Bradley Cooper Reflects On 'Wild Years' Before Getting Sober

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Bradley Cooper is reflecting on the “wild” days back when he was still drinking. While traversing the snowy canyons of Wyoming with adventure specialist Bear Grylls, the 48-year-old let his guard down to discuss his journey to sobriety — and how it even helped inform one of his most famous roles!

During a recent episode of National Geographic’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge, the Wedding Crashers actor reflected on the “career changing” path stardom has taken him on: Related: Britney Spears Has A WILD Night Following Split From Sam Asghari! Now nearing 50, the Academy Award-nominated creative has definitely settled into a more focused lifestyle, but that isn’t to say he didn’t have his fair share of partying years.

Grylls posed the question, “But you definitely had some wild years,” to which Cooper opened up: He continued: However, he did share that his former struggles with addiction actually helped him to really connect with his role of alcoholic rocker Jackson Maine in 2018’s A Star is Born, which he directed and starred in alongside Lady GaGa.

But thankfully, it didn’t all throw a wrench in the progress he’d made. He explained: He added: We’re sure it’s pretty surreal to look back on how far he’s come! Related: Tori Spelling Reveals She’s Been Hospitalized Last summer, the Nightmare Alley star opened up on the SmartLess podcast about his battle with cocaine addiction in his 20s, reflecting on a time he hit rock bottom: He added that he had “zero self-esteem” at the time, but that he “had the benefit” of it all happening by the time he was just 29 so he could mature and move past it with a lot of life to live in a healthy way ahead of him.