Bradley Cooper Erupts About the ‘Accusations’ That the NFL Sells Fans Food in Uber Eats' Commercial (Exclusive)

Bradley Cooper is emotion conspiratorial astir football.

In Uber Eats’ latest ad, which dropped connected Friday, Sept. 12, and will aerial during Sunday Night Football connected Sept. 14, nan Maestro prima steps retired of a movie group and into a convention room to talk a very important matter.

At nan opening of nan 60-second spot, nan diehard Philadelphia Eagles instrumentality is each smiles arsenic he reminisces astir nan team's 2025 Super Bowl win.

“When nan Eagles won nan Super Bowl, man, it was 1 of nan top days of my life,” he says, smiling dreamily astir his real-life favourite team, until his look falls. “But that time was ruined by accusations that my birds only won to waste wings.”

The camera pans crossed a ample convention table, afloat of NFL executives eating takeout. One female puts down nan saucy chickenhearted helping she was eating.

Cooper, enraged, continues, “You cognize what they're saying retired there? They're saying that football's only present to waste food.”

“Oh, that's ridiculous. Turnover?” One personification answers, holding retired a pastry, which Cooper kindly declined.

The Oscar-nominated character says urgently, “Guys, you sewage a large problem. You sewage quarterbacks scrambling apparently to waste eggs.”

But, contempt his attempts to siren nan group, personification answered happily that eggs are “great protein.” When Cooper declares that Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield is simply a “bread influencer,” 1 suited man responds, “The man does bake.”

Cooper, evidently disappointment pinch nan group, tells them, “It's not funny.”

When asked what nan Silver Linings Playbook actor wanted nan officials to do, he says, “Deny nan conspiracy. Publicly contradict it.”

“And what?” Someone astatine nan array replies bluntly. “Cover up our blatant effort to waste America food?” The array erupts successful laughter, forcing a sulking Cooper retired nan door.

The commercialized is nan latest installment of Uber Eats' "Football is for Food" campaign, which Matthew McConaughey starred successful earlier this year.

Cooper, an avid shot fan, mightiness not afloat judge successful nan theory, but he has immoderate watch statement faves and quirky shot beliefs that he shared pinch PEOPLE.

His perfect football-watching food? “I want thing I tin eat pinch my hands while watching (and yelling) astatine nan TV. Easy, comforting, hot, bully nutrient that tin beryllium passed astir easily,” he told PEOPLE.

While cheesesteaks are “hands down” 1 of his favourite tailgating foods, nan begetter of 1 can’t opportunity nary to thing that gets his full unit involved. “I emotion to make pizza and bask watching nan games pinch friends and family,” Cooper said. “It’s portion of nan full acquisition of watching a game, nan ritual of making and eating nutrient together.”

Cooper moreover showed NFL fans nan relationship betwixt cheesesteaks and shot erstwhile he took his Philly cheesesteaks directly to shot fans successful New Orleans up of this year’s Super Bowl. He was connected nan celebrated Danny and Coops nutrient truck, handing retired nan sandwiches pinch his business partner, Chef Danny, connected Feb. 7, 2 days earlier nan Big Game. 

“That was specified a blast,” he said, recalling nan outing. “I emotion cooking and being successful nan backmost of nan truck, sweating, making nutrient for people. “

He isn’t making immoderate promises astir dishing retired much sandwiches this twelvemonth and erstwhile asked if fans tin expect to spot nan nutrient motortruck (with him connected it) astatine immoderate games this season, Cooper teased, “Possibly…you will conscionable person to hold and see.” 

There are immoderate nutrient traditions that he can’t reveal. When asked astir his superstitions, he answered, “I can’t springiness that away. I’m measurement excessively superstitious. If I’m watching successful nan aforesaid spot pinch nan aforesaid group and nan team’s doing well, I’ll instrumentality to that formula. Sometimes nan snacks extremity up becoming portion of nan ritual, too.”