This intensely private Hollywood A-List couple called it quits after four years.
So what went wrong?
Was it because they never got married?
Did work keep them apart?
Or was a bad romance with Lady Gaga at fault?
Here's the real reason, as far as we know, why Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk broke up.
Hot and cold
Sources told E! News that Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper's romance involved a lot of
fighting and making up, then fighting again.
An insider revealed that the couple struggled to stick it out each time it got messy, noting,
"Things get a little bit better but then they find themselves back in the same place of
questioning whether being a couple is what's best.
They want to stay together for their daughter, but neither of them are very happy."
A source told Page Six that Shayk and Cooper actually broke up and reconciled several times
and alleged that they'd been "miserable" for months before finally calling it quits.
Their issues may have gone even further back from that: In July 2016, Shayk and Cooper
were caught on camera in the stands at Wimbledon appearing to have a tiff.
Shayk even appeared to be crying, which a source later claimed was just allergies.
Living apart?
The day Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk's split first officially made headlines, paparazzi
snapped the brunette beauty leaving the home she once shared with Cooper with luggage in
tow.
A source for The Sun alleges that their relationship had been in a bad place "for months" before
she left, and a lot of it may have had to do with Cooper's work commitments.
"I gotta finish this.
Fine."
Even before Shayk started packing, she and Cooper were rarely in the same place at the
same time because of professional commitments.
A source told People after the couple split:
"Bradley is very into work and is trying to take advantage of every career opportunity
right now.
They spent a lot of time apart."
Keeping up appearances
Some insiders claim that Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper may have wanted to break up sooner,
but they kept a happy couple-front going to get him through awards season for A Star Is
Born.
A source told Entertainment Tonight that the couple struggled while Cooper was filming
the movie, which he starred in, produced, directed and wrote, and that the press tour
for the film only made things worse for his relationship with Shayk.
The source said:
"They talked things through a great deal and seemed to hold off and keep up appearances
for the time being.
It was recommended they delay a split at what seemed to be the peak of his career because
the negative attention would take away from the excitement of the release."
Indeed, Shayk was on hand for many events with Cooper to promote A Star Is Born, including
the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
A private life
Part of Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper's tensions in their relationship may have come from the
fact that Shayk much preferred to keep her private life very private.
She explained to Glamour U.K. in February 2019 that despite the occasional red carpet
appearance with Cooper, she'd rather keep her love life under wraps.
She said:
"I have a lot of friends who share a lot of their personal life on Instagram or social
media, very publicly.
I admire it and I think it's great.
But I think it's all about personal choice.
Because my work requires me to be out there, I just decided my personal life will be quiet."
Different strokes
Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk's problems likely stemmed from the fact that they simply
had very different visions for their lives, sources claimed.
Page Six reported in October 2018 that Cooper, who's proudly sober, was a bit of a homebody,
while Shayk wanted to go out and about in Hollywood.
A source told Page Six that, quote, "after the lust wore off, they had very little in
common."
An insider concurred to In Touch Weekly, saying:
"Bradley and Irina never had a strong foundation to begin with.
They have very little in common and to be honest, their relationship was based on mutual
physical attraction…I have been around them many times and seen them barely speak to each
other."
What's more, it appears that Shayk may have wanted a more serious commitment than Cooper
was prepared to provide.
A source told Page Six that they never shopped for a home together, and that Shayk had been
certain that she and Cooper would tie the knot after welcoming their daughter…and
that never happened.
"You boarded the plane wearing a suit but not a wedding ring.
Serious but not committed."
Bad romance?
Despite a slew of speculation about Bradley Cooper's relationship with Lady Gaga while
they filmed and promoted 2018's A Star Is Born, sources insisted to Us Weekly that the
singer, quote, "had nothing to do" with Cooper's split from Irina Shayk.
Gaga herself shut romance rumors down in February 2019 on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
"Social media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the internet, and what it's done to pop
culture is just like abysmal."
She went on about the roles they were both playing, and how that fueled the rumors:
"People saw love and, guess what, that's what we wanted you to see.
This is a love song."
Huh, so they were just two actors, acting the whole time?
Who could have guessed!
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