--- title: Bradley Cooper Photobombs Chadwick Boseman by at 2018 Met Gala description: Bradley Cooper and his partner Irina Shayk photobombed Chadwick Boseman on the red carpet of the 2018 Met Gala. canonical: https://time.com/5269613/met-gala-chadwick-boseman-bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-photobomb/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T16:32:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:18.955Z og:title: Chadwick Boseman Answers Bradley Cooper's Prayers in Photo og:description: The celebrities crossed paths at the Met Gala og:url: https://time.com/5269613/met-gala-chadwick-boseman-bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-photobomb/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf87cce6c4d033cc3/69892fd497cdffca8a6b52ad/met-gala-chadwick-boseman-bradley-cooper-photobomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4600 og:image:height: 2588 og:image:alt: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chadwick Boseman Answers Bradley Cooper's Prayers in Photo twitter:description: The celebrities crossed paths at the Met Gala twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf87cce6c4d033cc3/69892fd497cdffca8a6b52ad/met-gala-chadwick-boseman-bradley-cooper-photobomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chadwick Boseman Looks Like He's Answering Bradley Cooper's Prayers in 2018 Met Gala Photobomb > Sponsored content. 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Chadwick Boseman attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman May 8, 2018 4:32 PM UTC The[ 2018 Met Gala’](http://time.com/5256466/met-gala-2018-details-theme-date/)s theme was _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_, and celebrities provided exactly that. From [Rihanna channeling her inner Pope](http://time.com/5257694/rihanna-met-gala-dress-pope-2018/) to [Lena Waithe’s rainbow pride cape](http://time.com/5268873/lena-waithe-rainbow-pride-flag-cape-met-gala-2018/), the stars were out looking their divine best. _Black Panther_ star [Chadwick Boseman](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217574/chadwick-boseman) was no exception. Boseman arrived at the [Met Gala](http://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/) clad in a [white Versace cape](https://www.allure.com/story/2018-met-gala-chadwick-boseman-all-white-outfit) adorned with crosses and tassels over a white suit and sparkling gold shoes. Needless to say, Chadwick Boseman showed up at the Met Gala looking like a religious superhero. Even [Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk](http://time.com/4732379/bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-baby/) wanted to get in on Boseman’s heavenly grace. > [](https://twitter.com/tomandlorenzo/status/993646050878611457) The couple, who, according to _People_,[ walked on the red carpet at the gala together](http://people.com/style/met-gala-2018-bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-photos/) for the first time, photobombed a picture of Boseman posing by himself. They, too, wanted to soak up as much as Boseman’s divine presence as possible. > [](https://twitter.com/GPDoran/status/993818373267116032) After that run-in, Bradley had a moment later in the night to pose with him. Boseman, fellow _Black Panther_ actor Michael B. Jordan and Cooper took a not-as-candid photo together at the gala.  Bradley Cooper, Michael B. Jordan, and Chadwick Boseman attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. 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