Will Arnett

Cooper recalled the moment a hard conversation with Arnett changed his life on the SmartLess podcast.

I was like, ‘Oh, the guy that I think is doing mean humor is telling me the truth about that.’ … And it changed my entire life.” It truly was Will Arnett—he is the reason.” “And that was like, the first time I realized I had a problem with drugs and alcohol. “‘And by the way, have your dogs gone out to the bathroom?’ And I was like, ‘What? What time is it?’ ‘It’s four o’clock.’ ‘Oh, no.’ ‘I think they have to go to the bathroom, they’re literally standing by the door,’” Cooper remembered their conversation. Cooper went deep during the SmartLess discussion with Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes. He explained of his troubled twenties: “I was so lost and I was addicted to cocaine,” adding that “I severed my Achilles tendon right after I got fired-slash-quit Alias” which compounded his problems. I thought I was killing,’” Cooper shared.

Speaking on a podcast, Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper says Will Arnett helped him get his life back on track in the early 2000s.

“I did have the benefit of that happening when I was 29,” which came before his career exploded with the first blockbuster installment of “The Hangover” movie franchise in 2009. “There’s fast parts and slow parts,” Bateman added. “It has been awesome seeing you in this place and seeing you comfortable. And it helped that it was the guy that I thought I was emulating,” Cooper said. I was so lost, and I was addicted to cocaine, and that was the other thing, [I injured] my Achilles tendon...,” Cooper said of the low point in his life. It’s just the absolute greatest thing.” It is truly Will Arnett. He is the reason. I was like, ‘Oh, the guy that I think is doing mean humor is telling me like the truth about that,’ and it changed my entire life,” the 47-year-old shared on the podcast. “That moment was when I stopped pursuing this sort of mean humor thing.” “Will is the reason. I thought I was killing.’ Will Arnett was like, ‘You were a real a—, man. “That was like the first time I ever realized I had a problem with drugs and alcohol.

Bradley Cooper is opening up about his past drug and alcohol abuse and shared who helped him through some tough times.

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Bradley Cooper opened up about his struggles with substance abuse and alcohol before his rise to fame, and he credits his pal Will Arnett with helping him ...

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I listen to a fair amount of the Smartless podcast, and the thing that usually surprises me the most about it is how many A-list stars that hosts Jason ...

“Will is the reason — he took that risk of having that hard conversation with me in July 2004 — that put me on a path to changing my life. The guy I thought was doing mean humor was telling me the truth about that, and it changed my entire life. To that point, during the podcast, Cooper also spoke about a period in his career around Wedding Crashers when the sense of humor in Hollywood was “mean.” Cooper, in an effort to mimic this sense of humor, often aggressively insulted other people to fit in. I thought I was killing it,” Cooper said. The Smartless podcast, where he was refreshingly honest about his past struggles with addiction and insecurities, only seemed to confirm as much. I listen to a fair amount of the Smartless podcast, and the thing that usually surprises me the most about it is how many A-list stars that hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes are close friends with.

Cooper said when he was feeling lost and dealing with addiction early in his career, it was fellow actor Will Arnett who helped him recover.