Whether or not he’s a millionaire or … somebody who just shucks clams," she said.

Bullock seemed to find all of that in Randall.

The two were together for eight years, up until his shocking death in 2023.

Bryan Randall, Sandra Bullock, 2018

So let’s dive into a timeline of their love story.

Bullock had hired Randall to photograph the event, and they apparently hit it off.

… His whole life had been unraveled because of me … She’s clearly happy with him."

Sandra Bullock and her son Louis

A witness toldPeople,“They seemed to know each other very well, and seemed quite close.”

Yet, Randall did more than just support Bullock’s work.

The publication was doing a feature on Bullock’s family because she had just adopted Laila.

Sandra Bullock posing at premiere event

“My family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding.

That’s a family,” she said.

Later in June 2016,E!

Sandra Bullock and Bryan Randall

Newsreported that the lovebirds wanted a future together, even if there weren’t wedding plans just yet.

An insider revealed, “Sandra is the happiest she has ever been.”

However, that summer, it was still widely reported that Randall had popped the question.

Sandra Bullock with her son Louis

There’s no truth at all in those rumors."

What was true, though, was that Bullock and Randall were pretty serious about each other.

A source explained toE!

Sandra Bullock with her father John W. Bullock

That’s just the kind of couple they are."

Just months later, Bullock also revealed to InStyle that her children were very taken with her boyfriend.

“He’s super kind.

Sandra Bullock smiling

For the kids he’s sort of No.

  1. and I’m No.

But I get it because he’s more fun and has better treats,” she said.

Sandra Bullock posing

Yet, Bullock was able to lean on Randall during this difficult time.

[He’s her] rock."

God, I love you!

Sandra Bullock posing

“I don’t need a paper to be a devoted partner …

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,” she explained.

Bryan Randall smiling

That seemed to confirm the reports from years earlier that Randall was “the one.”

Even way back in 1995, Bullock toldVanity Fair, “I am such a privacy freak.”

“I let it affect me.

I heard it all,” she said.

A source claimed that their problems had stemmed from how they parent their children.

The news had shocked Hollywood because, as mentioned, not many people knew that Randall was sick.

Sandy lost her soulmate."