Bradley Cooper’s shorty shorts on the ‘American Sniper’ set: would you hit it?

Bradley Cooper

Here are some photos of Bradley Cooper on the set of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper. Bradley’s been through the wringer in this production. He gained 40 pounds of muscle and grooved pretty hard until he lost the beard, which threw off the balance of his new look. Now Bradley’s wearing shorty shorts to play Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. His co-star is real-life SEAL Kevin Lacz, who was hired as a military consultant, but then Eastwood decided to hire Kevin to play himself. Kinda cool.

What isn’t cool? BCoop in those shorty shorts. The paparazzi have caught Bradley in so many different moments for this movie. He’s had a sniper scene, a wedding scene, a boardwalk scene, and a shorty-shorts scene. I know that the shorts are part of the uniform, but I feel like I’m getting away with something dirty by looking at these photos. He’s supposed to look hot, right? All I see is eccentric, weird Bradley again, and I can’t even see the serial killer eyes.

It will be interesting to see whether this film will make BCoop a three-time Oscar nominee. I feel like Bradley is chasing the Academy big time with his role choices over the past years. By god, he’s going to keep getting nominated until he wins. Will he ever win? The Academy does love it when actors gain or lose weight for roles.

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News

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  1. merski says:

    Gross.

    • mimif says:

      Um. GROSS.

      *Would you hit it, Bedhead?

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        An old sweat sock is sexier than this sh*t.

      • Kiddo says:

        @TheOriginalKitten , and the sock probably smells better too. Those pants are way up the kazoo there.

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        Yup, I see the ugly nose of a mooseknuckle peering out at me.

      • Lindy79 says:

        Mooseknuckle

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

      • Liberty says:

        Speaking of shorty shorts, my husband and his colleagues had breakfast next to BC at a NYC hotel in early May. Mr Liberty called specifically from a hallway to tell me about it. “Liberty dear, this is a surprisingly tiny puffy man we are seeing! Do not be fooled!”

        So shorty shorts on a small size -faux muscle-poofed vanilla man make me personally think of a refrigerated dough product, not sex. Disclaimer: I like the Jean Reno/Sean Connery /Hugh Jackman/Prince Ginger size guys. *Edit – — all that said, Peter Dinklage, in another topic today, is not large of stature, but he is burning hot — I’ve crushed on him since Elf. He has IT. BC….is milk.

        But, to each their own. Go for it , Bedhead, go! Catch Bradley in a pillowcase, and take him home for some sweet loving’ from the oven!

      • Sighs says:

        Tiny and puffy? Ha! How tall is he? I can’t really gauge. That man he is standing next to fills out his costume quite nicely…..

    • ALice says:

      Gross or not, AT LAST!!! A post about a MAN’s booty for a change!!!

    • Lee says:

      Haha! I love that you guys are not buying what Hollywood are shoving down our throats. Maybe the Emu should win an Oscar, then he can get the Oscar curse and go away to the B movie realm forever.

    • delorb says:

      As long as he has that face, no. He just looks like a boring, smirky, jerk. Not attractive. Not attractive at all.

  2. Nicolette says:

    Um, no. Just no.

  3. starrywonder says:

    I feel ill. No. Not even with someone else’s vagina.

  4. eliza says:

    This should be a good movie but then again I am a huge fan of Eastwood’s movies so I might be biased.

  5. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    Noooooooo. Oh, nooooooo.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      Are you sure? TAKE ANOTHER LOOK IF YOU DARE.

    • mimif says:

      Wait, is that a yesss?

    • LadySlippers says:

      What’s really really really sad is he should look hot, like white/blue star smokin’ hot. I mean, this should have all our clothes on the floor and us screeching like we’re in heat.

      And our *actual* response is to slowly scoot away, adding layers of clothes as we go (for insurance purposes obviously).

      Oh Dahling, can you fetch one or two of your pool boys? I need to cleanse my palate now. Like RIGHT NOW. (Consider it urgent, just shy of a life threatening emergency)

      • Kali says:

        Go back to the Pedro post! CALLING OBERYN MARTELL, STAT….

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Two of the finest on the way, dahling. Bringing very strong drinks with them. This was so traumatic. Btw, I never knew you owned a hoodie. You can remove it now, you’re safe.

      • LadySlippers says:

        •GoodNames•

        Oh Dahling, you are SUCH a good friend. Both are massaging me now. Took them *forever* to un-mummify me.

        *takes long sip of cocktail* 🍹

        Shopping today? I’ll meet up with you after….they finish with me. Yes?

        •Kali•

        Ahhhh just what the doctor ordered!

      • Tiffany :) says:

        I kind of wonder if he was tan, if it would look a teeny bit better. I feel like the pale color on his legs makes them look especially doughy.

    • Olenna says:

      STAAPH! I just cant take anymore. You are making Bradley the butt of all of your jokes and their too funny!

  6. Chris says:

    Do SEALs actually wear shorts like that?!? My Lord.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      That’s what I’m wondering. SEALS wear booty shorts?

      If so, I may have to reconsider my lust for them.

      • JudyK says:

        Exactly!

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Me, too. At first I thought he was playing a male exotic dancer, but failing badly.

      • kri says:

        OH, F*CK NO!!! ohmygawd, this is all so very wrong. He looks junkless, and like my old gym teacher, who was a woman, yet wore almost this exact outfit. Oh, jesus, the flashbacks. Honestly, it’s those pink, hamlike thighs that are just making me feel not good. And how can a man be comfy enough to breathe, let alone do manoeuvers? Sweet Mary, this makes me want to Vote For Pedro too.

      • Kate2 says:

        Yeah, I’m thinking the hot-free pictures may not be Cooper’s fault. The short shorts don’t look good on anyone. Sorry.

      • Sighs says:

        I don’t know when this is set, but my father-in-law was a seal, and all his old pics are guys in those short shorts. It was the 70’s-80’s though.

    • FingerBinger says:

      I was going to ask the same thing. I didn’t realize Navy Seals wore booty shorts and slouch socks.

    • Size Does Matter says:

      Seriously, this may have ruined the hotness of all SEALs, forever and always. Maybe that’s a vintage look?

      • mimif says:

        It has to be. No self respecting SEAL would wear those shorts today. Someone investigate immediately please (too lazy).

    • Daria says:

      Yes they do. Those are their water training shorts.

      http://www.stewsmith.com/images/scan0007.jpg

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        Oh! Well, not too terrible after all…at least based on this picture.

        Obviously it’s just The Coop that’s making these shorts so gross.

      • Kali says:

        I would tell Bradley to take styling tips from the actual SEAL but, well, he just looks so pleased with himself in the pics above…

      • Size Does Matter says:

        Real SEALs make it work. Maybe it’s the BC exact flesh color that’s so wrong, making him look like an asexual naked Ken doll.

      • Tiffany :) says:

        Thank you, I needed that. It is like a soothing chaser after some really funky whiskey that burns.

      • melain says:

        Oh yes. Great picture. My faith in Navy Seal wear is restored. Maybe this is the difference between real men and fake Hollywood men. I would hit a real-world man seal, but not the fake.

    • Chicagogurl says:

      Back in the 90’s oh yes! http://brunchbird.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/navyseals.jpg

      not sure about modern day.

  7. neelyo says:

    Ha, those are Lt. Dangle shorts. I can’t get past his face.

  8. PunkyMomma says:

    I’d hit Navy SEAL Kevin like a piñata. But Coop? Nope.

    • Kali says:

      I’m with you on that one. I’m kinda getting a Charlie Hunnam circa Pacific Rim vibe from him…

    • Lucretia says:

      Yes, the real SEAL has beautifully muscled legs.

    • denisemich says:

      me too! no bradley…. he can’t even wear the shorts!!!! but definitely KEVIN!!

    • FLORC says:

      Funny. Kevin shortened his name it seems?

      Weeks ago I went to dinner with a friend and his friend Kevin around the time of that 1st American Sniper thread. Kevin tells it as Cooper was asking Kevin questions about movie topics and characters (since Kevin is about the only living member of that SEAL team through combat and other fatalities). He says Cooper pushed for him to be in the movie. Oh Mr. Eastwood. Credit where it’s due!

  9. eva says:

    He looks like a he’s got a woman’s butt in that last pic, yeuchh!

  10. HappyMom says:

    All I can think of is Lainey’s blind supposedly about him-so ick.

    • Kiddo says:

      Do tell.

      • mimif says:

        He likes to bang dudes in the desert or some shit. Can you tell I’m paraphrasing? And maybe some bondage involved. Meh. Typical Hollywood blind.

      • HappyMom says:

        without protection. and totally drugged out.

      • Katia L'herrison says:

        Blind was he had gone to dessert without his belle.(coachella?) and regularly hooks up with young hot guys

      • R says:

        BCoops didn’t go to Coachella. I read RDJ and Leto and Leo as major guesses.

      • HappyMom says:

        @R: the blind alluded to his “girl”-no way you’d describe RDJ’s wife like that. It also said he’d been physically transformed: Coop’s bulk up.

      • R says:

        It also referenced previous transformations of which Cooper has none. The others I mentioned do. He also wasn’t famous before social media. I just don’t see how he fits.

      • FLORC says:

        Lainey also said he has terrible breath and that was a question I asked the SEAL (after some drinks.) His breath is fine. Lainey makes me shake my head.

      • Kate2 says:

        I don’t see Coop in that Blind. But Leto, yes, simply because of the “transformations” line. But I don’t think he has a “girl” though.

      • Tiffany :) says:

        I thought that in another post Lainey talked about how he willingly bangs the ladies all the time, kind of a nod that the blind wasnt’ about him.

      • Bridget says:

        There are so many conflicting blinds from many different sources regarding B Coop. That he had to bang Garber to get his Alias job. That he beat the crap out of Esposito when they were married. That he beat both Renee and Zoe. That he has drug fueled secret benders filled with sex with other men. I’m not one to lend a ton of credence to blind items, but there is just so much nasty stuff out there about Cooper. One thing is clear: he learned to put a lid on whatever it was he was doing, because he really has gone to that ‘next level’ professionally.

    • Badirene says:

      I read Mickey Rourke as a guess also, he has tranformed by his recent weight loss, but who knows?

      Also kinda fits Jake G, in a previous article Lainey said that Maggie is good protection for Jake but he is not as good at protection (paraphasing wildly here) he also lost weight but can’t think of any previous transformation.

      • Daria says:

        Woah how did I miss that? OK now I think it’s Jake. That’s a direct reference to the protection aspect of the blind and he has had multiple transformations.

  11. Polly's Bookie says:

    My husband had those shorty shorts from his days in the service and I made him get rid of them the day he started civilian life. Those things are terrible.

  12. Kali says:

    How are those military regulation shorts?

    • MeganDraper says:

      That’s what I thought? I don’t ever remember seeing anyone in military shorts like that

      • Kali says:

        I stand corrected. Someone posted a link further up the thread – they’re shorts for water training. Can’t decide whether to further research why they wear booty shorts for swim training or whether I want to remain blissfully in the dark.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        I am burying my head in the sand as we speak

  13. nico says:

    Work it, Bradley.

  14. M says:

    Um no, I wouldn’t hit it even when he is shirtless or in a suit. He does nothing for me.

  15. InvaderTak says:

    The actual actual SEAL looks OK…..? Maybe? It’s not a Good look for any one.

  16. silken_floss says:

    Thank you but no.

  17. M says:

    No. I’m getting gay vibes.
    I don’t understand his appeal. He seems so scary to me.

  18. elisa says:

    This just reminds me of that cop on Reno 911.

    Also, is it possible to have an anti-lady boner? Because, I think my vagina just shriveled up a little.

    • embertine says:

      elisa, mine just turned to stone so I think yes, it IS possible to get an anti-ladyboner.

      The one from the front is not too bad but the DAT ASS picture is just…confusing, and not erotically confusing. More in the Whyyyyyyyyyyy? sort of way.

    • Lindy79 says:

      Yes. This look has the same effect on a vagina as cold water on a mans testicles.

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        Gah! Making me laugh too much..please stop.

      • elisa says:

        You put it perfectly, Lindy.

      • mimif says:

        I kind of want to put (ice) cold water on my man’s testicles. Right. Now.
        Lindy79 you’re a horrible influence!
        😀

      • Lindy79 says:

        Catch him off guard then say you thought there was a bee about to sting him so you thought you would drown/freeze it.

        Best description for cold weather ever for me would have to be “spanner weather” because it tightens your nuts.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Oh, my stomach hurts from laughing at the bee sting. Sorry, darling, I was…trying to drown a bee? I need to work on that to make it convincing.

  19. R says:

    Scary? Really?

    Any man wearing those shorts would give off that vibe. I can’t believe they make our military men wear them. I can’t feel good on the crotch.

  20. Lori says:

    THe 2 of them together looks more like a scene from Magic Mike 2

  21. Illyra says:

    Horrific.

  22. ickythump says:

    I didnt think budgie smugglers would’ve been allowed in the military lol

  23. Talie says:

    Looks like Lainey just confirmed he was her recent blind. It was either him or Jake G.

    His relationship with Suki makes more sense now.

    • Daria says:

      How so? Her post about his shorts makes no reference to the blind.

      • Katia L'herrison says:

        She says he was on the ground doing drills with the other seals and then a fireman sprayed them with water! And that it might be his best job ever. If you read Lainey aLl the time her blinds are barely puzzles, she Always follows up with clues and it’s pretty clear!

      • Daria says:

        Well I do read Lainey all the time and that blind really didn’t fit him and I don’t think her post today has anything to do with that blind description. It was about going to the desert and doing drugs. Bradley hasn’t been to the desert for pleasure at all in recent months. Blind Gossip had some much better guesses about that particular blind, not to name names, IMO.

        Now Lainey’s latest blind, it’s completely obvious it’s supposed to be about Theron.

  24. lisa2 says:

    It looks like he just gained weight; no muscle tone at all. And he doesn’t have good skin

    NO.

  25. Lorelei says:

    Oh dear God whyyy???
    I’m about to go to dinner with my girlfriends and there goes my appetite 🙁

  26. Palermo says:

    I have never found him remotely attractive, and those shorts … shudder

  27. Hillshmill says:

    LOL this might be the funniest Celebitchy comment section I’ve ever read. I don’t think anyone is anything less than bug eyed weirded out by those shorts. Not a good look at all!

    • Lindy79 says:

      Kevin is OWNING those shorts, like those shorts are his prison wife.
      “yeah these are my shorts, what’s it to you?!? I’m ROCKING these!”

      Coops just looks like he’s trying to be sassy but is worried his legs look weird and his bum looks big…which is true on both counts.

      • pru says:

        Oh, I was just thinking the exact opposite – that BCoop looked a bit too comfortable in the teeny, tiny man shorts.

  28. Nighty says:

    Awful! That type of shorts looks bad on both women and men….

  29. ella says:

    horrifying

  30. The Original Mia says:

    Me likey Navy Seal Kevin.

  31. I Choose Me says:

    Lady boner killer fer sure. And I’m one of the few who has said I’d hit it in the past. But the rear view isn’t so bad right? Right?

    Anyone . . . Bueller?

  32. lunchcoma says:

    I was recently bemoaning all the below-knee length baggy shorts and wishing guys would wear somewhat shorter ones. But Bradley, honey, when I said that I was imagining something a tad above the knee. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I think you’re overdoing it.

  33. Kate2 says:

    The shorts are bunching up below the waist. Pull them down and he might have more coverage.

    I don’t need to see this much leg on any man. Waist up? Hell yes, abs, arms, hands? Yes, please. Waist down? Yeesh. All set.

  34. don't kill me i'm french says:

    In my opinion,he only doesn!t gain some muscles but also fat.

    His short is so …short! Kylie Minogue wants to recover her tiny short

  35. taxi says:

    His shorts are a size too small & he gained more fat than muscle.

  36. Camille (The Original) says:

    Yuck. No sh*t show in hell would I touch that. Ick. (it’s not just the fugly shorts and bod, its that fug face that turns me off more than anything)

  37. joan says:

    I’m female, and he just looks very gay to me here. Very gay in every angle.

  38. lenje says:

    He looks and his gesture is effeminate.

  39. Ice says:

    Gross! He’s like the male version of Kat Dennings when it comes to looks. They’re both just short of good looking and often have extremely off days (even when it’s not deliberate like this is for a film).

  40. AureliaKai says:

    Having weird Viggo in GI Jane flashbacks over here. Cooper? Nope. Not even if I drank ALL the Kool Aid.

  41. tango says:

    ok who would you rather? Big hint, NOT the guy on the left. The casting of Chris Kyle equals big fail!

    http://media.heavy.com/media/2013/02/chris-kyle-bradley-cooper-movie.jpg

  42. ShakenNotStirred says:

    So.. About those gay rumors.