Bullock to adopt baby after filing for divorce
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April 29, 2010, Thursday
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SANDRA Bullock has filed for divorce from her husband, Jesse James, and is adopting a baby boy as a single parent, a story posted on People magazine's Website said.
"Yes, I have filed for divorce," the 45-year-old Oscar-winning actress said in an interview posted yesterday. "I'm sad and I am scared."
Bullock and James, 41, began the adoption process four years ago, the report said, and brought 3 1/2-month-old Louis Bardo Bullock home in January but decided to keep the news to themselves until after the Oscars.
Bullock said she is savoring her new maternal status.
"You wake up, you feed, you burp, you play, you do laundry," she said. "I'm still in that stage where I'm just amazed with him and at life.
"All I said when I met him was, 'Oh, there you are.' It was like he had always been a part of our lives."
The baby, called Louie, is named after jazz great Louis Armstrong, who had particularly touched her with his classic song, "What a Wonderful World," said Bullock. The child was born in New Orleans, a city where Bullock and James had both spent time after Hurricane Katrina.
Bullock said she and James sought to pull no strings as they submitted to the typically time-consuming screening process, with no thoughts to the gender or background of the child they might receive.
"We somehow knew the right little person would come," she said.
Bullock said she got the call that a baby might be available for adoption during what she described as "the media craziness of the awards season."
Deciding to shield Louis from that turmoil, she kept his existence hidden from all but a few trusted associates and loved ones. Her life (and his) became an ongoing process of secrecy and diversion.
"Just the doctors' visits were filled with decoys and dark cars," she said. "People that I had worked with for years couldn't understand why I wouldn't let them into my house for (Oscar ceremony gown) fittings."
James and Bullock separated in March after five years of marriage, following reports of James' infidelity.
Bullock won the Oscar for best actress for her role in the blockbuster hit "The Blind Side" on March 7.
Within days of her win, the cheating allegations became public, and Bullock went into seclusion. The motorcycle mogul publicly apologized to Bullock and his children, Sunny, 6; Jesse Jr, 12; and Chandler, 15.
He recently returned home after a 30-day stay in a treatment facility where he sought help for "personal issues."
When asked about whether James had cheated, Bullock said she "had no idea about anything. I did the only thing I could do, and that was to pack enough clothes to live on, get all of Louis' things and get out of town. My main concern was Louis."
Asked whether James will have any formal parenting role, she replied: "I will be adopting as a single parent. Anything else will be taken day by day."
"Yes, I have filed for divorce," the 45-year-old Oscar-winning actress said in an interview posted yesterday. "I'm sad and I am scared."
Bullock and James, 41, began the adoption process four years ago, the report said, and brought 3 1/2-month-old Louis Bardo Bullock home in January but decided to keep the news to themselves until after the Oscars.
Bullock said she is savoring her new maternal status.
"You wake up, you feed, you burp, you play, you do laundry," she said. "I'm still in that stage where I'm just amazed with him and at life.
"All I said when I met him was, 'Oh, there you are.' It was like he had always been a part of our lives."
The baby, called Louie, is named after jazz great Louis Armstrong, who had particularly touched her with his classic song, "What a Wonderful World," said Bullock. The child was born in New Orleans, a city where Bullock and James had both spent time after Hurricane Katrina.
Bullock said she and James sought to pull no strings as they submitted to the typically time-consuming screening process, with no thoughts to the gender or background of the child they might receive.
"We somehow knew the right little person would come," she said.
Bullock said she got the call that a baby might be available for adoption during what she described as "the media craziness of the awards season."
Deciding to shield Louis from that turmoil, she kept his existence hidden from all but a few trusted associates and loved ones. Her life (and his) became an ongoing process of secrecy and diversion.
"Just the doctors' visits were filled with decoys and dark cars," she said. "People that I had worked with for years couldn't understand why I wouldn't let them into my house for (Oscar ceremony gown) fittings."
James and Bullock separated in March after five years of marriage, following reports of James' infidelity.
Bullock won the Oscar for best actress for her role in the blockbuster hit "The Blind Side" on March 7.
Within days of her win, the cheating allegations became public, and Bullock went into seclusion. The motorcycle mogul publicly apologized to Bullock and his children, Sunny, 6; Jesse Jr, 12; and Chandler, 15.
He recently returned home after a 30-day stay in a treatment facility where he sought help for "personal issues."
When asked about whether James had cheated, Bullock said she "had no idea about anything. I did the only thing I could do, and that was to pack enough clothes to live on, get all of Louis' things and get out of town. My main concern was Louis."
Asked whether James will have any formal parenting role, she replied: "I will be adopting as a single parent. Anything else will be taken day by day."
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