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| Bradley Cooper responds to fury from Republicans for attending Democratic National Convention | Bradley Cooper responds to fury from Republicans for attending Democratic National Convention |
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| An incredulous Bradley Cooper has responded to Republicans furious at the actor for appearing at the Democratic National Convention. | An incredulous Bradley Cooper has responded to Republicans furious at the actor for appearing at the Democratic National Convention. |
| His performance as Chris Kyle in American Sniper was apparently so convincing many believed he was a Republican voter. | His performance as Chris Kyle in American Sniper was apparently so convincing many believed he was a Republican voter. |
| But then the camera switched to the star-studded audience who have largely come out in force behind Hillary Clinton as she goes head-to-head with Donald Trump, and spotted Cooper, who was sat with his girlfriend, the Sports Illustrated model, Irina Shayk. | But then the camera switched to the star-studded audience who have largely come out in force behind Hillary Clinton as she goes head-to-head with Donald Trump, and spotted Cooper, who was sat with his girlfriend, the Sports Illustrated model, Irina Shayk. |
| The result was fury on Twitter, a backlash addressed by James Corden on the Late Late Show. | The result was fury on Twitter, a backlash addressed by James Corden on the Late Late Show. |
| Cooper also struggled to comprehend the reaction. “I was not expecting that,” he said. “I didn’t get ‘their point’. I took my mom, and we went to hear the President speak. | Cooper also struggled to comprehend the reaction. “I was not expecting that,” he said. “I didn’t get ‘their point’. I took my mom, and we went to hear the President speak. |
| “It was just unbelievable. The Republicans were up in arms that I was there listening to the President speak.” | “It was just unbelievable. The Republicans were up in arms that I was there listening to the President speak.” |