Honesty is an admirable trait, but I’m not sure what Bradley Cooper was thinking when he admitted in an interview this week that he initially wasn’t really sure if he loved his daughter or whether he’d take a bullet for her if someone stormed into their home with a gun.

The Hollywood star told Page Six: “The first eight months — I don’t even know if I really love the kid. It’s dope. It’s cool. I’m watching this thing morph. That’s my experience. Fascinated by it. Loved taking care of it. But would I die if someone came in with a gun?”

WTF? Now obviously I can understand questioning your attachment levels to your newborn child and that it’s an emotion that a lot of parents can relate to. Your baby can’t walk or talk or do anything for themselves and are constantly crying and pooping themselves and exhausting you all day, so what’s really to love? What I can’t wrap my head around is Bradley Cooper questioning whether he’d risk his life to protect his daughter if some lunatic gunman broke into their home with a gun. Even if you did feel that way, why would you share this thought in public?

Maybe he’s got a very expensive therapist who told him this was a “normal” emotion and so he figured it would be OK to say in public because everyone would relate and praise him for being so honest. Come on, Bradley Cooper. You’re an actor! You should know it’s OK to lie sometimes, or at least not give us the whole truth.

Fortunately for his daughter, Cooper eventually came around to loving her and admitted he would now do anything for her (once those initial few months of hell were up): “And then all of a sudden, it’s like no question.”

Heartwarming stuff. Bradley Cooper for father of the year!

For the really weird ritual that rapper T.I. does with his 18-year-old daughter every year, click HERE.