{"id":2007504,"date":"2023-08-21T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bradley-cooper-says-hes-lucky-to-have-gotten-sober-after-battle-with-drugs-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T20:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:53:39","slug":"bradley-cooper-says-hes-lucky-to-have-gotten-sober-after-battle-with-drugs-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bradley-cooper-says-hes-lucky-to-have-gotten-sober-after-battle-with-drugs-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Cooper grateful for sobriety after drug, alcohol struggle."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbradley-cooper-says-hes-lucky-to-have-gotten-sober-after-battle-with-drugs-alcohol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007504&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Superstar \u2063Bradley Cooper&#8217;s Battle with Addiction<\/h2>\n<p>Superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-was-so-lost-bradley-cooper-reveals-when-he-realized-he-had-a-problem-with-drugs-and-the-actor-who-helped-him-turn-everything-around\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bradley Cooper<\/a> didn\u2019t beat around the bush and said he\u2019s lucky to have been sober \u2014 for nearly\u200d 20 years now \u2014 following a battle with alcohol and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bradley-cooper-says-hes-lucky-to-have-gotten-sober-after-battle-with-drugs-alcohol\/\" title=\"Bradley Cooper grateful for sobriety after drug, alcohol struggle.\">drug addiction early<\/a> in his career.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u200b48-year-old actor\u2019s appearance on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/tv\/shows\/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-the-challenge\/episode-guide\/season-02\/episode-01-bradley-cooper-in-the-canyons-of-wyoming\/vdka33842969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge,<\/a>\u201d Cooper opened up \u2062about his sobriety and admitted that he had some \u201cwild years,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/bradley-cooper-opens-up-about-his-sobriety-i-was-lucky-210074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018The Hangover\u2019 was\u200d pretty career\u2063 changing,\u201d the actor\u200d said. \u201cI was\u2062 36 when that \u200chappened so I was already in the game for 10 years just banging around, so I didn\u2019t get lost in fame. In terms\u200c of alcohol and drugs, yeah, but nothing to do with fame, though.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bradley Cooper: &#8220;\u2018The Hangover\u2019 was pretty career\u2063 changing. I\u2063 was 36 when that happened, so I was already in the game for 10 years\u2026 I didn\u2019t get lost in fame. In terms of alcohol and drugs, yeah. But that had nothing to do with fame.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QV9wZsWomr\">https:\/\/t.co\/QV9wZsWomr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1693642111076147653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBut I was lucky,\u201d he \u200badded. \u201cI got sober\u200c at 29 years old, and I\u2019ve been \u2062sober for 19 years. I\u2019ve been very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d \u2062star also\u200c explained that the personal battle with addiction he went through helped him with his role as the aging \u200crocker Jackson Maine in \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d reboot alongside \u2063Lady Gaga.\u2063 In the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1517451\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_A%2520star%2520Is%2520Born\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine<\/a> \u201chelps a young singer [Gaga] find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-failing-says-newsmax-well-probably-overtake-them-in-the-next-six-months\/\" title=\"Fox News Failing, Says Newsmax: \u201cWe\u2019ll Probably Overtake Them In The Next Six Months\u201d\">downward spiral<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt made it easier to be able to really enter in there,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd thank goodness I\u2063 was at a place\u200d in my \u200blife \u200dwhere I was at ease\u2062 with all of that, so I could really let myself go,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve been\u200d very lucky with\u2063 the roles I\u2019ve had to play. It\u2019s\u2064 been a real blessing. I hope I get to \u200ckeep doing \u200cit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one point, \u201cThe A-Team\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bradley-cooper-discusses-approach-to-fatherhood-learn-from-your-predecessors-mistakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">star<\/a> shared some rare comments about his own late father \u2063Charles and fatherhood, as the actor himself is dad to daughter Lea De Seine with ex-girlfriend model Irina Shayk, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, you learn\u200d from your predecessor\u2019s mistakes and I\u2019ll make tons that hopefully Lea will learn from and then being rigorous with myself to\u200c grow,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cTo help unburden her with any of my bulls***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The host pressed the actor and said it\u2019s one \u201cof the best things you can do for Lea, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for me,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-meant-to-hurt-anybody-macy-gray-continues-responding-to-backlash-says-being-a-woman-is-something-i-am-very-proud-of\/\" title=\"\u2018Never Meant To Hurt Anybody\u2019: Macy Gray Continues Responding To Backlash, Says \u2018Being A Woman\u2019 Is \u2018Something I Am Very Proud Of\u2019\">superstar replied<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s for me too. It just makes life much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-was-so-lost-bradley-cooper-reveals-when-he-realized-he-had-a-problem-with-drugs-and-the-actor-who-helped-him-turn-everything-around\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018I Was So \u200cLost\u2019: Bradley Cooper \u200dReveals When He Realized He\u2063 Had \u2018A Problem With Drugs\u2019 And The Actor Who Helped Him Turn Everything Around<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superstar Bradley Cooper openly acknowledged his gratitude for nearly two decades of sobriety. Despite facing alcohol and drug addiction in his early career, the 48-year-old actor expressed his appreciation during an interview on &#8220;Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge.&#8221; Cooper shared his journey towards sobriety with honesty and transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2007505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}