After all of the crap Sandra Bullock dealt with in her first and only marriage to Jesse James, she kept her romantic life out of the headlines. I didn’t even realize that she had been with Bryan Randall for the better part of eight years, that’s how low-key they were as a couple. They met in 2015 and they were together ever since. Last year, Sandra spoke about needing a break and being “burnt out.” Most of us didn’t blink an eye or think anything of it, but it turns out that she took this break to care for Bryan, who battled ALS in the last three years of his life. Bryan Randall passed away on Sunday.
Sandra Bullock’s longtime partner Bryan Randall died over the weekend, his family revealed in a statement to PEOPLE on Monday. He was 57.
“It is with great sadness that we share that on Aug. 5, Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a three-year battle with ALS,” his family shared. “Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honor his request.”
“We are immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the landscape of this illness with us and to the astounding nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their own families to be with ours,” his family added. “At this time we ask for privacy to grieve and to come to terms with the impossibility of saying goodbye to Bryan,” the statement concluded, signed, “His Loving Family.”
Bullock, 59, first met Randall, a model-turned-photographer, when he photographed her son Louis’s birthday in January 2015. They took their relationship more public later that year, including an appearance at Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s wedding.
Bullock, who is mother to her son Louis, 13, and daughter Laila, 10, addressed the topic of marriage during a December 2021 appearance on Red Table Talk.
“I found the love of my life. We share two beautiful children— three children, [Randall’s] older daughter. It’s the best thing ever,” Bullock said at the time. “I don’t wanna say do it like I do it, but I don’t need a paper to be a devoted partner and devoted mother,” she said, adding, “I don’t need to be told to be ever present in the hardest of times. I don’t need to be told to weather a storm with a good man.”
This is so sad and so devastating for Sandra. There were photos, over the years, of Sandra and Bryan just doing normal-family things in LA, like going out for some ice cream or taking the kids somewhere. It was a real partnership and more of a marriage, frankly, then that Jesse James bullsh-t. He always sounded like such a solid guy. What an utter tragedy.
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How incredibly sad. It seems like they had a great partnership.
💯 percent agree, @Becks1. And this disease is such a devastating and very cruel one, too.
So, so sad for his family and Sandra.
As for Sandra, I am immensely devastated for her but also their children. Bryan and and Sandras children lost their father as well, at such a young age.
Sandra and Bryan seemed to be an inspiration to every couple everywhere with a blended family, which can be extremely hard.
My heart and prayers go out to everyone who loved and cherished Bryan Randall.
The children stuck out to me as well. Especially as the interview confirmed he wasn’t just mom’s boyfriend or a father figure (which still would’ve been a huge loss) but actually their dad. As well as his daughter by his previous marriage. How awful, they’re all so young.
And on a shallow note, what a handsome, well built man he was.
Prayers for the whole extended family.
Too late to edit my comment but just read on another post his daughter already lost her mother? That poor girl. Hopefully she’ll be able to stay close with Sandra and whom I’m sure she considers her siblings. I remember feeling so badly for jesse’s daughter and Sandra during that split. Sandra seemed the only stabilizing person in her life but I don’t think they have constant.
Brutal. A family friend battled ALS for 12 years, a real miracle that he had that long. But it’s such an incredibly tough road and I’m so sorry for Sandra and his broader family.
Yeah, my ex-partner’s dad passed away from this and it’s absolutely devastating. All my sympathies.
I had no idea Sandra Bullock was going through this, so I’m repenting from uncharitable thoughts towards her when she talked about feeling tired. My neighbor and friend died ~seven years ago after ALS. Another neighbor called to tell me about it with a planned Walk to Defeat ALS. Was glad to see she felt well enough to come out for the Walk and see how many were there giving support.
It’s so very hard to see. One of our newish neighbors, who is in his late 70’s, has ALS. My husband, who is Mr. Friendly, noticed after 2 months of them moving in, that he(neighbor), didn’t have a lot of male visitors. So, he’s made a point of wandering over into their yard when he sees that the gentlemen is wheeled out on their patio.
I’m like, you’re maybe being intrusive. Mr. Friendly is like, whatever. He’s with woman all day. Men like talking to other men. Okay. DH(Mr.Friendly) has been doing this on the weekends on the regular. He’ll go over and talk about sports, older days of Milwaukee and whatever.
A few days ago, while I was out gardening, the wife approached me. It was hot. I was sweaty. And in my own mood of not wanting to talk to anyone.
She just wanted to tell me how much he/they appreciate Mr. Friendly’s ability to treat her husband like someone who doesn’t have a debilitating condition. She said it really matters and he looks forward to my husband’s visits I’m sweaty and teary eyed.
My heart goes out to Sandra and his family. Love the grace & dignity they gave Bryan in his last years.
It’s so sad. Another one of those impossible diseases. My condolences to all his family.
I am confused about the articles printed late last week saying she and he had broken up. What was that?! Just misreporting (as usual) or was there truth to it?
As someone said below, tabloid sites will often publish breakup stories when a couple had not been seen together in public in awhile (taking their shot at a “scoop”, knowing the star likely won’t sue for something so small). Well now we all know why they hadn’t been seen together in awhile dont we?? I hope the publishers of those lies feel like absolutely garbage today!!! (I think a donation to an ALS charity would be in order).
So much respect and love to Sandra and his family. May he and they find peace.
The family is asking for donations to the Healey Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he received care.
This explains why she was frequently spotted at the airport here.
@ Mia4’s, not only the publishers but the gutter rats that write this garbage. I hope that they all learn a lesson that it’s not always as it seems and writing harmful content to fill their need to create “drama” is actually abhorrent and disgusting. Though, these gutter rats have no empathy nor understanding as to how harmful they all are.
I read one of those articles last week, because I like her and news about her personal life is so rare. It sounded like speculative bs, saying he wanted to be married and she didn’t.
I’m so sorry to hear this, it gives new meaning to part of her interview a few years ago. How devastating. May his memory be a blessing.
What lovely words…may his memory be a blessing. Thank you for putting it so well, Lucy.
@london I don’t know if Lucy is Jewish but ‘may his/her/their memory be a blessing’ is the traditional Jewish phrase when someone passes. It really is lovely.
This is so sad…. They looked really happy together.
To all of the families dealing with this illness, I sure hope a cure is found soon.
This is really tragic. He was relatively young. What a loss for his entire family.
Condolences to Sandra and his family. And just to be shallow for one minute, what a beautiful man he was.
@ sunny, he was an extremely handsome man.
Bryan was young! I can’t imagine watching a loved one pass away.
My sister first went to Mass General after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was given less than 6 weeks and she made it a just shy of 11 months, and Mass Gen was incredibly progressive in her treatment. She was a tough woman that defied all of the odds, but she passed a year ago on 7/26, my birthday now we are forever linked. ☺️
So brutal. Losing your partner to such a devastating illness. I’m so sad for Sandra and Bryan’s families.
Very sad. All the best to Sandra and her family.
This is so very sad. It really seemed when she met and started dating him that he really was the one for her and now it’s just so very sad that she has lost him. I wish her the best .
May his memory be for and may Sandra, their children and the rest of his family be comforted. It’s a cruel and terrible disease.
How sad for Sandra, and her kids, and Bryan’s daughter, who already lost her mother a few years ago.
Gesine, Sandy’s sister, made a cute post on Insta, it seems the whole family *really* cared for him, beyond his being so sick.
And to think that some US gossip rag (US, P6?) wrote something last week about a possible breakup, because the paps hadn’t seen them together for some time.
While he was dying.
That’s why I can’t stand all these awful rumors we get at times.
US Weekly has doubled down with their wrong bs “reporting” by calling Bryan her “one time partner” instead of long term partner. They won’t retract their mistakes which is quite obvious now why they had not been seen in a long time.
It’s deplorable that the magazine should speculate like this, and then double down when the reason for any lack of public sightings is made clear. Just shows how they operate.
This is so, so tragic. My father in law passed away from ALS and it is the most devastating and cruel disease. I hope Sandra has lots of people to love and support her during this time.
I follow Bryan on instagram and you could see the difference once he started dating Sandra. He had to mostly stop posting his official photography photos and put them on a private website. Then he couldn’t really post anything without people looking for clues about Sandra. He went from completely free to do as he pleased to almost not posting at all. His last post was Oct 2020 when he went on a road trip and he’s listening to music with his mother. My heart goes out to his entire family as well as the kids and Sandra for making his last years sweet.
A friend’s husband passed from ALS in March and it’s devastating to witness. The only saving grace, if you can call it that, in their situation is it was under a year from diagnosis until he passed. Also fairly young, in his early 60’s.
I get it since she is the famous one but feel bad for his family that he’s only being known as Sandra Bullock’s partner and most of what I’ve read, after a cursory paragraph about his passing, is about her (how they met, her adopting kids, past marriage/relationships, etc.) than his life, accomplishments, story.
That’s because they know nothing about him other than being a model turned photographer. He was helping Sandra raise her kids and had 18 years of sobriety which are two major accomplishments. Other than that there isn’t much else to report on his life because he was a private citizen.
As I said, I totally get that but in his case, or anyone’s whose life story seems to be about being so and so’s partner (or victim, etc) I wonder how the family feels, their perspective as their loved one who passed seems to be secondary.
@ DaveW
Why would they care especially in their time of grief. Do you expect the media to do a deep dive into his personal life so they can post more about him outside of his relationships ? He was privet and his family, friends, colleagues will share more about Bryan at his funeral.
One of my friends is going through this now with her husband. They know they have maybe a year or two at best as his is progressing fast. How gut-wrenching it is to watch it from the outside. Don’t want to imagine having to live it.
I appreciate what you are saying about how unfair it is he’s only known as her partner and only reported facts in relation to her. I do want to point out this is what the majority of reporting on female partners is like as well. It’s only glaring because he’s a man and is expected to be the one with the famous accomplishments. They were very private as a couple, so I hope that how he’s described in people magazine isn’t something his family is concerned about.
It’s a tragedy all-around, but I feel a personal kick thinking about the kids. I don’t know how old Bryan’s elder daughter is, but 13 and 10 are hard ages to lose a parent. My little brother was 11 when our father died. He’d been sick for years, as it seems Bryan was, and despite knowing it was coming it was still devastating for me, a 28-year-old, let alone a young boy. The balancing act of shouldering his grief and being there for him, all the while trying to bear my own was rough.
Thankfully, Sandra almost certainly has more people around to help her out and make sure she doesn’t burn out than I did, but I still wish her the best. You could have all the help in the world and still not be prepared for this – even when you know it’s coming. It’s just heartbreaking all-around.
Sad news.
Thoughts and prayers for all their family.
This is so sad.
This just confirms that we really don’t know what’s going on in other people’s lives.
So sad. May he rest in peace.
I am so sad for her. She’s always seemed like such a cool, down to earth person. Her kids have only ever known Bryan as well. How devastating for all of them.
I literally gasped when I saw this news. It is so incredibly sad.
Same Mrs. Smith. Same.
I did too, this is fucking awful.
My dad died of ALS a month ago. It’s a really awful disease. I wish them all continued peace and strength.
Big hugs to you Lawyercat. My elderly father has Parkinson’s. What these neurodegenerative diseases to people is just…I don’t know. Again condolences to you and family.
I’m so sorry. Sending you internet hugs.
I am so sorry, Lawyercat.
So very sorry for your loss Lawyercat. It’s a dreadful disease. A dear friend of ours lost his wife to ALS a few years back, she was a lovely and much loved person and the family is still grieving.
This is so sad. I had no idea! ALS is a terrible disease. I am wishing comfort for Sandra and his kids.
He was so handsome too. I hope they had some sweet times together with their families.
Just absolutely devastating. They made such a gorgeous couple and there seemed to be genuine love and respect between them.
Sending love and light to Bryan, Sandy, their kids and the rest of the family. ALS is merciless.
so so sad, poor Sandy
This is so sad. May his memory be a blessing to his loved ones. I’m glad he was able to maintain his privacy is he wanted to be private. How very sad for everyone.
This news made me so sad. I’ve always been such a fan of Sandra Bullock. From what I’ve read, ALS is such a terrible disease. I can’t imagine having to watch my partner go through something like that. I just want to give her hug.
Fifty effing seven. So much more life just stripped away. Lord. My heart goes out to their kids, Louis and Laila and his oldest.
Prayers to Sandra, the kids and their families.
I agree..
There are no adequate words to provide solace to the loved ones…
ALS is a cruel illness. My heart goes out to the whole family.
This is sad.
Prayers to Sandra and her family.
My mom died last month from ALS, three years after her symptoms began. It was hard to watch her body slowly stop working even while she remained mentally completely intact. I’m grateful for the ALS society in our area, it was an amazing organization that provided comfort and support as well as lent out equipment and hooked us up with clinical trials and specialty centers. If you have a chance and a few dollars please consider donating. As cruel as this disease is, I’m so grateful we had the gift of time to spend together, to say the things we needed to say to one another, and for my mom to have no regrets, no unspoken words, no unfulfilled wishes. I got to tell her how proud I was of her, how I see her lessons in the way I mother my girls, and how the way she nurtured and cared for us informed me as a mom, a wife, and as a physician. She died at peace in her home with all of us around her holding her hand.
Wishing Sandra Bullock and their family only the best in these trying times. Hug your people, celebitchies, and tell them how much they mean to you!
My heart goes out to you Notafan, as I posted above we lost a very dear friend from ALS a few years ago and her family is still grieving. Wishing Sandra, her family and his family love and condolences.
I lost my mother to ALS also, Notafan. I’m so sorry. My mom passed a year and a half ago, less than a year from her first symptom. That last year was so precious for our family, so I understand what you are saying. While my heart was broken for my mom, I was grateful to have that opportunity. I’ve met many people with ALS along the way that have said how much the experience has changed them and their world view, so my hope is that happened for Bryan, and that their time together as a family was beautiful.
And yes, the local ALS societies are extremely helpful with navigating each step and providing resources. I’d also encourage everyone to donate! This is the organization that Bryan’s sister recommended: https://donate.als.org
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I am extremely sad for
Sandra, their children, their family and friends. This is devastating news. He seemed like a great man who was loving and supportive of his loved ones and will sorely be missed. I pray that all of them make it through this difficult time and find peace in knowing that they were blessed to have had such a great person in their lives and he is in a better place.
My heart goes out to everyone especially Mr. Randall. ALS is a horrible. I’ve had patients with ALS and it’s a long and frustrating goodbye.
So sorry for Sandra and their children, she has had such a rough go with love /( ALS is a horrible disease
This is such horrible news. She seems like such a down to earth, nice person. Their poor kids. Just entirely devastating.
This is a tragic story. Devastating.
Oh that’s so sad. My heart breaks for Sandra, their children, and all those who loved him.
I’m glad they found each other and shared happy years together before this terrible illness.