Bradley Cooper has stated that he believed his struggle with drugs and alcohol would take his life. In a recent episode of the National Geographic series ‘Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge,’ the 48-year-old actor spoke up about his life’s lows. “You certainly had some wild years?” Grylls, a 49-year-old survivalist, inquired of Bradley. Bradley replied, “In terms of drugs and alcohol, yes, but not in terms of fame at all.”. “However, I was fortunate. I became sober at the age of 29 and have been sober for 19 years. Very fortunate.” Bradley previously stated that he sought solace in narcotics after severing his Achilles tendon and “getting fired/quit” the series “Alias” in 2003.

He has previously spoken openly about his cocaine and alcohol addictions. Bradley stated that his road to rehabilitation began in 2004 when his then-roommate & actor Will Arnett sat him down and spoke with him. As a result of his father’s death from lung cancer in 2011, Bradley’s battle with addiction resumed. “I definitely had a nihilistic attitude towards life after that, as if I was thinking, ‘I’m going to die,'” he recounted. It wasn’t great for a while, but then I realized I had to embrace myself and try to find my peace with who I am, and then it started to get better.” After facing criticism, Bradley went on to direct ‘A Star Is Born,’ in which he co-starred with Lady Gaga and played the role of Jackson Maine, a drug addict.

“I Definitely Had A Nihilistic Attitude”: Actor Bradley Cooper States Alcohol And Drug Addiction Nearly Killed Him

Bradley Cooper said that he once thought his drug and alcohol addiction would take his life. In a recent episode of the hit National Geographic series “Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge,” the 48-year-old “Hangover” star had an open and honest conversation about the lowest periods in his life. “You definitely had some wild years?” legendary survivalist Grylls, 49, addressed the actor in the Wyoming Basin’s craggy canyons. “As for alcohol and drugs, yes, but nothing to do with fame,” Cooper said. “However, I was fortunate. I became sober at the age of 29 and have been sober for 19 years. Very fortunate.” Cooper has previously spoken about his alcohol and cocaine addiction, claiming that he sought solace in substances after he ruptured his Achilles tendon and “got fired/quit” the action-thriller series “Alias” in 2003. The troubled actor credits his then-roommate and fellow actor Will Arnett with sitting him down and having a harsh chat with him in 2004 that set Cooper on the path to rehabilitation.

Cooper admitted to Grylls that when his father died of lung cancer in his arms in January 2011, he nearly fell off the wagon again. “I definitely had a nihilistic attitude towards life after that, as if I was thinking, ‘I’m going to die,'” Cooper recounted. “Honestly, for a while, it wasn’t great until I understood I had to accept who I was and find peace with that, and then it sort of evened out.” The actor weathered the uproar and went on to direct and feature opposite Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born,” in which he portrayed addict Jackson Maine. “Getting into it was a lot easier,” Cooper said of his Oscar-nominated performance. “And thank goodness I was at a point in my life whereby I was at ease with all of that because I was able to really let myself go.”I’ve been incredibly fortunate in the roles I’ve had. It’s been a huge help. “I hope I get to do it again,” he added. Cooper’s next project is the already contentious Netflix film “Maestro,” a Leonard Bernstein biography in which he wears a big prosthetic nose. Social media users turned the actor into the centre of a “Jewface” dispute, while Bernstein’s three children defended him, saying their composer/conductor father, who died in 1990, “would have been fine with it as well.”

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