How Gigi Hadid Dove Into a Deep Relationship With Bradley Cooper
Gigi Hadid Breaks Silence on Bradley Cooper Relationship
Saying no to dating is so last season for Gigi Hadid.
A few years back, the model cryptically shared a photo of an 87-old-woman holding a sign saying, “Dating Advice: Don’t.” Which, naturally, the internet took to be a telling window into Hadid’s state of mind.
But then she connected with Bradley Cooper and a new romance was born.
It’s been a year and a half since Hadid and the Maestro auteur were first spotted enjoying autumn in New York together. And while initially those sightings could have just signaled the beginning of a beautiful friendship, holding hands in London, hanging out on Valentine’s Day and kissing at dinner soon made their couple status undeniable.
And what are Cooper, 50, and Hadid, 29, bonding over, you might ask?
“I respect him so much as a creative,” Hadid told Vogue in an interview published Mar. 11. “And I feel that he gives so much to me: encouragement and, just, belief. For those people you admire to encourage you, it can create so much belief in yourself. Like, whatâs the worst thing if I auditioned for this? You jump and take the leap.”
Though, diving in with Cooper after they met at a backyard birthday party for a mutual friend’s child was less of leap of faith and more coming to terms with what she needed out of her person.Â
“I think just getting to the point where knowing what you want and deserve in a relationship is essential,” she explained to Vogue. “And then to find someone that is in a place in their life where they know what they want and deserveâŠand you both do work separately to come together and be the best partner that you can be.”
A shrewd take, particularly because Hadid’s humorous advisory against dating was assumed to be her reaction to a sighting of Leonardo DiCaprio, whom she casually dated in 2022, partying at Coachella with Irina Shayk. And, coincidentally, Shayk and Cooperâwho broke up in 2019âremain close as parents of their now-7-year-old daughter Lea.
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Hadid, meanwhile, shares 4-year-old daughter Khai with ex Zayn Malikâwho, incidentally, is spending his time these days on a farm in Pennsylvania, where Philadelphia Eagles fanatic Cooper happens to be from.
And though Cooper lived in L.A., where Hadid grew up, for years, he ended up moving to New Yorkâwhere Hadid’s been living since she graduated from high schoolâbecause that’s where Shayk’s career was based.
So, while none of these things necessarily have anything to do with each other, it’s all awfully convenient just the same.
It took a beat, though, for Hadid and Cooper to fully hard launch their relationship.
Cooper brought mom Gloria Campano to the Golden Globes (Hadid joined them for dinner afterward) and the Oscarsâhost Jimmy Kimmel made sure to take note of their frequent togetherness in his monologueâand Lea reportedly was his date to the 10th Breakthrough Prize gala last April at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in L.A.
He hit the red carpet solo, but it was a return appearance at the museum for Lea, who attended the premiere of Maestroâin which she had a bit role as Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie, played older in the film by Maya Hawkeâin December with her dad.
But then the pair seemed to crash through the surfaceâCooper popping up in photos from Hadid’s birthday dinner, diving into the Mediterranean Sea during their stay aboard a yacht off the coast of Italy in September and running errands while out in Venice Beach, Calif. months later.Â
Their favorite sort of date night, though, involves catching their pals on Broadwayâand all that jazz.Â
But as for taking their romance to the stage, well, let’s just say we aren’t holding our collective breath for a Cooper cameo on Hadid’s Instagram. Though she described their union to the fashion bible as “very romantic and happy,” she noted, “Itâs just not part of our relationship to share for whatever reason.”
While she used to give fans a look at scenes from her relationship with Malik, which ended in 2021, the face of Miu Miu and Maybelline knew she was damned if she did or didn’t.
“If I post what I think would be normal to post with your boyfriend then the comments are, ‘It’s extra’, ‘it’s forced’, ‘it’s fake,'” she told British Vogue in 2018. “And then if I don’t do enough then they’re like, ‘They’re not really together,’ so it’s kind of always a battle. But I do what feels true to me and I try to do it with integrity and all I can hope is that people would see it’s real.”
But as for taking their romance to the stage, well, let’s just say we aren’t holding our collective breath for a Cooper cameo on Hadid’s Instagram. Though she described their union to the fashion bible as “very romantic and happy,” she noted, “Itâs just not part of our relationship to share for whatever reason.”
While she used to give fans a look at scenes from her relationship with Malik, which ended in 2021, the face of Miu Miu and Maybelline knew she was damned if she did or didn’t.
“If I post what I think would be normal to post with your boyfriend then the comments are, ‘It’s extra’, ‘it’s forced’, ‘it’s fake,'” she told British Vogue in 2018. “And then if I don’t do enough then they’re like, ‘They’re not really together,’ so it’s kind of always a battle. But I do what feels true to me and I try to do it with integrity and all I can hope is that people would see it’s real.”
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And Cooper, while he loves directing and starring in a love story, is famously private about his own personal life, even when it’s being dutifully chronicled by paparazzi.
But he and Hadid aren’t sitting around being hermits, either, so do enjoy the photos of their romance as it continues to blossom:
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October 2023:Â A Couple Is Born
Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid sparked romance rumors after they were spotted having dinner with friends at Italian hotspot Via Carota in New York City Oct. 5.
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November 2023: Conversations With Friends
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January 2024: Meeting the Parents
By the new year, Gigi and Bradley had taken the next step in their relationship: meeting the parents. In fact, the supermodel joined Bradley and his mother Gloria Campano for dinner at Los Angeles’ Giorgio Baldi after the 2024 Golden Globes on Jan. 7.
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January 2024: Across the Pond
The couple officially confirmed their romance when they stepped out holding hands during a visit to London on Jan. 25.
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February 2024: A Joyful Valentine’s Day
The couple was far from the shallow on Valentine’s Day. Their love story continued to heat up during an outing in the Big Apple, where they were spotted arm-in-arm and wearing matching outfits.
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February 2024: Romance in Residence
Bradley played the role of supportive boyfriend as they visited Gigi’s Guest in Residence boutique on Feb. 26.
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March 2024: PDA Alert
Bradley and Gigi packed on the PDA as they dined at Via Carota March 14, the same restaurant they were first spotted at together in October. This time, they were joined by Queer Eye stars Antoni Porowski and Tan France, who is also Gigi’s Next in Fashion co-host.
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March 2024: Musical Date Night
The couple enjoyed a date night at a performance of Sweeney Todd on Broadway, later posing backstage with cast member Joanna Carpenter.
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November 2024: Enjoying the Razzle Dazzle
Among the duo’s favorite activities: Catching a Broadway performance, and all that jazz. “Bradley has opened me up to going to the theater more,” Gigi shared in an April 2025 Vogue cover profile, months after they saw Alyssa Milano in Chicago, “and thatâs something thatâs so nice to bring back into my life.”
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November 2024: They Love NY
More than a year after their NYC outing sparked romance rumors, the couple dove back into the city with a stroll through the NoHo neighborhood.Â
(This story was originally published April 23, 2024 at 4 a.m. PST.)
