HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Sandra Bullock says her adopted 8-month-old son Louis is the most important man in her life now that she's a single mom following her divorce from Jesse James.
"No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life ... until you have a child in your life," the 46-year-old actress told Matt Lauer on Tuesday's Today Show. "It naturally shifts ... he showed up and now, Louie's got the stage."
Bullock said she was thankful that her close circle of friends kept her divorce details and adoption plans out of the tabloids.
"It takes good people with integrity," she explained. "Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut; that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.
"Those people are all over the place. We don't like to talk about it, 'cause it doesn't sell a magazine. But I was blessed with the same friends I've had since before things got really special for me and blessed in life. And when things get bad, they're still the same friends.
"They know if they screw up they're not coming on the next vacation, I'm not going to baby-sit their kids. I will cut them, I will take them down."
Bullock also talked about her love for New Orleans and her work to rebuild a school there following Hurricane Katrina. The city is also where her son was born.
"He likes to dance and celebrate," she said of Louis, whom she calls her "little Cajun cookie."
She added, "You know what? I got blessed. I got lucky. He's extraordinary."
Photo credit: Judi Bottoni / NBC
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