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Sandra Bullock wants people to stop using the phrase “adopted child.”The 53-year-old Oscar-winning actress expressed her beliefs on the subject to InStyle magazine, calling for a greater understanding of how families should belabeled. “Let’s all just refer to these kids as ‘our kids,’” she candidly told thepublication. “Don’t say ‘my adopted child.’ No one calls their kid their ‘IVFchild’ or their ‘oh, shit, I went to a bar and got knocked-up child.’ Let justsay, ‘our children.’” The Ocean’s 8 starcontinued to open up during the interview, chatting about her own little ones, how they feel about her boyfriend and her trick for walking red carpets.
Sandra Bullock opened up to InStyle Photo: Carter Smith/InStyle
Sandra described her daughter Laila, five and a half,and son Louis, eight, as having big and wildly different personalities. “Louis super sensitive,” she began. “I call him my 78-year-old son. He’s like SheckyGreene, a Jewish Catskills comic. He’s wise and kind.” She then added: “I sawthat when they handed him to me. There was a spiritual bigness to him. I waslike, ‘I hope I don’t eff that up.’”
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Sandra wants to abolish the phrase 'adopted children' Photo: Carter Smith/InStyle
As for her daughter, the mom-of-two, who rocked Alberta Ferretti for her cover shoot, explained: “Laila isjust unafraid. She’s a fighter, and that’s the reason she’s here today. Shefought to keep her spirit intact.” Reflecting on the current state of the world,she then quipped: “Oh my God, what she is going to accomplish. She’s goingto bring some real change.”
Sandra talked about her kids Laila and Louis Photo: Carter Smith/InStyle
Another loved one in Sandra’s life is her boyfriend photographerBryan Randall. It turns out he’s just as popular with her children too. “I getit because he’s more fun and has better treats,” she joked, alluding that heis her kid’s favorite. Bryanactually photographed Laila for the cover of People magazineback in December 2015, a shoot which confirmed the swirling reports of her second adoption. In addition, it set the paparazzioff their backs, which Sandra tries hard to avoid when it comes to her children.
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The beauty also tries to avoid getting nervous about red carpet appearances. "I don’t feel confident when I dress up and go on the red carpet," she admitted. "I’m not that person who knows how to work it. I try to channel Beyoncé. I do the same pose every time. I try not to dread that kind of stuff, but I do get incensed and think, 'How can they [the media] write this?'"