Model Gigi Hadid is reflecting on her “very romantic and happy” relationship with actor Bradley Cooper as she plots her next career move.
Hadid graces the cover of Vogue’s April issue and, in the accompanying interview, offered some rare comments about Cooper.
“Bradley has opened me up to going to the theater more, and that’s something that’s so nice to bring back into my life,” Hadid said, noting that the two met at a birthday party for the child of a mutual friend.
As for the couple’s decision to keep their romance low-key, she noted: “You want to give yourself a normal experience of dating, and even for my friends who aren’t public figures, that’s hard. Where do you go? And, what? You just start talking to people? And then there’s another added layer of privacy and security. You want to believe that people are going to have your back and not call TMZ or go on Deuxmoi or whatever, but you just don’t know.”
Cooper and Hadid were first linked in the media in the fall of 2023 after they were spotted dining at Via Carota, a New York eatery also frequented by Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, among other celebrities.
And though the pair have yet to make their red carpet debut, they’ve been spotted together in London, Los Angeles and even vacationing in Italy.
The Vogue interview isn’t the first time Hadid has publicly acknowledged the relationship. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight ahead of her appearance last October at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show, the model explained that Cooper was at home tending to his 7-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine, whom he shares with ex Irina Shayk.
“He’s on dad duty, but so supportive,” she said.
Hadid said one of her favorite pastimes with Cooper is the theater. Recently, they swung by Broadway’s “Chicago” to catch their pal Alyssa Milano in her star turn as Roxie Hart and attended off-Broadway’s “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,” which starred Christopher Abbott and Aubrey Plaza.
Though Hadid is light on specifics, she said Cooper has been urging her to pursue her own dream of appearing on stage in a theatrical production.
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“I respect him so much as a creative, and I feel that he gives so much to me: encouragement and, just, belief,” she told Vogue. “For those people you admire to encourage you, it can create so much belief in yourself. Like, what’s the worst thing if I auditioned for this? You jump and take the leap.”