{"id":37834,"date":"2026-08-11T03:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37834"},"modified":"2026-08-11T03:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:43:57","slug":"inside-brad-pitt-bradley-coopers-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37834","title":{"rendered":"Inside Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper&#8217;s Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>For Cooper, alcohol was what he turned to when he \u201cfelt like an outsider\u201d in Hollywood during his younger years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so concerned what you thought of me, how I was coming across, how I would survive the day. I always felt like an outsider. I just lived in my head,&#8221; the\u00a0<em>A Star Is Born<\/em>\u00a0director explained. &#8220;I realized I wasn&#8217;t going to live up to my potential, and that scared the hell out of me. I thought, &#8216;Wow, I&#8217;m actually gonna ruin my life; I&#8217;m really gonna ruin it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While friends tried to help him, Cooper resisted\u2014ignoring their concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Part of me believed it, and part of me didn&#8217;t,\u201d he added. \u201cBut the proof was in the pudding: I&#8217;d always gotten up at the crack of dawn, and that was out the window. 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