Bradley Cooper’s high school opinion piece about best friends hooking up RESURFACES amid budding romance with Gigi Hadid

Bradley Cooper's high school op-ed about meeting best friends has resurfaced amid his budding romance with supermodel Gigi Hadid.

The Oscar-nominated actor, 48 — whose latest project, Maestro, was released on Netflix earlier this week — wrote the article in 1993 while he was a senior in high school at Germantown Academy, according to the New York Post.

The piece was published in the teen section of the Philadelphia Daily News, and he began by asking, “Can best friends of the opposite sex get along without destroying their friendship?”

He then continued, “In my case, yes… until now. I know that once you take that step across the platonic line, everything should change.”

“Suddenly you start to hate that guy she always told you was handsome. But that's not really true in my case.'

The Hangover actor explained that both he and “best friend” Deborah Landes “still talk to other people, although the conversation is getting a little more tense.”

Cooper added that the pair was able to “cross that line” and “maintain” their friendship because “we really don't know how to be anything other than best friends.”

The star also explained that there has “always been an underlying attraction between the two of us.” But because his friend had been dating someone else for a while, the couple couldn't “fathom” the idea of ​​being anything other than best friends.

After Deborah broke up with her boyfriend, the two “talked” about their feelings for each other. Although he had initially assumed it would be “weird” to date, he admitted it had been “really relaxed.”

“We just took our friendship to another level,” Bradly added, later saying the pair were simply enjoying their time together before graduation.

“Because once the studies start, our relationship will definitely return to a 'best friendship'.”

Finally, Cooper had written, “It's kind of easy to say everything is cool now because we're still in school. The real test will probably come when I hear how much fun she's having at the seaside this summer.'

Earlier this week the Hollywood star dropped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon while promoting the biographical drama Maestro.

During the interview, Bradley had a humorous conversation about his 30th high school reunion that he recently attended. “It was amazing,” the star said of the experience.

“I got there early,” the father of one continued, followed by a brief pause. Fallon then said, “So you went there. You went there early.”

Cooper nodded and as he started to laugh, he replied, “Yes.” The audience also burst into laughter during the funny moment.

While trying to discuss the reunion, both the actor and talk show host kept laughing and struggled to stay serious. At one point, the SNL alum asked, “Who did you see first?”

Bradley responded with a laugh, “I saw people I went to high school with,” prompting Fallon to say, “Oh, you're kidding me!”

After laughing some more, Cooper was able to tell the story and remembered, “I was early and put the sign in front of the door. It said Germantown Academy and then people came and I welcomed them and put my name tag on it.”

“When I was in high school my name was Brad and now my name is Bradley. I thought he was a weird impostor, but that's my real name, Bradley.'

Jimmy asked if his former classmates would ever be impressed, and the actor said, “No, it was great.” It was just regular. I think time has passed and it was just cool.”

Bradley's resurfaced op-ed also comes amid his budding romance with model Gigi Hadid.

The pair first became romantically involved in October after they were spotted having dinner together in the Big Apple.

Cooper and Hadid have since been spotted on several occasions, including earlier this month when the beauty supported the actor at the grand opening of his new food truck in New York earlier this month.

He opened the mobile eatery with Angelo's Pizzeria owner Danny DiGiampietro, called Danny and Coops Cheesesteaks.

A source said People in an article published Friday that their relationship is “going very well” and added: “They are becoming more and more serious.” Gigi also spent time in Philadelphia with Bradley.”

“They were pretty low key when they were in town recently and had a date night in a private room at a local restaurant.”

The insider continued, “They were quietly dating for much longer before it became public and were very quiet, trying to see if it would work between them. They have been living together privately for a few months and things are going very well.'

Bradley previously dated supermodel Irina Shayk and the former couple share daughter Lea, six, who recently made a cameo in Maestro.

She also notably made her red carpet debut at the film's LA premiere alongside her father, who sweetly held her hand during the festivities.

On Thursday, the A Star Is Born actor had to leave a Maestro press conference to rush to his daughter's side after receiving an emergency call from her school nurse.

Gigi also shares daughter Khai, three, with her ex and former One Direction member, Zayn Malik.

Amid Cooper and Hadid's relationship, Irina has also moved on with retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady.