Jennifer Espositohas weighed in on her ex-husbandBradley Cooper‘s powerful connection withLady Gaga.
During Gaga and Cooper’sintimate Oscars performance on Sunday evening,David Spadesnapped a photo of the highly-speculatedA Star Is Borncostars.
While on stage, the on-screen lovers shared a piano bench, singing a stripped-down take on the track cheek-to-cheek before affectionately gazing into each other’s eyes, with Cooper wrapping his arm around Gaga’s waist.
“Is there any chance these 2 aren’t f—?” hejokingly asked in the Instagram caption, prompting many users to share their thoughts.
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“Ha,” the actress simply wrote.
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Gaga, meanwhile, was engaged toChristian Carinofor approximately four months before the pairofficially ended things, her rep confirmed to PEOPLE exclusively last Tuesday.
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Lady Gaga and Christian Carino.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Turner
Instead, Gaga and Cooper smiled and hugged as they walked off the stage. Their embrace continued backstage as the two were met with a swarm of claps from well-wishing production staff.
“Did I nail it?” asked Gaga. Taking in the congratulations, she looked at Cooper and said, “I’m so f—ing proud of you!”
During the commercial break following their duet, the pair came out arm-in-arm to huge cheers and another standing ovation from the entire house. Cooperkissed and huggedShayk, 33, when he got back to his seat, and the model congratulated Gaga, whom Shayk cheered on throughout the night.
After“Shallow”won the award for Best Original Song, Gaga also sent love to Cooper in a teary acceptance speech.
“Bradley, there is not a single person on the planet that could’ve sung this song with me but you,” she said. “Thank you for believing in us, thank you so much.”
From left: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performing at the 2019 Oscars.Kevin Winter/Getty
Spade and Esposito weren’t the only ones to publicly speculate about the costars’ electrifying chemistry.Mel Balsorecently provided her inputafter watching their steamy performance.
On Monday, the Spice Girls singer, 43, criticized Gaga and Cooper duringGood Morning Britain‘s Academy Awards telecast, explaining that she couldn’t help but think about Cooper’s girlfriend the whole time.
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Agreeing that the duo had “the look of love,” Mel B hoped that the energy between Cooper and Gaga was just for show.
“I would like to think it was part of the whole performance, because there’s a women’s code and hopefully that’s not,” she said. “Hopefully it’s only professional.”
source: people.com
