Bradley Cooper Opens Up About His Sobriety: 'I Was Lucky'
etonline.comBradley Cooper is getting candid about his sobriety. The 48-year-old actor appeared in a recent episode of and addressed his nearly two-decade journey of being sober.
Cooper was asked at one point whether he had experienced «wild years» in the early days of his fame. " was pretty career changing," he answered Grylls. «I was 36 when that happened so I was already in the game for 10 years just banging around, so I didn’t get lost in fame.
In terms of alcohol and drugs, yeah, but nothing to do with fame, though.»He continued, «But I was lucky. I got sober at 29 years old, and I've been sober for 19 years.
I've been very lucky.» Cooper went on to share how his past experience with addiction helped to shape his performance as rocker Jackson Maine in. «It made it easier to be able to really enter in there,» he said.«And thank goodness I was at a place in my life where I was at ease with all of that, so I could really let myself go,» Cooper added. «I've been very lucky with the roles I've had to play.
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