The whole "Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga Exploding Bonfire of Chemistry at the Oscars" performance caught Narnia Dispatch's attention, but maybe not for the same reason it did for many other viewers.
And the red flags were caused in part by the immediate, OTT
— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 25, 2019
Love that "straight" insertion, Mr. Mack. This gal is from Entertainment Weekly:
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) February 25, 2019
— Lady Gaga Media ⭐️ (@GagaMediaDotNet) February 25, 2019
Just wow at this one.
— 🌹 (@fabulousfeed) February 25, 2019
When you see Dan "Fig" Wootton and the Sun involved...
Is this really the last act for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper? The way they looked into each other’s eyes at end of Shallow certainly doesn’t suggest so #oscars pic.twitter.com/rUIIWSVYLE— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) February 25, 2019
"I was like, are they doin' it?" Tiffany Haddish saying what we were ALL thinking re: that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga #Oscars performance. 😂 pic.twitter.com/gZbtbATIZh— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) February 25, 2019
Um, the way Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are looking at each other right now just sent us FLYING OUT OF OUR BODIES!!! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/xGjBem7baW— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) February 25, 2019
Yep, looks like the media was doing their part to help sell. And who can blame unaware viewers after that "move" by Lady Gaga. Let's see that again, Gaga. This takes the cake.
— E! News (@enews) February 25, 2019
And then you know what they did? They did this to everyone:
Lady Gaga responds to Bradley Cooper #Oscars chemistry: "People saw love and guess what? That's what we wanted you to see." https://t.co/6VkE1HDzHQ pic.twitter.com/bA6Bd99SvG— ABC News (@ABC) February 28, 2019
The eye roll at you, the viewers. Didn't you know this is on you?
Lady Gaga Addresses Bradley Cooper Romance Rumors With Jimmy Kimmel @ladygaga pic.twitter.com/O9blVn0zZx— Jennifer Lobez (@torrielovewwe) March 1, 2019
Translation: What's the matter with you folks?
— Vulture (@vulture) February 28, 2019
Nothing to see here! We fooled you! So stop shipping us because we can't be bothered with either of us going through another fauxmance. Besides, Bradley's already got a contract going on at the moment. ;-)
Interestingly enough, this little announcement was released after the much ballyhooed performance.
Ohhhhhh. Newfound footage to bring folks back to the theaters. Now that is some great fortune, how wonderful for the financial backers and actors. The timing!
Well played, Bradley. Well played.
Now, the only issue for a few of us is, our memories go back a bit further than six months. LOL! And we here at Narnia were spotting something amiss with the "are they or aren't they" floaties that were bobbing like nobody's business in the internet and social media waters.
First of all, there's that matter of Bradley's "dating" history which includes:
Jennifer Lopez - Fall 2011 (following her separation from Marc A.)
Zoe Saldana - end of 2011 (while filming together)
Olivia Wilde - 2011 (busy boy in 2011, wasn't he?)
Denise Richards - "rumors"
Cameron Diaz - "allegedly" 2007-2008
Renee Zellweger - (while filming 2009 thru supposedly 2011)
Jennifer Esposito (a four month marriage)
That's quite the list of
Leo DiCaprio:
Ryan Reynolds:
when it was rumored they were going to star in an action flick together, Ry-Ry and Bradley were seen in Vancouver with professional beard Renee Zellweger along for the outing. Look what a pup-face Ryan was then:
Gerard Butler at the 2013 Wimbledon:
(The next year 2014 at Wimbledon was a bit more low-key)
Dax Shepard:
Ben Affleck:
He just lights up, doesn't he? ;-) And then the Victor Garber blind vice and Nikki Finke's not-so-subtle shoutout in her column:
"Bradley Cooper and Kate Hudson presenting. Someone give Kate a cookie: I know the mags said she was fat 3 years ago but, jeez, she’s now wasting away to nothing. As for Bradley Cooper, he and Ryan Seacrest really need to redo their closets." - wink
Victor Garber:
From 2015 at Sardi's:
Then there is one past public relationship of Bradley Cooper's that really stands out, and that was the four-month "marriage" between him and Jennifer Esposito way back in 2006. This look-back, in fact, comes about because of that Oscars "chemistry bonfire" last Sunday. Jennifer Esposito made headlines because of her Instagram comment on David Spade's
Bradley Cooper's ex-wife Jennifer Esposito had something to say about his chemistry with Lady Gaga. https://t.co/SJ91QbbZNm pic.twitter.com/PZKB5UAHRc— E! News (@enews) February 26, 2019
Let's take a little stroll down memory lane shall we? True to form,
Jennifer Esposito performed the all-too-common "denial" at first of a romance between her and Cooper in 2006, but soon an engagement was announced by October. An alleged marriage ceremony took place in the south of France in December, and four months later, Pffft! They were done-zo, citing irreconcilable differences. Let's apply the dreaded lightning bolt - the official symbol of a couple break up.
LOL!!! Oh my dog. ;D
While
the couple enjoyed their time together, their marriage would soon take a turn
just four months later when Esposito filed for divorce citing irreconcilable
differences.
A rep
for the actress said in a statement at the time, “Jennifer Esposito has filed
for divorce. She asks that you respect her privacy at this time.”
Cooper’s
rep said in a separate statement, “The divorce was mutual and they’ve been
separated for quite a while.” - People.com
LOL! "Separated for quite a while." They were only supposed to have been married four months! So, a "low-key" wedding ceremony, over in the south of France, together for less than four months and that's all she wrote. Who are we to doubt the veracity of this love story? *snark*
Esposito has since long-moved on, but there's another fascinating gold nuggito to this story. Esposito has a link to one of our OTP halves, and ultimately the OTP as a whole.
Speaking of links, we're going to provide links for two pictures showing this. Because these pictures now seem to only be found here at this "Ability Films Inc" and they have their huge watermark splattered right across the center of the pics. We don't want to infringe on their clearly warning copyright finger-shaking at the bottom of the page. But it's a safe site and we don't mind referencing everyone:
Jennifer Esposito and Austin Nichols outside of Madeos Jul 19 2007
Jennifer Esposito and Austin Nichols outside of Madeos Pic 2
For one thing, the photos are rather mislabeled. They're not "eating" at Madeos. Unless they have sidewalk seating! lol
So this was July 2007 which would have been the summer right after the Bradley Cooper "marriage" that, in hindsight, now has us wondering if those nuptials even took place. Thanks to our timeline loving M&M, let's look at some dates. It was during this summer of 2007 that Austin was busy working on the HBO series, John From Cincinnati.
• The pilot for JFC was filmed in September 2006 around areas of Imperial Beach, California, a community which was quite excited about being used for the location shooting. If the series were to be picked up, it was slated to be aired in late 2007. By November 2006, twelve (12) episodes had been ordered.
• JFC aired on HBO from June 10, 2007 - August 12, 2007
• July 19, 2007 - Austin is photo'd on a dinner "date" with Jennifer Esposito at pap-friendly Madeo's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, CA.
• July 20, 2007 - Austin appears on Jimmy Kimmel to promote the show John From Cincinnati.
• But on August 16, John From Cincinnati was unexpectedly cancelled by HBO.
• Eight days later, on August 24, Austin was arrested for DUI in Jackson, Michigan
• Except for those two obviously planned photos to announce their new relationship, Austin and Esposito were never seen together again.
Now what was Jake doing during this time? The famous Lakers Photos took place in February 2006 and for the remainder of that year, Jake was bouncing between New York City and Los Angeles, eating out, shopping, etc. One photo op with Natalie Portman was squeezed into the midst. In 2007, there were more photos with friends, multiple bike rides with "BFF" Austin Nichols. And the medical visits began.
In April of 2007, Jake visited Austin in the famous John From Cincinnati set visit featured in our Masterpost "Don't Come a Rockin...Yet". On April 8, Easter Sunday, Jake was seen holding a child age-appropriate chocolate bunny as he stepped out with the G-family.
More photos eating out, jogging, walking dogs, the Borders sighting, out with "family and friends". In November 2006, Jake was photo'd with future beard, Reese Witherspoon on the set of Rendition in LA to lay the groundwork for their spring "are they or aren't they?" rumored fling. The picture had to be floated out early because Jake and Reese did not film one scene together:
Seed planting. By July 2007, they were being "spotted" together, dodging cameras and playing Greta Garbo. Austin's television series, which was in trouble already, was cancelled. And the rest is as they say is history. Jake and Witherspoon went on to beard/merkin for one another until late 2009. Officially, "breaking up" on December 14, 2009.
Looking at Jake's on-his-own-out-and-abouts (or was he just biding his time for something to happen) throughout 2006 and part of 2007 while Austin was working on JFC and lining up a beard, makes us at Narnia think that the original plan was for Austin to be the franchise series operator with John From Cincinnati, and Jennifer Esposito was being lined up to be his official beard. The fact that their "relationship" was done-zo after the show cancellation reflects that Esposito was most definitely an experienced beard after her short stint with Bradley Cooper in 2006. One can see why Jake's people thought that she would be a perfect match for Austin's closet. Talk about speed dating. LOL!
Interestingly and fortunately as well, note that John From Cincinnati was filmed in Imperial Beach, CA, in the southern most part of California, but convenient to Santa Monica/Los Angeles/Venice, the frequent home turf of both Austin and Jake. It would have been the perfect situation for a young family, geographically, and job-wise.
Baby Tile was born in October 2007. The John From Cincinnati trailer visit and the chocolate bunny picture in early April would have occurred at the end of the first trimester, a time that all young couples love to celebrate and come out with the stork announcement of "We're expecting!" to friends and family.
But life doesn't always work out according to the best laid plans, does it? Jake and Austin's life together has had several roadblocks thrown in their path, including Reese Witherspoon bailing on her contract with Jake and picking up with Jim Toth only three months later, leaving Jake suddenly without a beard and then taking up with Taylor Swift in October 2010 to compensate. We all know how fast that fakery came and went. I believe their fauxmance lasted a total of 48 days. Looks like Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito beat them. But, Austin and Jennifer's "one night stand" on the sidewalk wins the grand prize in the end. Got to love it!
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5 comments:
Huge thank you's go to M&M for her assistance in editing. She's always needing to tighten up and correct some of my wayward dates. LOL. I have horrible patience and it's during this part that always has me biting bricks.
But this post needed to be done. I didn't realize that Lady Gaga had acted like she had to "stop herself" from kissing Bradley. Oh, stop it. Criminetley's. What did they think the public was going to think?
And yes, you could say "oh of course they're acting! Who can't see that?"
Well, when you have the major media feeding the "are they or aren't they" and twitter accounts also helping out, you can lead the public over the highest of cliffs. They're going to follow right over into oblivion.
Do not play with people like that. It pisses me off to no end.
And then to smack everyone's hand or treat everyone like "Oh, come on, we were just acting!" No. Don't do that. Don't put it on the audience/fans.
Mgmnt teams do this all the time - they put feelings/emotions back onto the public/fans and guilt trip them.
Plus, both of these individuals get het cred up the whazoo. And we just talked about Bradley here. ;-)
I had tweeted a short while back when I had started working on this post that for about five minutes, Austin & Jake's story gets me a little soft when you see what happened with John From Cincinnati, the cancellation, the DUI, etc etc.
But nowadays it's not even five minutes, it's more like five seconds.
Don't feel sorry for these two. Like Jared & Jensen, these four men are hitting their 40's and they don't have to take things to the extreme that they are. With both couples, you've got one OTP half erasing the other one in the press. Jensen's latest press rounds are all about the erasing of Jared. Jake has erased Austin for years.
There's a difference between low-key and omitting.
And then just plain old, proactive, OTT erasing.
But looking at all the photos of Bradley with his buds cracked me up. He's so different than when he's with his beards.
His team has done an excellent job of re-doing his image. And look at him now. The Shallow performance was brilliantly staged. And it fooled many.
Whew! Busy morning already. We will be posting soon, but the delay has been because we're going to cut one of the topics out because it needs to stand on its own now. After doing further research, we've made some interesting discoveries and that the topic needs its own post.
So we'll be posting in the near future today. And it won't be as long of a post to weed through like this present one. LOL
How many times can I say "post" in a comment? LOL. Geez, how obnoxious was that
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