Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Benjamin Bratt Opens Up About Daughter

I've always thought that Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto were one of the must beautiful celebrity couples! I had no idea that their 5-year old daughter, Sophia, was disabled. The way he describes her sounds so much like my sister, Amy. What a lucky girl to have parents who obviously love her so much.
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BENJAMIN BRATT's five-year-old daughter has been battling a secret brain injury she suffered at birth.

The actor and his wife, Talisa Soto, shunned the opportunity to share their daughter Sophia's plight with the world, choosing instead to help her adjust to a normal life in private.

But the former Law + Order star confesses the tot's early years were tough, as they struggled with the difficulties of Sophia's disability.

He says, "What my wife and I faced as parents was like being in a tunnel of darkness for the first few years of her life, because we didn't know what to do. But we educated ourselves, and assembled the best team of therapists we could."

Bratt, who also has a two-year-old son, called Mateo, insists Sophia is overcoming her disability, adding, "Sophia has blown us away with the amount of progress she's made. She understands everything and she's quick to laugh, she's loving and a physically beautiful child.

(Source: Showbiz Spy)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I never knew this. I commend them for keeping her out of the media. They sound like great parents. I bet their daughter helped to make them into such caring people. I remember when he wasnt such a great guy.

Anonymous said...

BB has always been on my celebrity boyfriend list. It's nice to hear that he and his wife are such devoted parents.