Sandra Bullock endures string of personal losses in ‘crappy few weeks’

SANDRA Bullock has endured a string of tragic losses in the ‘crappy’ past few weeks — and opened up about them on stage this week.

SANDRA Bullock’s had, in her own words, “a crappy few weeks”.

The Speed star, 54, is mourning the death of her WWII father John, 93, who passed away in September.

In the weeks following his death, her dogs Poppy and Ruby also died.

The grieving star still managed to show face at the 25th ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration this week in Los Angeles. She was there to present an award to her Ocean’s Eight co-star Sarah Paulson, and started her speech by referencing the slew of personal tragedies she’s endured lately.

“I was going to write a nice speech about all the things I like about Sarah Paulson. Sarah Catharine Paulson, she likes when you use her middle name, or Powell-son, as my 5-year-old calls her,” People reports Bullock as saying.

Sandra Bullock: “It’s been a crappy few weeks.” Picture: Getty

“But it’s been a crappy few weeks. My dad died, both of my dogs died. You turn on the television or computer and it’s endless tragedies and it seems like more than ever now if you have a vagina, you have to be a fighter as well. So I don’t feel nice. So I decided tonight I’m going to talk about all the things I don’t like about Sarah.”

“I don’t like the fact that she can wear things that look like a child threw a box of highlighters. Or that she dissembled her grandmother’s couch and reassembled it with safety pins. And still takes your breath away the minute she walks on the red carpet,” Sandra continued.

“I don’t like that bravery and I don’t like that it’s inspiring. I don’t like that she loves so deeply and so openly. And I don’t like that she is loved so deeply and so openly by extraordinary people because it only shines the light on how I just need to be better. I don’t like her work ethic. It reminds me that I need to work harder.”

Bullock and Sarah Paulson at the event. Picture: Getty

Later on in the speech, Bullock revealed a special gesture Paulson had made when Bullock had to have her dog Poppy put down: sending “dozens upon dozens upon roses with little white poppies intermingled in them.”

Elsewhere at the Elle Women in Hollywood event, singer-turned-A Star Is Born actress Lady Gaga accepted an award — and publicly referred to boyfriend Christian Carino as her “fiance” for the first time.

According to the New York Post, fans had speculated that she and top music agent Carino, who has represented Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus and Christina Aguilera, were engaged when she started wearing a pink diamond ring in late 2017.