--- description: Kerry Washington, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Vanessa Bayer and Fred Armisen all starred in "The Californians" title: Watch Bradley Cooper Make Out with Betty White image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0aefd02dcef3a4/69877f692dce0115e39dd901/4698062871.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _SNL_ 40: Bradley Cooper Makes Out With Betty White as Taylor Swift Watches by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2015 3:10 AM CUT  Bradley Cooper attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 at the Royal Opera House in London on Feb. 16, 2014 Bradley Cooper attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 at the Royal Opera House in London on Feb. 16, 2014Anthony Harvey—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2015 3:10 AM CUT _SNL_‘s soap opera, “The Californians,” traditionally stars Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader as blond Californians happily doling out driving directions to one another in Valley accents, while their brunette housekeeper, played by Vanessa Bayer, barely tolerates them. To properly mark the 40th anniversary of _Saturday Night Live_, they needed to up the ante a little bit and brought in some A-list guests to help. First _Scandal_ star Kerry Washington showed up as a doctor doling out paternity-test results. Then Bradley Cooper arrived in short shorts, which he may have borrowed from the set of the [_Wet Hot American Summer_ reboot](http://time.com/3685687/wet-hot-american-summer-teaser/ "undefined"), as Craig the pool boy who dabbled in dirty work, and Taylor Swift was a natural as hair-eating cousin Allison. And then this happened … Yes, that’s Bradley Cooper lip locking with the 90-year-old Betty White for a little longer than absolutely necessary. In the words of another _SNL_ star: “Acting!” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3710677/snl-40-bradley-cooper-makes-out-with-betty-white-as-taylor-swift-watches/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3710677/snl-40-bradley-cooper-makes-out-with-betty-white-as-taylor-swift-watches/"},"headline":"SNL 40: Bradley Cooper Makes Out With Betty White as Taylor Swift Watches","datePublished":"2015-02-16T03:10:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:12:21.194Z","description":"Kerry Washington, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Vanessa Bayer and Fred Armisen all starred in \"The Californians\"","url":"https://time.com/3710677/snl-40-bradley-cooper-makes-out-with-betty-white-as-taylor-swift-watches/","keywords":["Television","SNL","Saturday Night Live","Taylor Swift","bradley cooper","Kerry Washington","Kristen Wiig"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0aefd02dcef3a4/69877f692dce0115e39dd901/4698062871.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd0aefd02dcef3a4/69877f692dce0115e39dd901/4698062871.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Anthony Harvey—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3710677/snl-40-bradley-cooper-makes-out-with-betty-white-as-taylor-swift-watches/","name":"SNL 40: Bradley Cooper Makes Out With Betty White as Taylor Swift Watches"}}]}] ```