FACT CHECK: No, Bradley Cooper Did Not Pee Himself On Stage While Accepting A Grammy With Lady Gaga

The video comes from the movie "A Star is Born," not the Grammys.

Leonard Bernstein's children say their father 'would have been fine with' actor Bradley Cooper's decision to alter the appearance of his nose while playing Bernstein in a film



Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein, the children of the late composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, said in a statement that they have no problem with actor Bradley Cooper's decision to alter the appearance of his nose while portraying their father in a film.

According to an IMDb page on "Maestro," Cooper co-wrote, directed, and acted in the upcoming film.

Bernstein, who died more than three decades ago, was the son of Jewish immigrants, according to leonardbernstein.com.

Bernstein's children said that their father had a large nose. They pushed back against criticism targeting Cooper for changing his own nose's appearance for the movie, and noted that their father would not have had a problem with the move either.

"Bradley Cooper included the three of us along every step of his amazing journey as he made his film about our father. We were touched to the core to witness the depth of his commitment, his loving embrace of our father's music, and the sheer open-hearted joy he brought to his exploration. It breaks our hearts to see any misrepresentations or misunderstandings of his efforts," the Bernsteins said in their statement.

"It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose. Bradley chose to use makeup to amplify his resemblance, and we're perfectly fine with that. We're also certain that our dad would have been fine with it as well. Any strident complaints around this issue strike us above all as disingenuous attempts to bring a successful person down a notch -- a practice we observed all too often perpetrated on our own father.

"At all times during the making of this film, we could feel the profound respect and yes, the love that Bradley brought to his portrait of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, our mother Felicia. We feel so fortunate to have had this experience with Bradley, and we can't wait for the world to see his creation," their statement concluded.

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Actor Bradley Cooper reveals he was held at knifepoint in NYC while picking up toddler from school: '[I'd] gotten way, way too comfortable in the city'



Actor Bradley Cooper recently revealed his personal harrowing experience of being held at knifepoint while on his way to pick up his child at her New York City school.

He was unhurt in the incident.

What are the details?

Cooper told fellow actor Dax Shepard during a recent "Armchair Expert" podcast that he was traveling the subway system of New York City en route to pick up his daughter from her downtown school when he was accosted by a stranger and held at knifepoint.

Citing his complacency as a reason for not being more aware, Cooper said that he simply had "gotten way, way too comfortable in the city" prior to the incident.

"My guard was down," he admitted.

"I used to walk around New York City all the time with [headphones] on — this was pre-pandemic," Cooper recalled. "I was on the subway, 11:45 to pick Lea up downtown at Russian school, and I got held up at knifepoint."

Cooper said that he "felt somebody coming up" and approaching him, and he initially believed it to be a fan requesting a photo.

"I'm up against the post like it's 'The French Connection' or some s**t and then I, like, turned," he said. "I looked down and I see a knife. ... I remember thinking, 'Oh, it's a nice knife.'"

Cooper said that he was still wearing his headphones when he felt the person approach him.

"I’m just listening to music," he said. "So it's scored, the whole thing is scored. ... I see the person's eyes and I'm taken by how young they are."

At that point, Cooper was able to get off of the subway and began running away from the suspect.

"I jumped over the turnstile, hid around the white, tiled foyer entrance to the subway, took my phone out," he recalled. "He jumped over, running away, and I took a photo of him. Then I chased him up the stairs. He started running up Seventh Avenue. I took two more photographs of him."

Cooper said that he was able to grab the attention of two nearby police officers and told them of his experience on the subway.

"I ran down two police officers in an SUV, showed them the photograph, and I’m, like, talking to them, and the guy kept saying — it was so interesting — he’s like, 'Are you stabbed?' I was like, 'No, no, no.' And he goes, ‘No, check to see if you’re stabbed,’" he continued. "What happens is people gets stabbed and they're in shock. I looked to see if he was right. It was crazy."

Bradley Cooper Hammers Hollywood Awards Season as 'Utterly Meaningless'

The woke Academy Awards has seen its ratings fall through the floor as Americans sick of being lectured to by wealthy elites are tuning out en masse. Now eight-time Oscar nominee actor Bradley Cooper is taking a swing at Hollywood's annual awards circus, calling it "utterly meaningless" and "completely devoid of artistic creation."