Bradley Cooper struggled with drug and alcohol addiction before finding fame
nme.comBradley Cooper has spoken out about his past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction.While featuring on the Smartless podcast – hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett – Cooper opened up about the difficult time in his life, before finding fame in 2009’s The Hangover.The actor recalled a time in 2004, where Arnett stopped by his home late in the afternoon and noticed that Cooper hadn’t yet let his dogs outside to relieve themselves. “That was the first time I ever realised I had a problem with drugs and alcohol.“It was Will saying that to me, I’ll never forget it… It changed my entire life.”Cooper went on to say that he had “zero self-esteem” at the time. “I was so lost.
And I was addicted to cocaine, that was the other thing… I severed my Achilles tendon right after I got fired-slash-quit Alias,” he said.Now, however, Cooper is grateful that he endured a dark period before finding fame.“I did have the benefit of that happening when I was 29,” Cooper explained. “I thought I made it when I got a Wendy’s commercial, and I called my dad saying I’m in a hotel that has a window that opens.
In terms of the made-it thing, that’s when I made it. But moving to Los Angeles for Alias, [I was] feeling like I was back in high school: I could not get into any clubs, no girls wanted to look at me.
I was totally depressed.”He continued: “It wasn’t really until The Hangover [that things started to change]. I was 36 when I did The Hangover, so I got to go through all those things before fame even played into my existence on a daily level.
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