Bradley Cooper reveals he was held at knifepoint on NYC subway

Bradley Cooper says in 2019 he was held at knifepoint on a New York City subway.

Bradley Cooper described a frightening experience he had on a subway in 2019 during an interview with Dax Shepard. Mandatory Credit: Getty Images

Originally Published: 30 NOV 21 14:37 ET

Updated: 30 NOV 21 16:26 ET

By Marianne Garvey, CNN

(CNN) -- Bradley Cooper says in 2019 he was held at knifepoint on a New York City subway.

The "Star is Born" actor said the whole incident turned "pretty insane" when he was approached by a man on the subway at 11:45 a.m.

"I remember seeing the person's eyes and was taken by how young they were," Cooper said on the "Armchair Expert" podcast with Dax Shepard.

Cooper said he had been wearing headphones and couldn't hear outside noise, but saw the man pointing a knife, which he described as having a two-to-three-inch blade and a wooden handle, at him.

Cooper ran and jumped a turnstile inside the station, then ran to the entrance, where he was able to get outside.

"I just started booking, just started running," he said. "I jumped over the turnstile, hid around the white, tiled entrance to the subway (and) took my phone out. (The suspect) jumped over, running away. I took a photo of him. Then I chased him up the stairs. He started running up 7th Avenue."

He said he was able to snap two more photos of the man then reported the incident to a nearby police officer.

He then had to go pick up his daughter from school and added that he had gotten too comfortable in the city.

"My guard was down," he added. "I realized I had gotten way, way too comfortable in this city."