Skylar Staten, 29, suffered through the death of of her mother, Janine, and various family tragedies before her father Bryan Randall straightened his life out and started dating Sandra Bullock, family friends told The Post.
The death of Sandra Bullock’s longtime partner, Bryan Randall, sent shock waves throughout Hollywood, but for his only daughter, his untimely passing is the latest in a series of heartbreaks caused by drugs, abandonment and loss.
Skylar Staten, 29, suffered through the death of her mother, Janine, and other family tragedies before her model-turned-photographer father straightened his life out and started dating Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, family friends told The Post.
Randall met Janine Staten while they were both in rehab when the two lived in Oregon in the early 1990s.
“Heroin was their drug of choice and I remember meeting them both when Janine was still pregnant [with Skylar],” recalled a friend who wanted to remain anonymous.
“Bryan had just gotten out of rehab at that point and they were both struggling. After Skylar was born, he was never around.”
When the couple split, Janine filed court papers against Randall seeking child support after Skylar was born in 1994, according to records obtained by The Post. She would later file a similar claim against him in 2004.
A former roommate told The Post Janine wanted to “move forward with her life” and raise her daughter but fell back into using after she met another man who also was an addict.
“I knew of Janine because she had an affair with my husband and that broke up our marriage,” said a source, who asked not to be identified.
