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Bradley Cooper’s pals are backing him.

The “Silver Linings Playbook” star, 51, finally revealed whether he has undergone plastic surgery during an episode of Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett’s “Smartless” podcast released Jan. 5.

Arnett brought up the cosmetic surgery rumors surrounding Cooper while discussing one thing fans might not know about the “Maestro” actor.


  Bradley Cooper at the 2023 Gotham Awards in New York City. FilmMagic Bradley Cooper at the 2023 Gotham Awards in New York City. FilmMagic

  Cooper at a screening of “Is This Thing On?” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in December. Getty Images Cooper at a screening of “Is This Thing On?” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in December. Getty Images

“Well, there’s a lot,” Arnett, 55, began. “And then I was gonna say, because we keep reading everybody thinks that Bradley’s had plastic surgery.”

“Everybody keeps saying that,” the comedian continued. “I’m like, ‘What people don’t know is that he hasn’t.’ Right?”

After Bateman, 56, chimed in to clarify that Cooper “hasn’t” had plastic surgery, the “A Star Is Born” director stepped up to address the matter himself.


  Cooper at a screening of “Is This Thing On?” in New York City. Variety via Getty Images Cooper at a screening of “Is This Thing On?” in New York City. Variety via Getty Images

“No,” Cooper told the co-hosts. “I get people [coming] up to me the last couple of weeks. They’re like, ‘Oh, you look good!’ Yeah, but it’s a crazy…”

Arnett then cut off Cooper before he could finish his sentence.

“But it did make me think … it made me mad because people say that all the time, and it’s a hilarious thing,” the “Arrested Development” alum said. “Everybody thinks that they know. You know, you read that bulls–t stuff.”


  Cooper in 2001. WireImage Cooper in 2001. WireImage

  Cooper at the 69th BFI London Film Festival in October. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for BFI Cooper at the 69th BFI London Film Festival in October. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for BFI

The rumors that Cooper had plastic surgery started last year when the actor-turned-filmmaker stepped out to begin promoting his and Arnett’s new movie, “Is This Thing On?”

Fans rushed to social media shortly after to speculate why he looked so different, while others suggested he received “eyelid surgery,” a “brow lift” and “fillers.”

“Bradley Cooper still killing it on the red carpet!” one person wrote on X on Oct. 11. “Style on point, regardless of the plastic surgery chatter.”

“Whoa, WTF is going on with lovable famous men and plastic surgery?” added another. “First Keanu Reeves tore apart his own face. Now Bradley Cooper does something to his own eyes. There’s vanity even in nice people.”


  Cooper at the 96th Annual Academy Awards in 2024. FilmMagic Cooper at the 96th Annual Academy Awards in 2024. FilmMagic

“Women get a lot of s–t from people whenever they get plastic surgery but how have we not brought up Bradley Cooper?” commented a third.

This isn’t the first time the “Hangover” star has come under fire for his transformed look.

Cooper caused controversy when he utilized heavy prosthetics to portray the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein in the 2023 biopic “Maestro.”


  Leonard Bernstein in 1970. Getty Images Leonard Bernstein in 1970. Getty Images

  Cooper as Bernstein in “Maestro.” AP Cooper as Bernstein in “Maestro.” AP

Although Cooper ultimately defended his decision to use a prosthetic nose to play the famed Jewish conductor, critics argued that the added appendage was antisemitic.

“I thought, ‘Maybe we don’t need to do it,’ ” Cooper told “CBS Mornings” amid the controversy. “But it’s all about balance, and, you know, my lips are nothing like Lenny’s, and my chin. And so we had that, and it just didn’t look right [without the prosthetic].” 

He added, “The truth is … I’d done this whole process out of love, and it’s so clear to me where I come from.”


  Gigi Hadid and Cooper in New York City in September. GC Images Gigi Hadid and Cooper in New York City in September. GC Images

Cooper, who has a daughter with ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk, made headlines more recently in connection with his two-year relationship with Gigi Hadid.

An insider close to the couple claimed Cooper asked Hadid’s mother, Yolanda, for the model’s hand in marriage.

“Her mom, Yolanda, is on board, so that was a no-brainer,” the source told Daily Mail last month. “But Gigi telling her father [Mohamed Hadid] she wants to marry Bradley is a big step, it’s much more official.”

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