Huma Abedin was spotted out and about for the first time since rumors surfaced she was dating Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper earlier this month.
Abedin, 45, stopped in to a Sephora and a Madewell in New York City on Monday and even managed to get caught in a downpour without a coat or an umbrella.
She didn’t respond when asked whether she was dating Cooper, 47, but her bag – which read ‘oui’ on one side and ‘non’ on the other – seemed to do the talking for her.
Despite inside sources speaking to numerous outlets about the relationship, neither Abedin nor Cooper have commented about anything, nor have they been seen together.
Their relationship was revealed by Page Six two weeks ago, with the outlet reporting the former Hillary Clinton aide and ex-wife of the disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, and the A-lister were an item after being set up by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 72.
Abedin, 45, stopped in to a Sephora and a Madewell in New York City on Monday and even managed to get caught in a downpour without a coat or an umbrella
Huma Abedin was spotted out and about for the first time since rumors surfaced that she was dating actor Bradley Cooper earlier this month
Asked whether she was dating Cooper, 47, Abedin didn’t reply, but her bag – which read ‘oui’ on one side and ‘non’ on the other – seemed to do the talking for her
On Monday, Abedin was seen wearing her long black hair parted down the middle and falling loosely over her shoulders.
She wore a black and white checkered summer dress, a pair of white sneakers and hid her face behind a pair of large black sunglasses.
She carried a brown leather bag over one shoulder, and her Oui/Non bag over the other.
At one point, she popped a pair of white headphones into her ears, while carrying her blue-cased cellphone in one hand.
Abedin found herself caught in a downpour in the city on Monday without a raincoat or umbrella to keep her dry
Despite inside sources speaking to numerous outlets about the relationship, neither Abedin nor Cooper have commented on it and haven’t been seen together yet
Abedin and Cooper’s relationship was revealed by Page Six earlier this month, with the outlet reporting the former Hillary Clinton aide and the A-lister were an item after being set up by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 72
News about the couple has been scarce since they were revealed to be an item this month, but one source told People last week that the pair were taking things slow.
‘They are dating but it’s not a full-speed-ahead type thing yet,’ an unnamed source close to Cooper said. ‘It’s still in the earlier stages.’
‘Bradley is fascinated by her. Huma is very international and has seen and done so much,’ the insider said, ‘He finds this intriguing and challenging.’
A second source agreed the pair were not getting serious yet, saying ‘It’s casual.’
‘They have private dates and they are still getting to know one another.’
On Monday, Abedin was seen wearing her long black hair parted down the middle and falling loosely over her shoulders
Abedin wore a black and white checkered summer dress, a pair of white sneakers, and hid her face behind a pair of large black sunglasses
She carried a brown leather bag over one shoulder, and her Oui/Non bag over the other. At one point she popped a pair of white headphones into her ears, while carrying her blue-cased cellphone in one hand
The power couple have been seeing each other for several months in secret, according to Page Six, and even arrived at the Met Gala together in May before parting ways to keep their affair under wraps.
The two were reportedly set up by Wintour, who has been good friends with both Abedin and Cooper for years.
‘Anna definitely played matchmaker,’ a told source Page Six earlier this month. ‘She’s BFFs with Bradley and adores Huma. Bradley has been quietly dating Huma for a few months now, [and] they’ve been keeping it really quiet.’
The source added that Abedin had previously confided that she was in a relationship, but was keeping the identity of the ‘new man’ in her life from even them.
‘She didn’t say who it was. She was keeping it very close to her chest.
Huma Abedin, 46, and Bradley, 47, are reportedly dating after being set up by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, 72
Huma Abedin arriving at the Met Gala in 2022. to the right of her elbow in the background, Bradley Cooper can be seen arriving. The pair allegedly arrived together but parted ways to keep their cover
Her relationship with the A-list actor is a far cry from Abedin’s marriage to Weiner, who was sentenced to 21 months in prison in 2017 for sexting a minor.
She wrote about the harrowing experience – which saw her caught in the middle of the media circus caused by her husbands lurid behavior – in a 2021 memoir, ‘Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds.’ In it she revealed that she didn’t lost her virginity till she was with Weiner at 32-years-old.
‘I had my heart broken, dragged out, stomped on, humiliated. I lived with shame, in shame, for so long,’ she told The Cut in a 2021 interview before the release of her memoir, ‘In hindsight, I was in extreme trauma.’
Abedin told The Cut that the memoir was Wintour’s idea, adding that the famously icy editor was one of her strongest sources of comfort and came to her ‘rescue’ during the public turmoil caused by her husband, with whom she shares 10-year-old son, Jordan.
‘Just being out and being with her, I just felt sort of normal and loved,’ she said.
‘Bradley is a big step up from Anthony Weiner, to say the very least,’ the inside source said.
Abedin, a devout Muslim, was born in Michigan to two professors of Indian and Pakistani descent. When she was two-years-old both of her parents were offered teaching posts at the University of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, where she lived until she attended college in the United States.
She enrolled in George Washington University in Washington DC, where she undertook an internship at the White House and was posted to assist Hillary Clinton, then the first lady.
Abedin held a position as the backup to Clinton’s aide for several years before assuming the role as personal advisor during her US Senate campaign in 2000.
She served as Clinton’s close personal advisor – valued for her insight on the Middle East – up through her failed 2016 presidential bid.
Abedin started dating Weiner, then a congressman, in 2007. The pair were married in 2010, and their son, Jordan, was born the next year.
The pair announced their plans to separate in 2016 following years of embarrassing and criminal sexual scandal from Weiner. They are reportedly still finalizing their divorce.
Bradley Cooper and Anna Wintour have reportedly been close friends for years (see together in 2015, left). Wintour and Abedin are also pals (seen together at event in 2021, right)
Abedin with disgraced ex-husband Anthony Weiner. In a 2021 memoir, she wrote ‘had my heart broken, dragged out, stomped on, humiliated,’ during her their marriage
The relationship is a change up for Cooper, too, whose love life has long been marked by relationships with and rumors about models, movie stars, and pop singers.
According to Page Six, Cooper was seeing singer and actress Dianna Agron before he broke it off and shacked up with Abedin.
‘Bradley broke up with Dianna Agron and started dating Huma,’ the insider said.
Previously, Cooper dated Russian model Irina Shayk – who appeared on the cover of the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition – for just over four years between 2015 and 2019. They have a five-year-old daughter together.
During his relationship with Shayk, rumors swirled that he and A Star is Born co-star Lady Gaga were having an affair when they were seen getting close on and off the set of the torridly intimate film. Both denied the rumors and insisted they were merely close friends.
Before Shayk, Cooper was with model Suki Waterhouse for two years, and actress Zoe Saldana for two.
He dated fellow A-lister and Case 39 costar of Renee Zellweger following the breakup of his marriage to Jennifer Esposito.
He and Esposito’s marriage was short-lived – they were engaged in October 2006, and she filed for divorce in May 200
Cooper and Abedin’s previous love lives couldn’t be more different, the inside source felt that just like Wintour knows how to pick a dress, she can pick a couple too.
‘They are perfect for each other. They’re both into power and politics and human affairs,’ the source said.
Cooper dated Russian model Irina Shayk – who appeared on the cover of the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition – for just over four years between 2015 and 2019
Cooper dated model Suki Waterhouse (left) for two years, and actress Zoe Saldana (right) for two
Cooper and Esposito’s marriage was short-lived – they were engaged in October 2006, and she filed for divorce in May 2007. Cooper and Renee Zellweger reunited at the 2020 Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The pair dated after the breakup of Cooper’s marriage to Jennifer Esposito
Cooper was raised outside of Philadelphia and was inspired to be an actor at an early age after his father introduced him to movies. He attended Villanova and Georgetown Universities, where he participated in theater programs.
In 1999 he held a brief role in Sex and the City, and a year later travelled the world as a presenter with the travel series Globe Trekker.
His first major film appearance was in Wet Hot American Summer in 2001, and he held a recurring role in the television show Alias from until 2006.
Cooper held supporting roles in a number of comedies after Alias, and saw his breakthrough as a leading character in the blockbuster comedy The Hangover in 2009, a role which turned him into a household name.
He appeared in the highly acclaimed Silver Linings Playbook in 2012, and received four academy awards from 2012 to 2014 for that film, American Hustle, and American Sniper.
In 2018 he wrote, directed and produced A Star is Born, which earned him three Oscar nominations and two Grammys.
A boon for Abedin, he was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine in 2011.