It's a classic story. Boy meets girl, boy asks girl out for a "business" meeting, they awkwardly leave out the back door and everyone dates happily ever after. However, according to reps for actor Bradley Cooper, it was all business (minus the air quotes" earlier this week when he and singer-turned-actress-turned-judge Jennifer Lopez met for a quiet dinner at a pricey Manhattan restaurant.
Speaking to New York Post's Page Six gossip column, a rep for the Hangover actor said the couple were simply "meeting for business regarding a project," when they dined at Per Se last Saturday.
However, according to an eyewitness, the "I'm Real" singer and Hollywood hunk looked like they were negotiating more than just percentage points. "He waited 10 minutes for her to arrive, and she turned up in a white bandage dress looking ridiculously hot," the source told the paper. "They sat at a corner table smiling and chatting. It looked like they were heavily flirting. They left together out of a back door, so not to be seen."
As some may remember, a similar fate befell actor Ralph Fiennes in 2002 when he and J.Lo were photographed at a dinner to discuss Maid in Manhattan. Fiennes laughed the incident off at the time, saying "I had dinner with her and her producer and her manager who's in the background of the shot as well. That didn't upset me because it was just so not true and so badly set up," reports the Huffington Post.