Here’s the thing: I definitely get a gay vibe from Bradley Cooper, and that may influence how I’m reading this. Now, it’s totally possible that Bradley isn’t gay, that he’s totally enamored with The Zellweger, that he’s secretly the butchest dude that ever lived. But that’s not how he seems, is it? When I watched Bradley in the trailer for The A-Team, it just seemed like he was so woefully miscast as this would-be action hero, a little effete pipsqueak trying to play with the big guns and Liam Neeson. That’s not to say I think Bradley is untalented as an actor – I think he’s got chops, but I’m never going to buy him as The Hero, you know? He’s the actor you hire when you need someone who can talk his way through tricky dialogue, not when you need someone who can sufficiently grunt after blowing something up.

Anyway, after seeing The A-Team trailer, and watching this hilarious clip in which Bradley tries to talk to a naked man without asking the guy to join him in a public toilet, the gay vibe has been particularly strong this week. Then I came across Bradley’s recent comments to The Independent (via Digital Spy and D-listed) that he thought it was “fantastic” that people think he’s gay. Even more fantastic? That persistent rumor about Bradley and Victor Garber:

Bradley Cooper has said that it was “fantastic” that people thought he was gay.

The Hangover star, who has been dating actress Renee Zellweger for several months, has insisted that he was amazed at what was written in the tabloids about him and actor friend Victor Garber after attending an event together.

Speaking to The Independent, the 34-year-old said: “People thought we were dating. It was all over the internet. It was the first time I read a rumor like that about me, and I just thought it was fantastic.”

Cooper also admitted that he never fit into any specific high school clique while growing up.

He added: “I wasn’t the smartest person in school, I wasn’t the coolest kid. I really didn’t have anything going on.”

“I was fascinated by those sports jocks because they were so obviously a**eholes and didn’t hide that fact. But they somehow had this power, that the rules of the universe didn’t apply to them.”

[From Digital Spy]

Okay, I’ll buy that Bradley was never one of the jocks, and that simple fact made him more sensitive. But notice how Bradley didn’t really deny the gay rumor? Maybe he thinks it’s not worth the time and energy it takes to deny (he’s probably right). Maybe he thinks that if he denies it, he’ll seem like he thinks there’s something wrong with being gay (which there isn’t). Maybe he needs a better publicist (yes, he does). Maybe he and Victor need to go away on a soul-searching vacation.

Here’s the clip, via Seriously? OMG! WTF?, of Bradley’s appearance on a Globe Trekker episode. Watch Bradley checking out the naked dude (NSFW):

I’ve always thought it was a little weird that Alias co-stars Jennifer Garner and Victor Garber are so close. He seems to be something of a mentor/surrogate father/best friend to Garner, he one of the few friends that The Garner-Affleck’s invited to their wedding, and he often gives quotes to the press on their behalf. So, of course, Garber chimed in about the newest addition to the family Affleck, little Seraphina Rose Elizabeth. Garber also announced to OK! that he’s going to meet the baby very soon – he’s now like a surrogate grandfather!

Jennifer Garner’s former Alias co-star and close friend Victor Garber will finally be seeing the actress’ new baby today!

The Juno star and husband Ben Affleck, who just had baby daughter Seraphina Rose on Jan. 6, have invited Victor to see the newborn, he said at the NBC party on Thursday night.

“I’m going to see the baby tomorrow,” Victor, who officiated the couple’s 2005 wedding in the Caribbean, revealed to OK! “I’m very excited. I can’t wait to hold that baby.”

Victor cherishes his friendship with Jen and Ben: “I talk to them all the time. It’s a wonderful time for them and I am so delighted to be with the children of people I love.”

From OK! Magazine

It’s a pleasant surprise that Garber and Garner are truly this close, but it seems like an unconventional way to handle the media. Maybe Garner and Affleck feel more comfortable announcing things through Garber, maybe they think it seems friendlier or more like a family. Anyhoo, I really hope the little girl gets the nickname “Sera” rather than “Phina”. That sounds better, doesn’t it? Victor Garber will meet little Sera soon.

Victor Garber and Jennifer Garner are shown at the premiere of Catch and Release on 1/22/07. Credit: WENN. Here are some photos of Ben Affleck picking up Violet at school yesterday. Credit: Fame.