'SO GRATEFUL'
Sandra Bullock breaks down in tears while surprising nurse with rarely-seen daughter Laila, 8, on Red Table Talk
SANDRA Bullock broke down in tears as she thanked a nurse who has been working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.
April Buencamimo is a nurse manager in a COVID-19 unit at a Los Angeles hospital which was gifted 6,000 N95 masks by the Oscar-winning actress last month.
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April was unable to meet the star at the time and so the hosts of Facebook Watch's Red Table Talk - Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris - bought the pair together over Zoom for their special episode honoring the mothers working amid the global crisis.
Surprising April with her appearance, : "April, thank you for - I'll try and say this without crying - but thank you for everything you are doing because we get to sit here and be home with our families because you are out there doing the hard work."
Failing to hold back her tears, she continued: "And there isn't a dinner and grace that goes by without sending you the love and appreciation and gratitude we as a family have because we are safe - and we thank you so much."
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The mom-of-two then revealed she had someone who wanted to also share their thanks, and the A-lister's eight-year-old daughter Laila appeared on-screen.
With a big smile on her face, Laila said: "Thank you April for doing everything for everyone. Stay safe."
Jada then revealed the Will And Jada Smith Foundation will be donating $50,000 to the hospital and they offered to pay for April and her family to enjoy a vacation when the timing is right.
Sandra adopted her son Louis in January 2010 when he was three-and-a-half months old and had been living in New Orleans.
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In 2015 the 55-year-old adopted Laila, also from Louisiana, when the young girl was three-years-old.
Sandra keeps her children out of the spotlight, and Laila's decision to appear on camera was a rare one for the family.
Sandra adopted the pair as a single mom but has bought them up with boyfriend Bryan Randall whom she has been dating since 2015.
in 2018 she opened up on their life together, and admitted her children prefer Bryan because he has "better treats."
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She told magazine: "Lou is super sensitive.
"I call him my 78-year-old son. He’s like Shecky Greene, a Jewish Catskills comic. He’s wise and kind. I saw that when they handed him to me. There was a spiritual bigness to him. I was like, 'I hope I don’t eff that up.' And Laila is just unafraid.
"She’s a fighter, and that’s the reason she’s here today. She fought to keep her spirit intact. Oh my god, what she is going to accomplish. She’s going to bring some real change."
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