Bradley Cooper brought his mom to the Golden Globes. What to know about Gloria Campano

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Bradley Cooper had an extra special guest this year at the 2024 Golden Globes: his mama.

The 49-year-old brought mom Gloria Campano to the star-studded event, for which he was nominated for both best actor and best director for his work in “Maestro.”

Fans loved the sweet moment of the mother-son duo posing on the red carpet, with one person commenting on TODAY's Instagram video, "holy moly they’re twins… minus the height."

Another wrote, "I have the biggest crush on this man and this made is worse," with the sweat-smile emoji.

Over the years, Cooper's mom has garnered attention from award shows to Super Bowl commercials. Here's what to know about Campano.

She worked for NBC

While Cooper grew up outside Philadelphia in an Irish Catholic household, his mother worked for the local NBC station, according to GQ.

At the time, his father was a stockbroker, but Cooper told the publication that his love of cinema would have likely led him to pursue acting “in another world.”

The 2024 Golden Globes wasn't her first award show red carpet

Aside from the Jan. 7 event, Campano was also Cooper’s date to the 94th annual Oscars in March 2022, when he had roles in award contenders “Nightmare Alley” and “Licorice Pizza.”

US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images)
US-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-OSCARS-ARRIVALS (Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images)

In addition, the pair attended to the 2019 Academy Awards, where Cooper was nominated for best actor for his portrayal of Jackson Maine in the 2018 remake of “A Star is Born.”

They walked the red carpet with his then-girlfriend, Russian supermodel Irina Shayk. The couple split in 2019, according to People, but continue to co-parent daughter Lea.

Bradley Cooper  (Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images)
Bradley Cooper (Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images)

Campano was also Cooper's guest at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2019, as well as the Tony Awards and an “SNL” 40th anniversary event in 2015.

In an interview with TODAY’s Willie Geist, he discussed how his mother is supportive of all of his new projects.

“My mom’s funny because she always thinks everything’s going to be a huge hit,” he said.

Gloria Campano has lived with her son since the death of his father, Charles Cooper

In 2011, the pair tragically lost the actor's father, Charles Cooper, after a battle with lung cancer.

For five months prior to his dad's death, Cooper went to live with his parents in his hometown, Philadelphia, Esquire reported in 2018.

Cooper, who the outlet reported wears his father's wedding ring on his right hand, brought his mother to live with him in Los Angeles.

“I love having her,” he told Esquire. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

They quarantined together during the COVID-19 pandemic

While the coronavirus swept the nation, Cooper opened up in 2020 about quarantining with his mom, daughter and two dogs, saying in an interview that they “had not left the house.”

“My mother is going to be 80, and she has a colostomy bag, so I can’t let anybody in the house,” he said at the time. “And I can’t leave the house, because if she gets it, it’s over.”

She was in a Super Bowl ad with her son

For the 2023 Super Bowl, which was a big deal for the Philadelphia Eagles superfans, Campano made her commercial debut in a meta ad for T-Mobile.

The mother-son pair can't stop laughing, constantly breaking character, as Cooper attempts to play a T-Mobile employee and his mom portrays a customer.

“You look like a flamingo in this,” Campano says in the clip, getting a better look at Cooper’s pink T-Mobile shirt.

At one point, Compano gives her son some acting advice, which he says he doesn’t need.

“I think I know what I’m doing,” he says. “I’ve been nominated nine times.”

But Campano wastes no time reminding her son of his track record, responding with, “Yeah, but you never won any,” to which they both burst out in laughter.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com