Lourdes Leon was barely a year old when her parents, Madonna and Carlos Leon, split up in 1997 after a relatively brief relationship. Speaking to People years after their breakup, Carlos said he had no regrets about the way things panned out between him and the pop superstar. “I wouldn’t change anything. I got the best thing out of that relationship, and that’s my daughter. My daughter is everything to me,” he told the magazine. In 2008, the Cuban-born fitness trainer opened up about his relationship with Lourdes, stressing that they were in a good place despite reports suggesting otherwise. “She’s at that point where she can call me and say, ‘Hey Dad, what’s up?'” Carlos told People of their bond (via HuffPost). “It’s really cool. We talk every day.”
Fortunately, he and Lourdes only grew closer with time, even as “The Big Lebowski” actor moved on and started a new life with his wife, Betina Holte, and their son Meeka Leon. In 2016, Carlos praised Lourdes for being a great big sister in an interview for Hello!, saying, “[Lourdes is] awesome and she’s a very cool big sister. So yeah, she loves it.” The father-and-daughter duo have been spotted together on numerous occasions through the years, such as in 2009 when they stepped out in NYC for lunch (and in matching outfits, too). More recently, they were photographed spending time together while on a shopping spree in SoHo in time for Father’s Day in 2023, as reported by Page Six.
