Sandra Bullock Adopts & Confirms Divorce
 

In this weeks People Magazine with Sandra looking amazingly happy on the cover with her new baby...

In public, Sandra Bullock has been through the best and worst of times this year – from winning her first Oscar to enduring the breakup of her marriage. In private, she was quietly keeping a joyful secret – his name is Louis, and he is her newborn son.

Bullock reveals exclusively in the new issue of PEOPLE that she is the proud mother of Louis Bardo Bullock, a 3½-month-old boy, born in New Orleans. Bullock, 45, and husband Jesse James, 41, began the adoption process four years ago and brought Louis home in January but decided to keep the news to themselves until after the Oscars. Their close friends and family – including James's children Sunny, 6, Jesse Jr., 12, and Chandler, 15 – were essential in keeping the adoption a secret.

Then, just 10 days after the March 7 Oscars, Bullock and James separated following reports James had cheated. Bullock says she is now adopting as a single parent.

http://www.people.com/people/package...364639,00.html

Sandra Bullock Has Filed for Divorce

It's official: Sandra Bullock wants out of her five-year marriage to Jesse James.

"Yes, I have filed for divorce," the actress, 45, tells PEOPLE in the latest issue, in which she also reveals she has adopted a son, 3½-month-old Louis.

A rep for Bullock confirms the star filed legal papers seeking to end her marriage, but declines to specify in what jurisdiction they are filed. Says Bullock of her decision to divorce: "I'm sad and I am scared."

It was a cheating scandal that rocked the couple's marriage, with several women claiming to have had illicit affairs with James, 41.

The motorcycle mogul, who has publicly apologized to Bullock and his three kids, recently returned home after a 30-day stay in a treatment facility where he sought help for "personal issues."

http://www.people.com/people/article...364640,00.html

LOL. I saw her Black baby this morning and thought to myself "damn, that's typical."

I feel some kind of way about what celebrities are allowed to get away with when it comes to family structure, but whatever.

ETA: I recognize that they began the adoption process 4 years ago before James' loose dick caught the headlines.

don't take this the wrong way, but why do we care anymore?

if this was last year would this still be news?

Does the color of her baby really matter?

Is the baby Russian?

Yes.

Adopting a newborn Black baby from New Orleans was no accident.

Why would it suddenly not matter?

I question why she kept it under wraps all this time and is only releasing the news now, concurrent with confirming her intention to divorce. I mean - why taint the happy event with a sad one? She had to know that she was going to be asked about the divorce now, clear that up first and then share the baby news a few months down the road.

Was it Haitian?

I'm surprised she could keep him secret this long...that's a record in Hollywood! I didn't even have to look at the picture to know he was black. Adopted a baby in New Orleans...seriously!

New Orleansianite

Damn.

:D

I was hoping someone would say "Black Russian"

I'm glad she got the divorce, but how she couldn't see right through a walking Sistine Chapel, I haven't a clue.

Exactly. I'm more than a little cynical about this.

From the handful of articles I've read, it seems that no one can get the story straight about how long they were in the adoption process. 6 months? 4 years? 3 months?

I also find it a little strange that she adopted a black baby in light of the fact that her soon-to-be ex-husband was implicated in Neo-Nazi stuff.

It all seems so very perfecctly orchestrated that it's clearly the work of a PR person. The baby and the divorce news kind of cancel each other out, and it puts an end to all of this stuff, since one of the biggest headlines of this was related to the speculation that she wanted a baby.

It's like, "okay! America's sweetheart was jilted by a nasty Neo-Nazi, so she divorces him and adopts a black baby, and they all live happily ever after!" Much too pat for real life.

^^^THIS

Hmm...I didn't even think about that. I don't get his Neo Nazi crap. If he is then she had to have known. If it's in his past (like I hope it is) maybe she wasn't exposed to it, but I just can't help but feel like how could she not know?

Anyways, I think the baby is GORGEOUS and I am happy for both him and his mommy. What an awesome and beautiful and motivation thing to come out of such a horrible situation. I still commented to a friend that I hope she's able to teach him proper police etiquette.

I'm not a legal expert, but aren't most divorce filings open? So maybe announcing the adoption was so that when it is mentioned in the divorce filing it won't be big news.

As for timing- didn't Angelina Jolie adopt her first son about the same time that she divorced Billy Bob? And Meg Ryan adopted her daughter soon after divorcing Dennis Quaid?

and I just realized I read too much People magazine in the check out line:p

I'm just glad the baby is American.

That is refreshing.

I'm sayin'! I know her life is all interesting but it should never have been for the public viewing anyway...come on, move along people....
I hardly call leaving an a-hole like that a "sad" event!

I also feel some kinda way about her adopting a black baby but hey...maybe he'll grow up to protect her blind side. :cool:

Obviously, I don't personally know Sandra Bullock, but as someone who has looked into adoption (and just keeps debating all the ethics back and forth ad nauseum), I wouldn't automatically assume that she just chose a black baby just to choose a black baby. Statistically, the majority of people looking to adopt in America are white and the majority of children available for adoption are not. Generally, it is a longer wait for a white baby (it is also usually more expensive and the criteria for adoptive parents tend to be stricter, but I doubt that these are ever considerations if you are a rich celebrity ...).

These celebs could get white babies if they wanted to. I seriously doubt that the other white families have adopted most of the white babies across the country. If "race didn't matter and we just wanted a baby," then.....

Getting a Black baby from New Orleans (Black + Hurrican Katrina = WIN) is still no coincidence.

Just like Madonna and Angelina Jolie didn't just stumble upon Black babies and other nonwhite babies from overseas. The race and ethnicity mattered for some reason, such as attempting to help babies of different races or having a more diverse family. So, there's no reason to pretend the race and ethnicity are invisible physical, social and cultural traits that were unnoticed and didn't matter then or now.

I don't know many details on the adoption, just that I heard on Inside Edition (?) that she adopted the baby because of her involvement with Katrina and she didn't just get him recently. They talked about how getting around with the baby was almost like a CIA operation because they wanted to keep it a secret for as long as possible.

And there are MANY circumstances where one spouse hides a certain part of their life from the other. That's how a lot of spouses get away with having two separate lives. You never really truly know someone.

Agreed.


True enough - I would hope that no one ever thinks that the race and ethnicity of their child (adopted or not) are invisible and don't matter.

Pretty much.

I don't know anything about California law, but in general, these would be two separate cases. If she's adopting the kid, adoptions are usually not available to the public. There might be language in the Decree which says that whateverherhusbandsname isn't the father or adoptive father of the child and therefore has no parental rights or somesuch, but it likely won't be an issue in the divorce which will probably settle through mediation or arbitration.

Also, in some cases, divorce cases can be sealed. At least in Oklahoma.

A lot of people pretend that. Welcome to "we're all in the same gang."

Wasn't that a rap song? I remember some high-pitched voice saying "we're all in the same gang."

I will say, though, that the little baby has a funny smirk on his face. I love it when babies look like they know what's up. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFmiKodg1tc

I still love this song. :)

LOL

Is the Hurricane Katrina reference thrown in there just because that's what people think of now when they think of New Orleans? Because the baby in question clearly isn't a Katrina baby (by about 4 years).

Sandra Bullock has been active and outspoken about Hurrican Katrina. And also this (if it's accurate) is no coincidence: http://www.sevensidedcube.net/entert...n-new-orleans/

As for "Katrina baby" (I hate that stupid term), Hurricane Katrina was 2005. The adoption process began about 4 years ago. The baby is a few months old. That could mean a number of things as it pertains to this baby's parents of birth, Hurricane Katrina, and why the baby was ultimately up for adoption.

I have to agree with Dr. Phil. Why would she choose to adopt from NO? She's not from Louisiana. She's from TX. Aren't there plenty of babies in TX that need a home? But she came to Louisiana and picked a black baby from New Orleans...can't just be a coincidence. (Now I'm writing like I'm still in Louisiana...guess I should type, She went to Louisinana...)

I love it. This is a thread in and of itself. :p

Why do I keep typing "hurrican(no "e")?"

I should also type Louisiana correctly instead of LouisiNana:D

Wow, really?

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So true, which is why adoption agencies back in the day (not so much now I guess since there are so many non-white children that need homes) had issues with whites adopting non-white children. Pretending your child is not non-white and acting like race/color doesn't matter, does not help a non-white child develop well psychologically and appreciate and love everything about themselves. Since children want to be just like their parents, not looking like their parents and family members around them can lead to a very distorted image of themselves; a feeling that how they look is wrong and bad. It is so important for non-white families (and families in general) to embrace a non-white child's ethnicity and constantly reinforce the message that the child may look different but is no less beautiful and valued.

Agreed. I think though that it is better to have a white family adopt and raise a non-white child in that environment than to have the child raised in "the system."

I want to agree with you but I am not so certain of that now. I've met some very messed up non-white individuals who were raised in white families where their race/color was never mentioned and while they don't say it, you can tell that they hate their physical appearance.

And I know some messed up white and non-white people that hate themselves for lots of other reasons. Raising kids is tough business. There are lots of ways to screw up.

I've met some very messed up non-white individuals who were raised in their family of origin, where they were criticized for being "too dark" or "too light," or for the texture of their hair; even though they don't say it, you can tell that they hate their physical appearance. Anyone can mess up a kid.

I also thought the "white families shouldn't adopt black children" wasn't perpetrated by the agencies, but by misguided black nationalism in the 70s. In fact, I believe it was black social workers who said straight-up that white parents shouldn't adopt black children, instead of focusing on giving the child a good home and giving them the tools to raise a black child in a white home.