Anderson Cooper: I'm Gay and Proud

People Magazine ^ | July 2, 2012 | Stephen M. Silverman

[2ndDivisionVet]

Anderson Cooper has some news to share.

"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," the CNN anchor wrote Monday in an open letter to his longtime friend Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast.

The host of Anderson Cooper: 360, 45, also says that he has waited until now to announce the fact because, "As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter."

Cooper, who also hosts his own syndicated talk daytime show Anderson, addressed the subject after Sullivan – a British writer who is openly gay and Catholic – put the question to him after a cover story in the current Entertainment Weekly focused on how gay people in the public life are currently coming out in understated and matter-of-fact manners.

"Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I've thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to," Cooper began...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Knock me over with a feather! Gloria Vanderbilt's little boy is a homosexual? Who knew?

[MNDude]

AHA!! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I’m so happy he is proud of himself. We are who we screw.

[oldleft]

So when is he going to come clean to being an arrogant, sensationalist douchebag?

[Cheapskate]

Who Knew??????

[Tenacious 1]

Does Rachel Madcow know about this?

[Darren McCarty]

In other news, bears crap in the woods.

[TMA62]

Captain Obvious!!

[al baby]

So Cooper likes it in the Pooper

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Who is Anderson Cooper?

[stephenjohnbanker]

” The host of Anderson Cooper: 360, 45, also says that he has waited until now to announce the fact because, “As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn’t matter.”

Well then, in your case, you shouldn’t have revealed your private life, Mr. Poofter.

[GQuagmire]

[spawn44]

He couldn’t be more happy. That is total BS. Gays are about 1% of the population yet make-up 75% of CNN and MSNBC. Talk about trying to shove it down our throats.

[bgill]

The obligatory “wow, who knew?” and “I’m shocked!”

[frankenMonkey]

[txrangerette]

Imagine a scene on a deserted atoll.

The human race has been wiped out except for 2 survivors, a man and a woman.

The man is Anderson Cooper, the woman is Ellen DeGeneres.

NOW, people, tell us this is just as normal as heterosexuality.

[MissMagnolia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_1Pw1xm9U

[clamper1797]

Hey Cooper ... stick it up your ... oh nevermind

[Responsibility2nd]

She should. She’s his b——.

(What? Rachel is a female? Are you sure???)

[throwback]

That “I’m gay, I’m proud” always seemed a bit odd if isn’t a choice. Like “I have pit hair, I’m proud”.