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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Heritage

A star is forlorn: Bradley Cooper and the mystery of the ‘asshole director’

‘As riddled with self-doubt as the rest of us’ … Bradley Cooper at the Screen Actors Guild awards.
‘As riddled with self-doubt as the rest of us’ … Bradley Cooper at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Rex/Shutterstock for SAG awards

If you haven’t heard it yet, Bradley Cooper’s recent appearance on the SmartLess podcast is a total doozy. Not only does he reveal he was once heavily addicted to cocaine – and that he ended the habit when one of the podcast’s hosts, Will Arnett, called him an “asshole” – but more importantly he outs himself as an all-time world class grudge-holder.

During the episode he recounts a time at an awards season party, while riding high on his multiple nominations for A Star Is Born, when he ran into a “dear friend” actress and a famous director: “[The director] was like, ‘What world are we living in where you have seven nominations and she’s only got three?’ I was like, ‘I fucking hate this business.’ I’m like, ‘Bro, why are you such an asshole? Like, go fuck yourself.’”

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