Anderson Cooper: 'The fact is, I'm gay'

Associated Press ^ | 7/2/12

[Justaham]

Anderson Cooper, who has been reluctant to talk about his personal life in public, revealed that he is gay in an essay posted online on Monday.

The CNN journalist said he had kept his sexual orientation private for personal and professional reasons, but came to think that remaining silent had given some people a mistaken impression that he was ashamed.

"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," he wrote in a letter to Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast.

Cooper, the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, had long been the subject of rumors about his sexual orientation. He said that in a perfect world, it wouldn't be anyone's business, but that there is value in "standing up and being counted."

"I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn't mean an end to a small amount of personal space," he wrote. "But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter's shield of privacy."

[BRK]

Was there anyone left in the world who did not already know this?

[Red Badger]

Next thing you know he’ll come out and say he is a ‘liberal’............

[hal ogen]

Catcher...Pitcher????> Enguiring minds want to know.

[Reagan69]

Who da thunk ???

[Red Badger]

Dear AC,

No body gives a rat’s ass.

Anybody who cared already knew.

Anybody who didn’t know is watching another channel.

So, they still don’t know and don’t care.

Regards,

Red Badger

[Pearls Before Swine]

A liberal journalist comes out of the closet. Not exactly a “man bites dog” news-item.

[martin_fierro]

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[Sarah Barracuda]

I havent been this stunned since Ricky Martin came out of the closet LOL

[elpadre]

didn’t he announce this several years ago??

[moviefan8]

I do not care if he is gay.

It is not a surprise that he is gay.

[4buttons]

so he finally got the teabags out of his mouth and now he can tell us.

[JaguarXKE]

Within the same second!

[nascarnation]

didn’t he announce this several years ago??

When you have ratings as low as his, it's gonna take a lot of announcements to get the word out.

[central_va]

So who is his boyfriend? Paging John Trivolta...

[Jeff Chandler]

[Semper Mark]

[freeangel]

Who didn’t know this? And isn’t it good that he probably won’t be breeding?

[Jeff Chandler]

"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," he wrote in a letter to Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast. "And my butt hurts."

[kenmcg]

Who gives a rat’s rear end what he is? Hollywood and the media are loaded with homosexuals. There was a time and not too long ago they were called “perverts”.