The Heartwarming Way Keanu Reeves Is Helping Sandra Bullock Heal After a Tragic Loss

Sandra Bullock has been pretty quiet publicly, but behind the scenes, she is still working through the loss of Bryan Randall, the photographer she called the love of her life. It has been two years since he died, and yes, she is getting back to daily life — slowly — but the grief is still very present. The bright spot: a tight circle of friends and a familiar set coming at exactly the right time.

Where Sandra is now

According to an insider who spoke to Star Magazine (via SheKnows), Sandra is inching forward one day at a time. The sentiment is basically: she has better days and tougher days, she misses Bryan deeply, and some days still feel lonely. She is not magically over it, and honestly, who would be?

What is helping: friends who actually show up. Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Aniston are in her corner, and reuniting with Nicole Kidman on Practical Magic 2 has been surprisingly restorative. That set — and the largely women-led producing team from the original — gave her a space that felt safe and, as the source put it, fed her soul.

How they found each other

• January 2015: Sandra hires Bryan, a former model turned photographer, to shoot her son Louis's birthday party.
• Later that year: They quietly start dating.
• They go public by attending Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux's wedding together.

Who Bryan Randall was to her family

Sandra has two adopted kids, Louis and Laila. Bryan had a daughter, Skylar, from a previous relationship. By 2021, on Red Table Talk, she was calling him the love of her life and talking about how they co-parented as a team. When she told him she planned to adopt again, he was thrilled — and a little scared — while she jokes she was a bulldozer with her life on rails. What mattered to her was the kind of man he was around the kids: patient, steady, the example she wanted them to see.

'I don't need a paper to be a devoted partner, devoted mother. I don't need to be told to weather a storm with a good man.'

She also described him as saint-level patient and, in her words, evolved in a way that felt almost beyond human. Not hyperbole — just a window into how she viewed him.

His illness and final years

Bryan died on August 5, 2023, at 57, after a three-year battle with ALS. His family released a statement to People confirming he chose to keep his diagnosis private, and those caring for him honored that. They thanked the medical teams who helped and asked for privacy.

Sandra's sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, posted a tribute at the time and praised Sandra for being, in her words, the best of caretakers to Bryan throughout his illness.

The now and the hope

Grief does not run on a tidy schedule, and Sandra is clearly still in it. But with Keanu, Aniston, and Kidman in her ear — and a Practical Magic reunion that actually feels healing — it sounds like she is finding some footing again. Slow is still forward. And with that kind of support, maybe the next chapter will feel a little lighter.