8 French lessons with Bradley Cooper speaking French

Celebrities speaking French provide us with a great opportunity to learn more French in real life situations. In this series of videos, we will find out not only how well Bradley Cooper speaks French, but how he gets away with making mistakes, using strategies that you also can use.

Bring your vocabulary notebook, because you’ll also get a chance to learn new French words, including French slang words, and new French sentence structures.

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French # 1

In this video, I react to one of the first interviews of Bradley Cooper speaking French.

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French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #2

In this interview with a French journalist we see what happens when Bradley Cooper is surprised by questions he was not expecting.

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #3

In a 2012 interview, Bradley has a relaxed conversation, and we can see clearly how fluent he is with topics that he is asked about often, like how he learned to speak French. He does make some mistakes, though, common to English speakers. It’s a fun conversation, including drinking in France v. the US, and what Bradley thinks makes French women different from Americans.

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #4

Bradley being interviewed in French by Cauet, a French talk show host known for being risqué. It was filmed when Bradley was doing press for The Hangover movie, and had just been selected as The Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine.

The Sexiest Man Alive? An AMERICAN?

This is intolerable to the French.

Cauet takes every opportunity to embarrass himself, Bradley, and us in this video.

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #5

This is an interview Bradley did for French radio with Nikos Aliagas & Karine Ferri, and all I can say is:

Despite the tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and rude questions like what dirty words did he learn from French women, Bradley is a really good sport.

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #6

In this video, he is speaking about his work on the movie, Silver Linings Playbook. He is comfortable enough with this interviewer to joke around, let’s see if that works to his advantage!

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #7

This one’s a short interview, only a minute or so, but there were a lot of sweet opportunities for us to discuss French grammar, and so much language for you to learn, that I’m happy I recorded it.

French coach reacts to Bradley Cooper speaking French - #8

It’s been a great ride, but this is the final video (until he records another interview) in the series Learn French with Bradley Cooper.

In this one, recorded on his press tour for A Star Is Born, you can learn some French expressions, sentence structures, even slang!

We also learn his secret for maintaining his French skills.

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