There’s not really any reason for this story, I was just happy to see Renee Zellwger and her boyfriend Bradley Cooper in the same frame. These photos are from yesterday – Bradley and Renee were leaving a movie theatre and dodging the paparazzi. Of course, Renee is doing most of the dodging, while Bradley looks totally over it. Is it just me, or do these two look like they have zero physical chemistry together? Maybe theirs is an intellectual love affair. Which, you know, isn’t the worst thing. I’ve had intellectual romantic relationships before, and it’s nice to have someone who stimulates you intellectually. But it’s also nice to get laid.
Anyway, there’s this blind item floating around that almost everybody thinks is Zellweger and The Coop. Here goes:
“Which sometime emaciated Hollywood A-lister is demanding that her people step up her arrangement with her current actor beau so that they get engaged quite soon, to help with publicity for her next movie? While he went along with the contracted relationship quite happily his star is rising fast enough for him to have second thoughts about the next step.”
[From Pop Bitch via Gawker]
Now, the Bradley-Cooper-is-gay rumors have been going around forever. My favorite variation on them is “Bradley is gay with Victor Garbor.” Think about that one for a while… doesn’t it seem like Bradley and Garbor would have a lot of physical chemistry together? Anyway, I’m not sure I believe the gay rumors. I think they’re a lot more likely for Bradley than Jake Gyllenhaal, but I’m not totally convinced. Sometimes Bradley beeps on my gaydar, sometimes he just seems… I don’t know, just like he’s a strange bird. But if I’m believing he’s gay, I’m totally down with that blind item. I could totally see how Renee could find herself in a sham marriage.
Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper in LA on December 21, 2009. Credit: WENN.
Ha! Look at him stalking along in the lead, totally ignoring her. What an ass. Yeah, I haven’t seen any photos between the two of them that convince me that there is any real romance type affection going on at all. At all.
It’s too early to tell with this dude. While I think that many Hollywood actors are gay, it’s difficult to tell by looking. There are men who look gay, by gestures, who aren’t and so on. I kind of go on the frequency of breakups and relationship patterns. At this stage, I’m thinking that the Cruises will be divorced when their decade is up. By mid 2010, Clooney will be single ‘and on the prowl’ yet again.
I can totally understand why gay actors hide their sexuality. It just doesn’t work to be openly gay and a leading man (usually a hetero romantic lead) in a film.
I have noticed a lack of chemistry between them all along. I’m glad to know it’s not just me… Every time they pop back up I am surprised they’re still at it.
I don’t think he’s gay. I do think he could do a whole lot better than “Lemonface” Zellweger, though. His star is rising, hers is waning. I know lots of people love her, but she’s just not my taste. Not only is she physically unattractive (only my opinion), but in every interview I’ve ever seen of her, it is blatantly evident that she is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Vapid gets old real quick. And I totally agree that they have zero chemistry.
“It just doesn’t work to be openly gay and a leading man (usually a hetero romantic lead) in a film.”
Well, not with that attitude it doesn’t.
And I’m sure Neil Patrick Harris would beg to differ. Sure, he does TV, but so far so good.
They seem like an odd couple.
I know there have been a lot of rumors about him, but I’m not convinced. He (or his handlers) seem to be trying to set him up as some big Hollywood playboy though, which just seems kind of weird and forced. It makes me like him a little less.
I’m still out on the “is he gay” thing but totally believe this relationship is more PR than TLC, at least for him.
I can see where she could think she needs him to stay relevant while at the same time I can see where this is just temporary for him.
She’s fading and he’s rising.
Um,c’mon…you think tom and katie have a ‘business arrangment?’ Thinkg about it!
What part of this fauxmance w/RZ and BC seems ‘real’?
She’s in on it!!!
The rumor is actually that she is pressuring to have their arrangement upped a notch for the publicity factor for her new movie….and he’s doing just fine acting wise,now,so he’s not sure he needs to take things any further.
There’s nothing real about this relationship other than PR.
It doesn’t take much to see this. It all has a very contrived feeling to it.
If you want to see a real relationship,Shia and Carey Mulligan for starters. The real ones are out there,though they might be few and far between in Hollywood.
I have worked with Renee. She is one of the nicest women in Hollywood. And believe me, she is not vapid in any sense of the word. I truly don’t think that she would get into a beard relationship.
She better hurry up and try and marry him, before he gets to be a big star and moves on to another A lister. She has had some big fish like George Clooney, Jim Carrey and nothing ever seems to work out for her.
She has already been in a sham marriage-let us not forget the Kenny Chesney debacle.
Why are all comments so mean to her? She’s a respected actress, a big star with a solid career. He’s made a movie about a hangover, period. I’ve always hated this cliché, but reading this makes me think that maybe it’s true that women are hard on each other.
He is not gay people. He was married when he was a nobody to another almost-nobody, when he was fairly young. He doesn’t even act gay to me – I don’t know what other people are seeing. He seems like a bit of a jerk. And his type is probably dark-haired (like his ex-wife) so I do believe the blind item, and that he is not that attracted to Renee.
I have to check out The Hangover to see what is suppose to be the big deal about this guy.
Love Renee though. I just wish they’d stop trying to paint her as desperate to land a guy and have babies. They do the same crap to Anniston. To be fair, its also been done to death with George Clooney and now even Gerard Butler. But I wish they’d stop with that.
Not everyone is in a rush tomarry just to end up divorcing. I think Renee falls into that category being that she already had her first marriage annulled or something. Let the woman date and have her fun.
he does nothing for me. more ryan gosling.
“I’ve had intellectual romantic relationships before, and it’s nice to have someone who stimulates you intellectually. But it’s also nice to get laid.”
hahahaha, this is so true! Personally, an intellectual relationship is fine for friendship…but for love and all that…I want fireworks and hot monkey sex.
But that’s just me.
I dunno…I don’t get a vibe from Bradley that he is really into anyone.
He always seems kind of blank to me.
And Gracie, when you find someone who gives you both…Oooooo la la! 😉
“Maybe theirs is an intellectual love affair.” oh gosh, wow. Hmmm, how to say this… Between the two of them I don’t think there are enough brain cells to help an earthworm function…
Maybe that is what you meant: that they are both so stupid, it works!
Yea, I think that is how I will read it!
Sigh. You can’t tell if there is chemistry between a couple by viewing a few split second snapshots. Give me a freaking break.
Would you prefer that they do those other type of paparazzi shots where they hold hands non stop and giddily stare into eachother’s eyes while laughing and smiling broadly? Nahh, because then you all would just be saying the photos were staged for publicity.
It’s a no win situation for these people.
Ron, nice to hear that about Renee. I never worked with her, but she sat in my row at a concert at the Roxy when she was dating Jack White of the White Stripes. She could not have been more polite or low-key to people around her.
I wouldn’t be surprised, really. Kenny Chesney set my gaydar off BIG TIME. Round 2 for a gay wedding? Zero click with these two. She tries too hard since Clooney dumped her.
Thanks, Ron. She seemed genuinely surprised about Kenny Chesney. They got together after he had written a song about her. I doubt a beard would divorce for fraud or the equivalent (can’t remember the term). She doesn’t seem vapid to me either.
Yeah did anyone ever say what the “fraud” meant in their divorce? Or was that just some local legalese jargon?