After a tumultuous marriage breakdown, Sandra Bullock met Bryan Randall. He just passed away.

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Sandra Bullock's long-term partner Bryan Randall passed away over the weekend, following a private battle with ALS. He was 57.

"It is with great sadness that we share that on August 5, Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a three-year battle with ALS," his family said in a statement. 

"Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honour his request."

Bullock, 59, first met Randall, a model-turned-photographer, when he photographed her son's birthday in 2015. 

Here's everything we know about their relationship and Bullock's life off-screen.

Watch: Sandra Bullock with her daughter Laila. Post continues after video. 

Sandra Bullock's relationships.

In 2002, Bullock famously dated Ryan Gosling, who she met while co-starring in the psychological thriller, Murder By Numbers, for a year. 

The couple made headlines because of their age gap - Bullock was 37 when they started dating, while Gosling was 21. 

"I live my life at a manic pace, and he's taught me to disregard all that isn't important. He's like a little Buddha," she said of him in 2003.

In July 2005, Sandra Bullock married Jesse James, the host of Discovery Channel's Monster Garage.

Asked about her husband's tough public image, Bullock told People in 2005: "No one knows what someone is like based on appearance. There are people who look very innocent, loving and churchgoing who cheat on their spouses, don’t take care of their children and are horrible to humanity."

In 2010, just 10 days after Bullock won an Oscar for her role in The Blind Side, Bullock learned - along with the rest of the world - of her husband's infidelity.

"It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way," James said in a public statement at the time. 

"This has caused my wife and kids pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension and I am extremely saddened to have brought this on them. I am truly very sorry for the grief I have caused them. I hope one day they can find it in their hearts to forgive me."

Image: Getty.

Bullock has been in a relationship with photographer Bryan Randall since 2015. The two met when Randall was hired to photograph her son's fifth birthday party.

The actress has always remained relatively quiet about her relationship, however, occasionally shares a thing or two.

"For the kids, he’s sort of number one, and I’m number two. But I get it because he’s more fun and has better treats," she told InStyle in 2021.

That same year, she called him "the love of her life".

"We share two beautiful children— three children, [Randall's] older daughter. It's the best thing ever," Bullock said when appearing on Red Table Talk.

"He's the example that I would want my children to have, she continued. 

"I have a partner who's very Christian and there are two different ways of looking at things. I don't always agree with him, and he doesn't always agree with me. But he is an example even when I don't agree with him."

Bullock and Randall made one public appearance together at the premiere of her film Ocean's 8.

Image: Getty.

Sandra Bullock's kids.

Bullock adopted her first child, Louis, in 2010 from New Orleans with her then-husband, Jesse James. It was during the adoption process she found out her husband had been cheating on her.

The two divorced the same year, and Bullock became a single parent to Louis.

"I mean, so much had happened," Bullock told CBS in 2022. 

"How do you process grief and not hurt your child in the process? It's a newborn. They take on everything that you're feeling. So my obligation was to him and not tainting the first year of his life with my grief."

In 2015, the actor adopted a daughter, Laila. Bullock had fostered her before finalising the adoption.

Appearing on Red Table Talk, Bullock called the adoption process "eye-opening."

"It gets deep, and it gets dark. When I first went through the process myself, you have to prove that you are a capable parent, and you are in the judgment cage," she said.

Bullock announced the news of her daughter via a cover for People, after paparazzi threatened to make the news public.

"You feel it's very much like witness protection," she told the publication. 

"Unbeknownst to me, a photographer had followed us and took a photo of us in line. 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 to keep her safe."

She further told People: "When I look at Laila, there’s no doubt in my mind that she was supposed to be here.

"I can tell you absolutely, the exact right children came to me at the exact right time."

In 2018, Bullock spoke about her children in an interview with InStyle. 

"Let's all just refer to these kids as 'our kids.' Don't say 'my adopted child.' No one calls their kid their 'IVF child' or their 'oh, sh*t, I went to a bar and got knocked-up child.' Let's just say, 'our children'," she said.

When speaking of her youngest in 2022, Bullock said she's sure her daughter will grow up to become president.

"[I'm] going to be at the White House... I'm going to be doing some redecorating," she told People.

Image: Red Table Talk.

She's also spoken about the fear she feels as a white mother of two Black children, trying to keep them safe.

"As a white parent who loves her children more than life itself, I'm scared of everything," she said on Red Table Talk.

"I know I'm laying all kinds of existential anxiety on them. I have to think about what they're going to experience leaving the home. 

"They're going to have my fear, but how can I make sure that my anxiety is accurate, protective?"

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In March 2022, Bullock announced that she was stepping away from Hollywood. 

After touring for her film, The Lost City, the actor said she would be pausing work to spend more time with her "beautiful babies." 

"I'm not retiring, just going to not spend time in front of the camera for a while," she told People. "I have beautiful babies. I'd rather look at them."

Bullock added: "I'd rather look at them every day and have them be mad at me, and annoyed, and make memories with them for right now." 

Feature Image: Getty.

This article was published on May 11, 2020, and has been updated with new information since.

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