, you play, you do laundry," she says in the interview. She credits James's daughter Sunny for planting the adoption idea, but said that she and James quickly took to finding a child in New Orleans, "instead of bringing another life into this world."
Larry Hackett, People magazine's managing editor, appearing on "Today" this morning, said Bullock and James had planned to keep the adoption news under wraps until after the Oscars, not wanting to subject a new baby to the crush of awards season madness. But, added Hackett, Bullock felt the time was right to come forward with the news.
Although Bullock and James had started the adoption process four years ago, Bullock told People she is filing for divorce and now adopting as a single parent.
The article features a multi-page photo spread of Bullock and baby Louis and a short statement from James in which he talks about the difficulty of the past few months and his decision to agree to Bullock pursuing the adoption by herself. Though, obviously hopeful for a reconciliation, James adds that he knows "in my heart that I can be the best father possible to my four children and the mate Sandy deserves."
For her part, Bullock characterizes her current relationship with James as "bittersweet" and tells People that she had no idea about James's infidelity before the story broke.
"All I remember is thinking I need to get Louis out of here before the vultures descend," she said. "But never in a million years did I foresee something like this happening. I wish it hadn't, and it still doesn't seem real."
People magazine's exclusive article hits newsstands this Friday, April 30.
