Lady Gaga Just Totally Nixed Those Bradley Cooper Romance Rumours & Boo, TBH

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Aside from Olivia Colman‘s surprise Best Actress win and subsequent ripper of an acceptance speech, the biggest goss from this year’s Oscars ceremony was the shockingly intimate performance of ‘Shallow‘, from A Star Is Born, by the film’s stars, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

I say “shockingly intimate” because… well, if you haven’t seen it, just look at ’em:

That look! As they’re sharing the piano stool! That LOOK! How could you deny that these two people are Very Deeply And Profoundly In Love?

Well, by recognising that they are actors whose job it is to appear to be in love, for a start.

This appears to be a thought that hasn’t even occurred to legions of A Star Is Born/Gaga fans, who have thoroughly convinced themselves that there’s definitely something goin’ on between Gaga and Coops.

Sorry mates, but I’m here to ruin your party: they are definitely Not in Love.

In an interview on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live‘, Lady Gaga (who brought her Oscar to the show, bless her) put the whole thing to rest.

After bringing up the performance, Kimmel says even he was taken in by the chemistry between the co-stars.

We were watching it at home and we were like, What’s going on between these two? You had such a connection with Bradley, and instantly, people started saying, Oh, they must be in love.

Gaga, to her credit, responded with just… the biggest possible eye-roll. She responded:

People saw love, and guess what, that’s what we wanted you to see. This is a love song, ‘Shallow’. The movie ‘A Star Is Born’ is a love story. We worked so hard, we worked all week on that performance.

There you have it! Who’da thunk that Lady Gaga, a woman whose career has been built on a literal decade of live performance, and Bradley Cooper, an actual actor, would be able to dupe us so well? Guess love is dead after all, shut it down, everyone go home and have a cry.

Watch the whole interview here:

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