Actor Bradley Cooper was accused of perpetuating stereotypes about Jewish people by some social media users, prompting a response from Leonard Bernstein's family.
Some of famed conductor Leonard Bernstein's family members are defending actor Bradley Cooper after he was accused of perpetuating racist stereotypes against Jewish people.
"It breaks our hearts to see any misrepresentations or misunderstandings of his efforts," the statement reads. Leonard Bernstein The family pushed back on"strident complaints" around Cooper's physical appearance in the film"as disingenuous attempts to bring a successful person down a notch -- a practice we observed all too often perpetrated on our own father."
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