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Sandra Bullock Explains How She Kept New Daughter Laila a Secret From the World

Sandra Bullock Explains How She Kept New Daughter Laila a Secret From the World

Now that the news is out that Sandra Bullock adopted a three-year-old daughter named Laila, she’s describing just how hard it was to keep her a secret from the world.

“From the ruse I had to construct so that Louis didn’t have to lie to his friends at school, to the stories I constructed for friends and coworkers as to why I was absent all the time, the subterfuge was pretty elaborate,” the 51-year-old Oscar winner, who also has a son Louis, 5, told People. “But there is always the chance that the bonding process wouldn’t happen or that the CPS [Child Protective Services] workers would feel I wasn’t a suitable match. So I had no problem lying and fabricating stories to keep things on lock down…It felt very much like witness protection.”

Sandra went on to explain that during an emergency room visit, a photographer took pics of her daughter in secret. “Unbeknownst to me, a photographer had followed us and taken a photo of us in line,” Sandra explained. “The next day, I learned that a photo of her was being shopped around for sale to every outlet around the world. I had promised and legally agreed to protect her from something like this, and here I was chasing down lawyers�”having them begging them to keep her safe.”

“Most foster children are in foster care because they were taken from their birth homes under tragic circumstances�”and the last thing I wanted was to bring more harm to her because of the nature of my job,” Sandra continued.

Sandra‘s boyfriend Bryan Randall photographed the family for People‘s spread!

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