When we say actor/director Bradley Cooper and his mom are close, we mean it. They have more or less lived together for much of the time since Bradley's dad Charles died ten years ago.

B-Coop was born in Philadelphia in 1975. At the time his mom Gloria worked for the local NBC TV station and his dad Charles was a stockbroker for Merill Lynch. So, he had a pretty middle-class upbringing.

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Gloria comes from sturdy Italian stock and while she is petite, she packs a lot of punch and power in Bradley Cooper's life. She has a say-so on just about everything, including his girlfriends. Some she has liked and some got the thumbs down. Some say the breakup with Cooper's baby mama supermodel Irina Shayk was his mom's doing.

And Bradley and Gloria have been doing the lockdown together. Bradley, realizing his 80-year-old mom has become fragile, has been very protective of her. So, let's have a look at Bradley Cooper's mom, Gloria Campano.

Updated on May 13, 2022: Hollywood superstar Bradley Cooper and his mother remain as close as ever. Cooper brought his mother with him to the 2022 Oscars ceremony, where he was nominated for Best Picture for his work on Nightmare Alley. Gloria Campano and her son posed together on the red carpet, and both looked to be enjoying the ceremony. It was nice for fans to see them out and about, after Campano spent so long quarantining at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Togetherness For Bradley Cooper And Gloria Campano

For a big chunk of Bradley's adulthood, he and his mom have lived together. She moved in with him after his father Charles died in 2011 and they spent the lockdown together.

But he has also said, "My family is very close, and my dad dying was brutal for all of us. It was a schism, and its aftershock has not stopped. And we need each other. So here we are ... it's not like I live in a compound and she's in the guesthouse. No, she's in the next room. But here's the thing: she's a cool chick. We can hang, and she can roll with the punches."

Gloria has often walked that all-important red carpet with her son as his "date". She and then-girlfriend Irina Shayk were front row center for the 2019 Oscars when A Star is Born, Cooper's film with Lady Gaga nominated for a whole slew of Oscars.

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Some said Gloria stole the showing, even getting a shout-out from Julia Roberts from the stage. Gloria was dressed in true movie star fashion, complete with sparkly aviator sunglasses and plenty of glimmering jewelry.

By the way, Gloria's broach is the "Audrey Hepburn Broach" she bought on QVC. Apparently, she's addicted to the channel.

Bradley Cooper And Gloria Campano - The Complete Package

What Bradley's girlfriends have learned over the years is that if you get involved with Bradley, his mother will not shrink from making date-nights a threesome. Nor will she keep her opinions to herself.

Word is that she totally approved of Renée Zellweger, was not crazy about Jennifer Lopez, and that she was a huge roadblock in Cooper's on again and off again romance with Zoë Saldana. Mama knows best. Even worse, rumor has it that the split with Irina Shayk came after she and Gloria had "words" over the Christmas holidays. The two were apparently getting on pretty well until the disagreement.

Believe it or not, back in 2015, Gloria even went on a Jersey Shore beach holiday with Bradley and his new love Irina. We imagine that may have been a little too much togetherness. What about alone time?

But it is just true to say that Gloria and Bradley are pretty much a package deal.

Lockdown Time For Bradley Cooper And Gloria Campano

It's not surprising, that Gloria and Bradley spent much of lockdown together in a little townhouse in New York City.

Said Bradley to Interview Magazine, “I’m with my daughter and my mother and my two dogs, and we have not left the house. My mother is going to be 80... so I can’t let anybody in the house. And I can’t leave the house, because if she gets it, it’s over… We live in a little townhouse, thankfully there’s a backyard."

And he talked of giving Lea de Seine, his daughter with Irina Shayk, swimming lessons in the bathtub! Now there is a fine example of a good son and a doting daddy if we've ever we've seen one.

Gloria Campano Advised On One Of Bradley Cooper's Films

Remember how we said Gloria was addicted to QVC? Well, when Bradley made 2015's Joy with Jennifer Lawrence, Gloria was an unofficial advisor on the film. Why on earth?

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Well, Joy is the story of Joy Mangano, the creator of the Miracle Mop. She made a fortune and a half on HSN selling the mops. It was described as a self-wringing mop. These days she's flogging hand sanitizer.

Of Gloria's role in the film Bradley told E! News, "She actually was a consultant for [Director] David [O. Russell] on the movie when he was conceiving it because she's a huge disciple of QVC." In other words, she knew the world of TV shopping inside and out.

When Joy premiered, Gloria rolled up wearing the Audrey Hepburn Broach she had bought on QVC. It was yet another Bradley and Gloria red carpet date night.

So, that's what we know about Bradley Cooper and his mom Gloria Campano. They are really quite a pair!

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