Anderson Cooper is gay
Um, yeah, so?
Anderson Cooper is gay
Molly Eichel, Daily News Staff Writer
Most people will read the headline of this blog post and immediately think, "Uh, duh." But Anderson Cooper has officially come out, via longtime friend Andrew Sullivan's blog.
"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud," Cooper wrote in an email. He goes on to say that while he is happy with himself, he does not plan on becoming an activist.
Sullivan was prompted to ask Cooper after reading Mark Harris' excellent piece in last week's Entertainment Weekly about a new breed of "out" celebrity.
In May 2007, Out magazine ran a piece by Village Voice gossip columnist Michael Musto, about openly gay celebrities who refused to come out to the public. Cooper was on the cover alongside Jodie Foster, who talked about her longtime girlfriend publicly for the first time shortly after the story ran.
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SO WHAT!!! Where were you when coming out wasn't so easy
The child of Gloria Vanderbuilt. Fashionably gay! :)— cemego- anderson cooper reports the news well. i could care less about his sexual preference. i find his work to be incredibly respectable.— AndyReidsMustache
- Is that one of the reasons he goes after Christians? He does stories on Jeffs, the nut bag for Az., talks about Christians who beat their kids,etc. Never once a story about how there are actually Christians who travel around the country at their own expense raising money to help starving kids in Africa. How they help rebuild homes in NOLA at their own expense or take care of orphans from Haiti and much, much more than the big talking Libs like this dude would ever consider doing. Who cares what the guy does in his private life. Go ahead, get married and hopefully he won't get divorced and have the partner take 1/2 his money. He needs to come 360 and really report the truth. Otherwise he is just another Lib with his own interests thinking most people really care what he does after the show!!!— sarah89
- So, you've never seen his shoe 360, obviously, or you wouldn't have thumbed out such an ignorant post; but then again, that's your one-note existence on this site. — Independence
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- no kiddin. He wasn't called the K-Y CAPTAIN for nothing.— MilesLong1
- I don't get the "proud/pride" part. I'm neither proud nor unproud that I'm hetero. I just am. What's to be "proud" about your sexual inclinations?— pj katauskas
- pj, go read the e-mail in its entirety and you'll understand why he needed to declare that he is 'proud'. The clip re printed above does not give the full context. Copper's e-mail is incredibly honest, heartfelt, eloquent and honorable. Go read it here:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/anderson-cooper-the-fact-is-im-gay.html— Independence - I didn't watch CNN that much. when i did, I couldn't tell, and I couldn't care less really. life goes on— justakid
- Gay or not, he's a dork. Who cares.— Tyrone Biggums
- Will John Bolaris come out this week too?— Tyrone Biggums
- I am sick and tired of this gay stuff. Is there more to life than who's gay or not?— J5player
- And this is news?!! You would have to be deaf, dumb, and blind not to know he was gay. And who cares? He's a good journalist - that's all that matters.— Vinnie
