Bradley Cooper is putting the “da” on Dada.
We were told that the actor from “Silver Linings Playbook” and ex Irina Shayk have such a comfortable custody arrangement that they both take their three-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine, to a specialized school in the Financial District every Thursday, where the boy takes classes in Shayk native Russian.
The school promises “complete immersion in the Russian language and culture from an early age, creating fun learning experiences” for “anyone interested in preserving their heritage [or] adding a new cultural experience. “
Shayk was born Yemanzhelinsk in the USSR – now in western Russia – but moved to the United States around 2007 when her modeling career took off after she became the first Russian to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Cooper and Shayk – who joined in 2015 – had Lea in 2017, but split in 2019.
According to TMZ, they reached a custody agreement in January that required them both to live in New York to be parents together, although Cooper had already spent much of his time living in Los Angeles. The website said they will share 50/50 legal and physical custody, “although working hours vary from month to month”.
TMZ also said it does not have a formal written custody agreement. “They are so in sync with co-parenting that they don’t feel the need to memorize it,” he said.
The model recently told Elle magazine that Cooper is “the most amazing father” and insisted that – despite the separation – they remain “parents” to Lea, rather than “co-parents”.
“I never understood the term co-parenting,” Shayk told the magazine, “When I am with my daughter, I am 100 percent mother, and when she is with her father, he is 100 percent her father. Co-parenting is parenting. “
A representative from Cooper did not return to us, and a representative from Shayk could not be found.