Bradley Cooper Opens Up About Fatherhood, Impact of Dad's Death on His Approach to Parenting

Bradley Cooper discussed how his father's death taught him about mortality and shaped his parenting philosophy.
Cooper described his father's death as a gift that showed him the reality of life's impermanence.
After his father died, Cooper went through a nihilistic period but found peace by learning from his mistakes and growing as a person.
Cooper co-parents his six-year-old daughter, Lea, with his ex Irina Shayk and aims to relieve her of the burdens of his own mistakes.
Cooper rejects the term "co-parenting" and believes parenting is simply parenting, whether together or apart.