Jamie Chung Recalls ‘Awkward’ Gym Moment With Bradley Cooper in Thailand, Reveals Which Costar Is a ‘Dog Whisperer’
usmagazine.comSpilling the tea! Jamie Chung remembered an uncomfortable gym incident with Bradley Cooper and his then-girlfriend, Renée Zellweger, while filming The Hangover Part II.“We were in Thailand and he was dating Renée Zellweger and I’m so awkward and uncomfortable,” Chung, 38, exclusively told Us Weekly during a recent game of “Costar Secrets,” reflecting on what it was like working with Cooper, 47. “I’m so awkward on set.
I don’t know why. I guess people make me nervous and I’m always like, ‘Oh, will they like me?’ It’s terrible.”The California native, who played Lauren in the 2011 film, pointed to one particular moment in the gym when she crashed and burned while trying to speak to Zellweger, 52 — and Cooper saw it all go down.“I was like, ‘Hey, hi,’ you know, trying to make small talk.
And Renee had these, like, sound-canceling earphones on and didn’t hear me,” Chung said. “And I was, like, felt so [deflated].
And Bradley — I remember — just looks over and he saw the whole thing.”The Lovecraft Country alum added that the A Star Is Born actor just shrugged his shoulders in response as she “stumbled out of the gym.”While Chung remembered being embarrassed in Thailand with Cooper — who split from Zellweger in March 2011 after less than two years of dating — her experience working with Michael C.
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