If you've seen video of the commercial break Bradley comes over and talks to Will, placing his hands on Will's shoulder. I'm curious as to what he actually said, and if he thought Will did the right thing.
Here is a picture of the moment: https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/03/1862/1048/Bradley_Cooper_Will_Smith_Oscars.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
I'm sure he's telling him to remember the world is watching, and it's not the best place to act like a ghetto thug.
share"You look like a giraffe".
shareThe night was a little light on stars in general, and COVID still overhung the proceedings...the stars in the "front rows" weren't packed together but rather spread out (at tables?) So there were not too many stars around Will to have to deal with it.
Thanks to his nomination for MacBeth, Denzel was down there near Will Smith, which put a fellow African-American "in position" to take Will Smith aside after his outburst . And I believe that Tyler Perry came down to join the comfort session.
..which left Bradley Cooper (embarrassedly, I say) as the "nearest white star in proximity to the whole thing," so he had to get involved.
Cooper was down there representing two Oscar-nominated movies for which he personally had NOT been nominated -- Nightmare Alley and Licorice Pizza. Neither won anything(as I recall) but those two movies fatefully put Bradley Cooper in proximity to a historic Oscar event, and in the uncomfortable role of "the white guy in the middle of the fracas."
I'm sure he said something nice.
"Never go full retard!"
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