CNN anchor Anrson Cooper on when he realized he was gay

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• SOUTHLAND SPOILERS: Y, COOPER IS GAY
• “SOUTHLAND” RETURNS TO TNT TONIGHT WH GAY LAPD OFFICER JOHN COOPER AMONG THOSE ON THE BEAT!
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS
• AFTERELTON CHATS WH “SOUTHLAND” STAR MICHAEL CUDLZ ABOUT HIS GAY CHARACTER ON THE TNT DRAMA
• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
• PREVIEW: WILL SEASON THREE OF "SOUTHLAND" DEAL MORE WH JOHN COOPER'S SEXUALY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENDECEMBER 29, 2010/6:59 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENDECEMBER 29, 2010 / 6:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PREVIEW: WILL SEASON THREE OF \"SOUTHLAND\" DEAL MORE WH JOHN COOPER'S SEXUALY?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-12-29T11:59:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-12-29T11:59:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEN MCKENZIE AND MICHAEL CUDLZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARE YOU EXCED ABOUT THE RETURN OF SOUTHLAND NEXT TUDAY NIGHT ON TNT? THAT MIGHT PEND ON HOW WELL YOU FEEL THE SHOW HAS HANDLED THE FACT THAT JOHN COOPER (MICHAEL CUDLZ) IS GAY. SOME GAY VIEWERS ARE TRATED THAT THE FIRST TWO (ABBREVIATED) SEASONS HAVEN'T SHOWN MORE OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE OR MA HIS SEXUALY MORE EXPLIC. INED, SPE REVEALG THAT PARTICULAR PLOT POT AT THE END OF LAST SEASON, SOME STRAIGHT VIEWERS STILL AREN'T NVCED COOPER IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER GAY FANS OF THE SHOW, HOWEVER, LOVE THAT COOPER'S SEXUALY ISN'T A PARTICULARLY BIG AL AND THOSE FANS HAVE STEAD FOCED ON THE FACT THAT COOPER IS UNLIKE ALMOST ANY OTHER GAY CHARACTER CURRENTLY ON TV. THIS IS A GAY MAN WHO IS TOUGH AS NAILS AND WHO EXCELS AT BEG A P, WHILE ULTIMATELY HAVG LOST NONE OF HIS HUMANY. NOT AN EASY FEAT AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS OF WORKG ONE OF THE TOUGHER BEATS LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDNALLY, COOPER IS CREDIBLY PRIVATE, GFF AND TACURN. YET HE'S ALWAYS THERE FOR HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, EVEN IF THAT MEANS SOMETIM SHOWG THEM TOUGH LOVE RATHER THAN BEG THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, OFFICER COOPER IS SUCH AN TERTG CREATN THAT REARS VOTED HIM AT SPOT #45 FOR THE TOP 50 GAY CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME. THIS SPE THE FACT THAT SOUTHLAND HAD AIRED FEWER THAN TEN EPISOS AT THE TIME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVG SEEN THE FIRST TWO EPISOS OF THE UPG SEASON, AND UNEARTHED QUE A FEW MORE TAILS ABOUT OTHER EPISOS, 'S SAFE TO SAY THAT IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BEFORE, YOU'LL NTUE TO LIKE NOW. BUT IF YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE TRATED BY THE LACK OF TAILS ABOUT COOPER'S PRIVATE LIFE, YOU'LL NTUE TO BE TRATED — AT LEAST FOR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHICH IS TOO BAD, BEE COOPER IS A TERRIFIC ADDN TO THE GAY CHARACTER PANTHEON. AND THE SHOW, IF EQUENTLY TOUGH TO WATCH BEE 'S SO GRTY, IS ALSO EXCEPTNALLY WELL-WRTEN AND ACTED. CUDLZ IS PECIALLY GOOD AS COOPER AND REGA KG IS OUTSTANDG AS DETECTIVE LYDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIEWERS UNHAPPY WH HOW LTLE TIME THE SHOW HAS SPENT ON COOPER'S PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD KEEP MD TWO THGS. THE FIRST IS THAT WHILE THIS IS TECHNILLY THE SHOW'S THIRD SEASON, ONLY THIRTEEN EPISOS HAVE AIRED TH FAR DUE TO THE ABPT MOVE OM NBC TO TNT. SEND, THIS IS AN ENSEMBLE SHOW AND THE CHARACTERS' PERSONAL AND ROMANTIC LIV ARE NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT BEG SAID, OF ALL THE CHARACTERS, COOPER'S ROMANTIC LIFE HAS PROBABLY RECEIVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ATTENTN. VIEWERS HAVE SEEN THE DIVORCED P A GAY BAR WHERE HE PURCHASED PA PILLS TO AL WH HIS BACK PROBLEM, AND LATER VED THE SAME DG ALER HOME. THEN THE FIRST SEASON FALE BRIEFLY SHOWED COOPER WATCHG FIREWORKS WH A MAN NAMED CAAR, WHOM MOST VIEWERS BELIEVED TO BE SOME KD OF RELATNSHIP WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ALSO SAW COOPER, ALONG WH HIS PATROL PARTNER BEN SHERMAN (BENJAM MCKENZIE), ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF A AD P THAT COOPER WAS IENDS WH AND WHO HAD KILLED HIMSELF, POSSIBLY BEE HE WAS GAY. THIS WAS LIKELY THE MOMENT BEN REALIZED HIS PARTNER WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT IS STORE FOR OFFICER COOPER SEASON THREE? HE'LL STILL MENTOR BEN, ALTHOUGH THE TWO MEN WILL ALSO E TO NFLICT OVER JOHN'S BACK PROBLEMS AND THE PILLS HE'S TAKG TO AL WH . AND JOHN WILL NTUE TO BE THE STREET P WHO IS SMARTER AND TOUGHER THAN ANYONE ELSE. INED, WHEN DEWEY RETURNS OM REHAB, HE'S ASSIGNED TO COOPER SCE HE'S "THE BT P" THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN, THE FIRST EPISO SE COOPER RISK HIS LIFE TO SAVE ANOTHER P. AND FOR THOSE TRATED THE SHOW HASN'T MA CLEAR ENOUGH THAT COOPER IS GAY, EPISO 6 REPORTEDLY FEATUR HIM NAKED BED WH ANOTHER MAN. THAT SHOULD FALLY PUT THAT ISSUE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND TWO EXAMPL OF COOPER'S GFF EXTERR BELYG HIS RG SI, HE NOT ONLY RCU A SMALL DOG OM A BOA NSTRICTOR ANOTHER EPISO, BUT LATER LLS TO CHECK ON HOW THE DOG IS DOG. WE ALSO SEE HIM TRY TO HELP A YOUNG BOY WHO HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY HIS PARENTS AND HOW BREAKS HIS HEART WHEN THERE ISN'T MUCH HE N DO FOR THE KID WHO ENDS UP FOSTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT 'S THE SEASON'S FIFTH EPISO — "THE WDS" — THAT WILL TELL THE MOST ABOUT COOPER AND WHAT DRIV HIM. I WON'T GIVE ANYTHG AWAY, BUT LET'S JT SAY BACK PROBLEMS AND BEG GAY ARE THE LEAST OF HIS PERSONAL ISSU. INED, THERE ARE SOME SHOCKG REVEALS ABOUT COOPER'S PAST THAT MIGHT EXPLA WHY HE BEME A P THE FIRST PLACE, AS WELL AS WHY HE IS THE KD OF MAN HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET'S JT SAY COOPER HAS "DADDY" ISSU, BUT NOT THE SORT YOU UALLY ASSOCIATE WH SOME GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTHLAND AIRS ON TNT, TUDAYS AT 10 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FURTHER READG: INTERVIEW WH MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEASON 2 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’

SOUTHLAND SPOILERS: Y, COOPER IS GAY

Gay Bars Wt Hollywood.

Cooper is gay but apparently closeted to his -workers. After Cooper's divorce, he ed to see Clark gay bars and they avoid each other. In season 4 he tri to save a suicidal teen, and when the teen asks if he is gay, Cooper repli "y".

Cooper's closet: It was subtle, but was also clear last week Michael Cudlz's character, John Cooper, is gay. "He is a gay police officer, [but] certaly at the LAPD that's not an extraordary event.

“SOUTHLAND” RETURNS TO TNT TONIGHT WH GAY LAPD OFFICER JOHN COOPER AMONG THOSE ON THE BEAT!

It was subtle, but was ma clear: John Cooper, the veteran office played by Michael Cudlz on Southland, is gay.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

Will anyone have a problem wh Cooper as a homosexual?

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John me out to Henry by brgg him to a gay bar.

AFTERELTON CHATS WH “SOUTHLAND” STAR MICHAEL CUDLZ ABOUT HIS GAY CHARACTER ON THE TNT DRAMA

John had heard one gay slur too many om his partner and fally had to set him straight.

Cooper: You've got a problem wh gay people, that's your right, but I don't want to hear about every day.

ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'

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Cooper rells the furor that ensued, as some marketers pulled their ads and Marvel executiv shut down any further plot velopment beyond the character’s utterg of the words “I am gay! Tonight is the third season premiere of the seri that stars, among others, Ben McKenzie, Rega Kg and Michael Cudlz who plays a gay p named John Cooper. Tom HollandFans of Brish actor Tom Holland have e to his fense after some social media ers were seemgly upset that the latt episo of his Apple TV+ seri The Crowd Room featured gay the scene, Holland’s character go to a club wh heavy black eyeler and all black.

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THAT MIGHT PEND ON HOW WELL YOU FEEL THE SHOW HAS HANDLED THE FACT THAT JOHN COOPER (MICHAEL CUDLZ) IS GAY. SOME GAY VIEWERS ARE TRATED THAT THE FIRST TWO (ABBREVIATED) SEASONS HAVEN'T SHOWN MORE OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE OR MA HIS SEXUALY MORE EXPLIC. INED, SPE REVEALG THAT PARTICULAR PLOT POT AT THE END OF LAST SEASON, SOME STRAIGHT VIEWERS STILL AREN'T NVCED COOPER IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER GAY FANS OF THE SHOW, HOWEVER, LOVE THAT COOPER'S SEXUALY ISN'T A PARTICULARLY BIG AL AND THOSE FANS HAVE STEAD FOCED ON THE FACT THAT COOPER IS UNLIKE ALMOST ANY OTHER GAY CHARACTER CURRENTLY ON TV. THIS IS A GAY MAN WHO IS TOUGH AS NAILS AND WHO EXCELS AT BEG A P, WHILE ULTIMATELY HAVG LOST NONE OF HIS HUMANY. NOT AN EASY FEAT AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS OF WORKG ONE OF THE TOUGHER BEATS LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADDNALLY, COOPER IS CREDIBLY PRIVATE, GFF AND TACURN. YET HE'S ALWAYS THERE FOR HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, EVEN IF THAT MEANS SOMETIM SHOWG THEM TOUGH LOVE RATHER THAN BEG THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, OFFICER COOPER IS SUCH AN TERTG CREATN THAT REARS VOTED HIM AT SPOT #45 FOR THE TOP 50 GAY CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME. THIS SPE THE FACT THAT SOUTHLAND HAD AIRED FEWER THAN TEN EPISOS AT THE TIME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVG SEEN THE FIRST TWO EPISOS OF THE UPG SEASON, AND UNEARTHED QUE A FEW MORE TAILS ABOUT OTHER EPISOS, 'S SAFE TO SAY THAT IF YOU LIKED THE SHOW BEFORE, YOU'LL NTUE TO LIKE NOW. BUT IF YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE TRATED BY THE LACK OF TAILS ABOUT COOPER'S PRIVATE LIFE, YOU'LL NTUE TO BE TRATED — AT LEAST FOR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHICH IS TOO BAD, BEE COOPER IS A TERRIFIC ADDN TO THE GAY CHARACTER PANTHEON. AND THE SHOW, IF EQUENTLY TOUGH TO WATCH BEE 'S SO GRTY, IS ALSO EXCEPTNALLY WELL-WRTEN AND ACTED. CUDLZ IS PECIALLY GOOD AS COOPER AND REGA KG IS OUTSTANDG AS DETECTIVE LYDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIEWERS UNHAPPY WH HOW LTLE TIME THE SHOW HAS SPENT ON COOPER'S PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD KEEP MD TWO THGS. THE FIRST IS THAT WHILE THIS IS TECHNILLY THE SHOW'S THIRD SEASON, ONLY THIRTEEN EPISOS HAVE AIRED TH FAR DUE TO THE ABPT MOVE OM NBC TO TNT. SEND, THIS IS AN ENSEMBLE SHOW AND THE CHARACTERS' PERSONAL AND ROMANTIC LIV ARE NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT BEG SAID, OF ALL THE CHARACTERS, COOPER'S ROMANTIC LIFE HAS PROBABLY RECEIVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ATTENTN. VIEWERS HAVE SEEN THE DIVORCED P A GAY BAR WHERE HE PURCHASED PA PILLS TO AL WH HIS BACK PROBLEM, AND LATER VED THE SAME DG ALER HOME. THEN THE FIRST SEASON FALE BRIEFLY SHOWED COOPER WATCHG FIREWORKS WH A MAN NAMED CAAR, WHOM MOST VIEWERS BELIEVED TO BE SOME KD OF RELATNSHIP WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ALSO SAW COOPER, ALONG WH HIS PATROL PARTNER BEN SHERMAN (BENJAM MCKENZIE), ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF A AD P THAT COOPER WAS IENDS WH AND WHO HAD KILLED HIMSELF, POSSIBLY BEE HE WAS GAY. THIS WAS LIKELY THE MOMENT BEN REALIZED HIS PARTNER WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT IS STORE FOR OFFICER COOPER SEASON THREE? HE'LL STILL MENTOR BEN, ALTHOUGH THE TWO MEN WILL ALSO E TO NFLICT OVER JOHN'S BACK PROBLEMS AND THE PILLS HE'S TAKG TO AL WH . AND JOHN WILL NTUE TO BE THE STREET P WHO IS SMARTER AND TOUGHER THAN ANYONE ELSE. INED, WHEN DEWEY RETURNS OM REHAB, HE'S ASSIGNED TO COOPER SCE HE'S "THE BT P" THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN, THE FIRST EPISO SE COOPER RISK HIS LIFE TO SAVE ANOTHER P. AND FOR THOSE TRATED THE SHOW HASN'T MA CLEAR ENOUGH THAT COOPER IS GAY, EPISO 6 REPORTEDLY FEATUR HIM NAKED BED WH ANOTHER MAN. THAT SHOULD FALLY PUT THAT ISSUE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND TWO EXAMPL OF COOPER'S GFF EXTERR BELYG HIS RG SI, HE NOT ONLY RCU A SMALL DOG OM A BOA NSTRICTOR ANOTHER EPISO, BUT LATER LLS TO CHECK ON HOW THE DOG IS DOG. WE ALSO SEE HIM TRY TO HELP A YOUNG BOY WHO HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY HIS PARENTS AND HOW BREAKS HIS HEART WHEN THERE ISN'T MUCH HE N DO FOR THE KID WHO ENDS UP FOSTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT 'S THE SEASON'S FIFTH EPISO — "THE WDS" — THAT WILL TELL THE MOST ABOUT COOPER AND WHAT DRIV HIM. I WON'T GIVE ANYTHG AWAY, BUT LET'S JT SAY BACK PROBLEMS AND BEG GAY ARE THE LEAST OF HIS PERSONAL ISSU. INED, THERE ARE SOME SHOCKG REVEALS ABOUT COOPER'S PAST THAT MIGHT EXPLA WHY HE BEME A P THE FIRST PLACE, AS WELL AS WHY HE IS THE KD OF MAN HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET'S JT SAY COOPER HAS "DADDY" ISSU, BUT NOT THE SORT YOU UALLY ASSOCIATE WH SOME GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOUTHLAND AIRS ON TNT, TUDAYS AT 10 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FURTHER READG: INTERVIEW WH MICHAEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEASON 2 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Did you know at that pot that he was a gay character?

ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’

I thk the one thg that will happen that you’ll see, will be very clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that John is gay. Bee there are apparently some people out there that are still unaware that John Cooper is gay. "I'm not sure I knew the word 'gay' at the time, but I realized somethg was up, " Cooper said a Q&A ssn Monday on CNN's "Full Circle, " addg that he began to tell iends when he was high school but still stggled through llege wh fully lovg himself.

"I thk I really, tly accepted – and not jt accepted , but fully embraced and me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay – would probably be right after llege, " he said. "A lot of the thgs I wanted to do at the time, you uldn't be gay, " he said, cg an tert jog the U.

Ary, though out members of the gay muny were not allowed to serve at the time.