Bradley Cooper Says He and Anne Hathaway Initially Became Friends Through Their Kids: 'Dance Parties with Children in My Kitchen'
Cooper shares daughter Lea De Seine, 8, with ex Irina Shayk, while Hathaway shares sons Jonathan, 9, and Jack, 5, with her husband, Adam Shulman
"We started hanging out as parents, having dance parties with children in my kitchen, and I fell in love with both of them,' Cooper saidAnne Hathaway and Bradley Cooper are supporting each other's parenting journeys.
In Vogue's August cover story starring the Mother Mary actress, Cooper shared that he, Hathaway, and her husband, Adam Shulman, have fostered a close friendship as parents. Hathaway shares sons Jonathan, 9, and Jack, 5, with her husband, while Cooper shares daughter Lea De Seine, 8, with his former partner Irina Shayk.
According to Cooper, he and Hathaway — both based in Manhattan — first connected during the pandemic, when they found themselves together in what Vogue called "one of the world's most glamorous COVID pods."
"We started hanging out as parents, having dance parties with children in my kitchen, and I fell in love with both of them,' the actor told the outlet.
Cooper had nothing but praise for Hathaway: "You see how she treats everyone — and it's everyone — she's so kind," he said, adding that The Devil Wears Prada actress has always been "very present and grounded," and "viciously intelligent."
He also noted that Hathaway and Shulman's marriage seemed aspirational, saying that their union is "an emblem for that kind of commitment" and that they seem to "enrich" each other as spouses.
For the most part, Hathaway keeps her boys' lives private. She told PORTER in 2023 that her decision comes from a child's basic need for space to grow on their own.
"It's something I feel is not just essential for my health – I'm on a team, it's my family, and it's not just about me," she said. "My family has needs, and one of the needs of children is that they need to be able to define their own lives."
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Hathaway has been candid about her motherhood journey, which began with her eldest in 2016. She told WSJ Magazine in March 2022 that her two sons changed her whole life perspective — they encouraged a completely new sense of authenticity in her, she said.
"I didn't feel fully landed and fully here until I was a mom. It's not like I was lacking integrity, but it made me want to be completely, on every level, true to my word," she said. "And that meant stopping any nonsense that I had going on inside myself. And it's little breaks that you give yourself sometimes when you know that you're not being your best self."
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