Anderson Cooper on Being Gay

[bcohen7719]

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[Diverdan]

Thanks for sharing.. I had not seen this interview before. He is one class act... and HOT as well.

[bigvalboy]

I always thought that he was just so cute....and the bf isn't bad either.

[Diverdan]

I agree, BVB... they make a cute and HOT couple... I wonder if they are both versatile?

[bigvalboy]

I agree, BVB... they make a cute and HOT couple... I wonder if they are both versatile?

 

Not sure if they are versatile, but some "gossip rag" took a picture of Anderson's bf kissing another man in 'Central Park'...I am devastated. How could he cheat on our own little Mr. Anderson. I'm so upset right now, that I have lost my appetite for dinner....

[Bosguy]

My best friend who lives in Pam Springs has attended a number of social functions that Anderson and his then bf also attended. He said that he was very handsome and very down to earth type of guy. He did eventually sell his apparently gorgeous property and relocate to the East Coast full time because of his professional commitments.

 

Boston Bill

[ErieBear]

There was a guy who went to the gym I used to belong to that looked like Anderson Cooper, only he was hotter than Mr. Cooper. Ripped abs and much more macho. One day he caught me staring at his big cock in the locker room and just smirked.

[Toulouse]

Anderson stayed in the French Quarter for many weeks/months following Hurricane Katrina and covered the tragedy and human impact of the hurricane long after all other media left. He became a fixture in the Quarter back then and he still returns here for vacation occasionally. He is highly regarded in New Orleans today because of his commitment to long-term, in-depth coverage of the devastation beyond the initial hype. I've met AC a couple of times at Mardi Gras-related social events (both times prior to his public "coming-out") and he has always seemed as nice a could be and down-to-earth--not at all affected by his celebrity status or wealth. He is a great journalist and an all-around decent human being.

[Boink]

I HATE to see him go the route of celebrity interviews and daytime talk shows. Wish he'd stick with hard news.

[operalover21]

I HATE to see him go the route of celebrity interviews and daytime talk shows. Wish he'd stick with hard news.

 

I lost a lot of respect for him when I saw his -- now canceled -- daytime talk show. It was so bad and he comes across as a really campy weirdo. He has tons of strange phobias and rules about things. I thought ... yea, hot, but too weird for anything long term. Things like he won't eat pickles (and had his first one the other day) because they marinate in their own juices or that he eats the exact same meal every day of the year. It goes on and on ....

 

As for being a great journalist ... well, I don't see Edward R. Murrow allowing himself to be given a simulated blow job on CBS .... I think Mr. Cooper's stock has fallen quite a bit and his show is now one of the lowest rated on CNN (if that isn't redundant). He established a great niche for himself a few years ago but he's allowed his "brand" to be cheapened by all the silliness he's been part of it.

 

I find it kinda sad, actually.

 

Sometimes it's better to know LESS about people.

[+ WilliamM]

 

As for being a great journalist ... well, I don't see Edward R. Murrow allowing himself to be given a simulated blow job on CBS .... I think Mr. Cooper's stock has fallen quite a bit and his show is now one of the lowest rated on CNN (if that isn't redundant). He established a great niche for himself a few years ago but he's allowed his "brand" to be cheapened by all the silliness he's been part of it.

 

I find it kinda sad, actually.

 

Sometimes it's better to know LESS about people.

 

Anderson Cooper is not Edward R. Morrow, but has put himself in danger many times to cover news stories in war zones around the world.

 

My brother worked for the National Park Service. Over the years, he worked with many movie producers and directors who were filming in national parks. He also has wide experience in dealing with newsmen/women, radio and TV as well as print.

 

Several years ago he had a minor role in Anderson Cooper's visit to Yellowstone National Park for a story on the return of wolves to the west. Cooper seemed to think the story was beneath him. So when the National Park Service refused his request to get very close to the wolves and grizzly bears, Copper sulked like a little kid, and was rude to everyone...for three or four days.

 

At one point, the wolves were close enough to the only road for Anderson to see them upclose. My brother went to Cooper to tell him. He got no real response beyond distain. Cooper is the only park visiter in 30 plus years with whom my brother had a bad experience.

 

I still admire Anderson Cooper for going after the story no matter what. And it's possible that Edward R. Morrow would have acted in much the same manner at Yelowstone. Like everyone, Cooper has several sides to his personality. But, he is not always the friendly guy at social gatherings whom I read about above.

[+ deej]

Anderson stayed in the French Quarter for many weeks/months following Hurricane Katrina and covered the tragedy and human impact of the hurricane long after all other media left. He became a fixture in the Quarter back then and he still returns here for vacation occasionally. He is highly regarded in New Orleans today because of his commitment to long-term, in-depth coverage of the devastation beyond the initial hype.

 

I remember him interviewing Mary Landrieu in the immediate aftermath. She tried to give typical politician double-speak and he went off. "STOP BEING A POLITICIAN! PEOPLE ARE DIEING HERE!"

 

He was the first in what became the Katrina backlash.

[+ Axiom2001]

I read each and everyone of the preceding posts and smiled and thought! In spite of all of the positive as well as the negative comments-- I still like this man whose hair prematurely became

grey/gray. Glad he finally came out to the public regarding his sexuality; now they know, and I think and/or hope that the public has put this aspect behind them and have accepted this hand-

some, intelligent and talented man!

[Guest verymarried]

I'd rather meet his mother than Andy.

[JackTwist]

I've never met Anderson Cooper. But from what I do know about him, I really like the guy...and watch AC360 almost every night.

 

Just for laughs, check this out... "6 Reasons Why We Already Knew Anderson Cooper Was Gay": http://www.funnyordie.com/lists/ecebf8db5c/5-reasons-we-knew-anderson-cooper-was-gay-already

[bostonman]

I HATE to see him go the route of celebrity interviews and daytime talk shows. Wish he'd stick with hard news.

 

I lost a lot of respect for him when I saw his -- now canceled -- daytime talk show. It was so bad and he comes across as a really campy weirdo. He has tons of strange phobias and rules about things. I thought ... yea, hot, but too weird for anything long term. Things like he won't eat pickles (and had his first one the other day) because they marinate in their own juices or that he eats the exact same meal every day of the year. It goes on and on ....

 

As for being a great journalist ... well, I don't see Edward R. Murrow allowing himself to be given a simulated blow job on CBS .... I think Mr. Cooper's stock has fallen quite a bit and his show is now one of the lowest rated on CNN (if that isn't redundant). He established a great niche for himself a few years ago but he's allowed his "brand" to be cheapened by all the silliness he's been part of it.

 

I find it kinda sad, actually.

 

Sometimes it's better to know LESS about people.

 

I agree. I was rather appalled at his daytime show - I think I saw the first episode where he and Kathy Griffin did a lot of "trying to be funny" and it was just embarrassingly bad. And even his humor on CNN tends to go towards the juvenile end of things.

 

I do agree he's done some good reporting. And I've been watching a fair amount of CNN lately because of the Boston bombing story, and his coverage has been professional. But yeah, I feel like his attempts to be a TV "personality" have cost him a lot of cred.

 

Speaking of CNN - someone I rarely watch, but again, had his show on a few times due to the bombing coverage - Piers Morgan, the guy that they got to replace Larry King. Nothing against the guy, though if it's possible, he's even more "soft news entertainment" than King was - but what's with at least 2 guests coming on the show in consecutive nights to attack him for being British? What up with that?

[bigvalboy]

Just for laughs, check this out... "6 Reasons Why We Already Knew Anderson Cooper Was Gay":

 

Thanks Jack...in the tanning video, I had no idea that Mr."C" had such a hot little body....

[operalover21]

I remember him interviewing Mary Landrieu in the immediate aftermath. She tried to give typical politician double-speak and he went off. "STOP BEING A POLITICIAN! PEOPLE ARE DIEING HERE!"

 

He was the first in what became the Katrina backlash.

 

I don't think he was first. I think that was Shep Smith over at Fox News. I remember he was the first one reporting live from NO who was expressing outrage. Everyone else followed his lead.

 

And I don't think any great journalist allows himself to do some of the things that Anderson has allowed. He needs to decide whether he wants to be a serious journalist or a clown. So far, he seems undecided.

[operalover21]

I'd rather meet his mother than Andy.

 

She's totally awesome. Anyone who was Bobby Short's beard all those years has to be wonderful

[operalover21]

I agree. I was rather appalled at his daytime show - I think I saw the first episode where he and Kathy Griffin did a lot of "trying to be funny" and it was just embarrassingly bad. And even his humor on CNN tends to go towards the juvenile end of things.

 

I do agree he's done some good reporting. And I've been watching a fair amount of CNN lately because of the Boston bombing story, and his coverage has been professional. But yeah, I feel like his attempts to be a TV "personality" have cost him a lot of cred.

 

Speaking of CNN - someone I rarely watch, but again, had his show on a few times due to the bombing coverage - Piers Morgan, the guy that they got to replace Larry King. Nothing against the guy, though if it's possible, he's even more "soft news entertainment" than King was - but what's with at least 2 guests coming on the show in consecutive nights to attack him for being British? What up with that?

 

Piers Morgan is embarassing. He should be deported.

 

Well, it was hunk heaven during coverage of the Conclave that elected Pope Francis. CNN had Anderson Cooper and Chris Cuomo sitting on this small bench squeezed so close together you could just feel the sexual tension. All I could think (well, not quite ALL) of was that there was a jello wrestling match just waiting to happen

[+ WilliamM]

Talk about embarassing, some of Edward R. Morrow's "Person to Person" interviews are available on DVDs. The program concept was to interview famous people in their own homes; Murrow did the interviews from his studio. Often the interviews are fun. But, the sets up are usually awful, example: Bogart: "Why, here's my wife right here." Bacall: "Hi, Ed," as if it was a big suprise.

[bostonman]

Talk about embarassing, some of Edward R. Morrow's "Person to Person" interviews are available on DVDs. The program concept was to interview famous people in their own homes; Murrow did the interviews from his studio. Often the interviews are fun. But, the sets up are usually awful, example: Bogart: "Why, here's my wife right here." Bacall: "Hi, Ed," as if it was a big suprise.

 

True - I've seen some of those - I'm sure all of that was very scripted; there does tend to be a rather "phony" nature to some of the talk.

 

But oh, how I miss the "classic" era of the mature, professional-sounding news reporter - I was born in 1964, so I was brought up with Cronkite et al, the original "60 Minutes" crew, etc. There was something dignified and serious about reporting back then which is almost impossible to find in our era. Even the local news - I hate the way all the anchors are asked to be so casually "chummy" with each other (again, being human is one thing, but all the forced chattiness is just awful) and how that chumminess is "staged" (bringing the "happy family" of anchors around the desk to trade some sophomoric banter at the end of the broadcast, etc) - it's really not about reporting the news anymore, it's about putting on a show. Maybe people feel the old format would be too "dry" - I guess we're too used to faux-news shows like "The View" (ugh) to ever go back to the real thing.

 

I miss the *real* talk shows too. Phil Donahue...Dick Cavett...Oprah when she started off...We do indeed still have dignified hosts like Charlie Rose, thank god, but we need more of them. People that have only seen Dr. Phil and the like have no idea what a talk show really can be.

[operalover21]

Talk about embarassing, some of Edward R. Morrow's "Person to Person" interviews are available on DVDs. The program concept was to interview famous people in their own homes; Murrow did the interviews from his studio. Often the interviews are fun. But, the sets up are usually awful, example: Bogart: "Why, here's my wife right here." Bacall: "Hi, Ed," as if it was a big suprise.

 

It wasn't Murrow's finest moment but it's a far cry from Anderson Cooper's daily talk show where he camps it up and talks about his weird phobias or Cooper getting a simulated blow job by a comedian that even a troll wouldn't claim as it's offspring. Not a fair comparison at all. What you describe above is so mild ....

[operalover21]

True - I've seen some of those - I'm sure all of that was very scripted; there does tend to be a rather "phony" nature to some of the talk.

 

But oh, how I miss the "classic" era of the mature, professional-sounding news reporter - I was born in 1964, so I was brought up with Cronkite et al, the original "60 Minutes" crew, etc. There was something dignified and serious about reporting back then which is almost impossible to find in our era. Even the local news - I hate the way all the anchors are asked to be so casually "chummy" with each other (again, being human is one thing, but all the forced chattiness is just awful) and how that chumminess is "staged" (bringing the "happy family" of anchors around the desk to trade some sophomoric banter at the end of the broadcast, etc) - it's really not about reporting the news anymore, it's about putting on a show. Maybe people feel the old format would be too "dry" - I guess we're too used to faux-news shows like "The View" (ugh) to ever go back to the real thing.

 

I miss the *real* talk shows too. Phil Donahue...Dick Cavett...Oprah when she started off...We do indeed still have dignified hosts like Charlie Rose, thank god, but we need more of them. People that have only seen Dr. Phil and the like have no idea what a talk show really can be.

 

I like Charlie Rose but often wish he'd let his guests talk (Cavett had this problem as well). He often seems far more interested in his question than the guest's answer. And what is he doing on that awful CBS morning show?