By Liz Collins | Spirited Blues
Even if you haven’t seen the latest remake of A Star Is Born, you probably recognize the music. The songs are catchy and the chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga is far from “shallow.” With legendary performances, they left everyone in the theater convinced of one thing: their love was real.
While they’ve sworn back and forth that they were only acting, superfans remain skeptical. But one admission from Lady Gaga about the behind-the-scenes drama on A Star Is Born left everyone convinced that the spark they saw on the screen might’ve followed the stars home after all.
Face it. Separating Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper from their characters in A Star Is Born is hard. All the meaningful gazes and husky-toned harmonies hypnotized the masses into believing their love was the real deal. But what was their relationship like once the cameras were off?
No matter how badly we scream-sing “Shallow,” or how many times we muster our best scratchy, “Just wanted to take another look at you,” we all will have to face the music —Brad and Gaga are not an item. Allegedly.
Fans have bombarded Lady Gaga on social media with speculation over her relationship with Bradley, making it impossible to ignore. Each foray down the red carpet involved getting peppered with suggestive questions about a budding romance.
Since the film was an Oscar race contender, Lady Gaga and Brad both did their duty of appearing on every single late night talk show. Without fail, the juiciest question asked by the hosts was always about the relationship between Brad and Gaga.
Both stars have been crystal clear about their status: just friends. After all, Bradley, at the time, was happily committed to his partner, the mother of their daughter Lea, model Irina Shayk. He was firmly taken since 2015.
Both stars have been crystal clear about their status: just friends. After all, Bradley, at the time, was happily committed to his partner, the mother of their daughter Lea, model Irina Shayk. He was firmly taken since 2015.
Up until that point, Gaga’s fiance, talent agent Christian Carino, held her hand while the cameras flashed on several award show red carpets. So people were shocked when, on Grammy night in February 2019, Gaga stepped out solo, without even her six-carat pink sapphire engagement ring to keep her company.
Gaga didn’t issue an official statement about her breakup with Christian. She didn’t need to: her bare fingers were all the confirmation her little monsters needed to know that she was single once again. The timing suggested it had something to do with a certain dashing costar.
The split from her fiance, less than 4 months after announcing their engagement and in the midst of the success of her film debut, pointed towards a cause named Cooper. Sources told People the separation was an amicable parting, “It just didn’t work out. Relationships sometimes end. There’s no long dramatic story.”
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lady Gaga shared, following an eye roll, “Social media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the internet and what it’s done to pop culture is abysmal. People saw love and, guess what, that’s what we wanted you to see. This is a love song.”
She downplayed any hint of a romance on that one, but other times she gushed over how working with Bradley totally changed her life. In an interview for the American Cinematheque Award Dinner, she spoke about Bradley, one of the night’s honorees.
“It just makes my heart sing,” Lady Gaga said. “He is such an incredible director and you know he made me a better actress.” Beautiful words, sure. But then she continued. In her next breath, she masterfully friend-zoned Mr. Cooper, “You know, that’s what’s really come out of all this for me: the reward of a lifetime friendship with someone I deeply respect.” Well, played Gaga, well played.
Bradley hasn’t kept quiet about his admiration for his onscreen love. Reporters on the red carpet for the Cinematheque Dinner asked if the friendship continued once filming wrapped, “We talk all the time, yeah. And it’s exciting and wonderful and we are both so grateful for how the film is being received.”
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