Anrson Cooper: 'I'm Gay' - TheWrap

Contents:

• ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
• ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
• ANRSON COOPER: 'I'M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE'
• ANRSON COOPER: 'THE FACT IS, I'M GAY'
• ANRSON COOPER: ‘I’M GAY’
• TALK SHOW HOST ANRSON COOPER: "I'M GAY"
• CNN PRENTER ANRSON COOPER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
• ANRSON COOPER COM OUT: 'THE FACT IS, I'M GAY'
• ANRSON COOPER KNEW HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS OLD
• ANRSON COOPER CONFIRMS: 'I'M GAY'
• ANRSON COOPER: “THE FACT IS, I’M GAY.”
• ANRSON COOPER: ‘I’M GAY’
• ANRSON COOPER: 'I'M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN'
• ANRSON COOPER: ‘THE FACT IS, I’M GAY’
• HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED ANRSON COOPER REALIZE HE’S GAY

ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY

Though he publicly me out almost 10 years ago, CNN anchor Anrson Cooper says he first knew "somethg was different" around the age of 6 or 7."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.S.

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY

Ary, though out members of the gay muny were not allowed to serve at the time. The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.

After graduatg om Yale Universy 1989, Cooper cid he didn't want to "waste any more time worryg about this" or "wishg I was some other way." He me out as gay to the public on July 2, 2012, allowg iend and wrer Andrew Sullivan to publish an email om him, sayg 'd bee clear that remag silent on the topic had given the false imprsn that he had somethg to hi. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud," he wrote.Cooper has sce weled a son, Wyatt Man Cooper, born April 27, 2020 via surrogate.

"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life," Cooper add on "Full Circle." "And ma me a better person, ma me a better reporter... Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay Friday on "Rad Andy. Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay on Friday durg the "Andy Cohen Live Pri Special" on SiriXM's "Rad Andy.

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

Richard Gere starred the play about the persecutn of homosexualy Nazi Germany. It was jt me and my mom's two gay iends, " he said. Cooper lled the openg scene, which a man gets out of bed pletely naked and puts on a uniform, "the gayt thg you n image.

""And I jt remember beg like, 'Oh my God, I'm gay.... I'm totally gay, " he the play end, Cooper said Jasm took him backstage to meet Gere, who he worked wh on the film "Amerin Gigolo.

He said he didn't tell her he was gay until he graduated llege, and although she was "ol about , " she told him not to make any "fe cisns.

ANRSON COOPER: 'I'M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE'

Anrson Cooper is openg up about when he realized he was gay — and when he "really, tly accepted . "I mean, I was probably, I don't know, 7, when I kd of realized — I'm not sure I knew the word 'gay' at the time, but I realized somethg was up. Somethg was different, " he said, rpondg to someone who asked him how he learned to accept beg gay and how old he was when he did.

ANRSON COOPER: 'THE FACT IS, I'M GAY'

The news anchor said that while he had told people high school, wasn't until after llege that he "me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay. "I thk I really, tly accepted — and not jt accepted , but fully embraced and you know, me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay — would probably be right after llege, " he said. "You know, I kd of stggled my teenage years, certaly, but even a ltle llege, " the father of one ntued, explag that "a lot of the thgs I wanted to do at the time, you uldn't be gay.

"And I wanna embrace who I am, and as I've said before, I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " he said, addg that his perspective has "ma me a better person, and 's ma me a better reporter. " In 2016, the journalist was the first out gay man to morate a printial bate. "When I was 12 years old and knew I was gay and thought about my life, always upset me bee I thought, 'I will never be able to have a kid, ' " Cooper said June for PEOPLE's first-ever Pri issue.

Anrson talks about how he learned to embrace beg gay. Anrson Cooper was asked by a viewer on Full Circle about how old he was when he accepted that he was gay. And not jt accepted , but fully embraced and me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay right after llege, ” Cooper said.

ANRSON COOPER: ‘I’M GAY’

Cooper shared that he stggled to e to terms wh beg gay bee of limatns he and others faced the late 80s.

Anrson thought about jog the ary, but 1982, the US Army clared homosexualy to be “patible wh ary service. ” Anrson wanted to travel, but beg gay was illegal some untri.

“I thk beg gay is one of the blsgs of my life. Journalist Anrson Cooper me out as gay on Monday after keepg his sexualy private for years.

TALK SHOW HOST ANRSON COOPER: "I'M GAY"

"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, " Cooper wrote an email that he allowed iend Andrew Sullivan to publish at The Daily Beast webse.

"Sullivan wrote that he had asked Cooper to ment on an EntertamenJuly 2, 2012, 3:34 PM UTCJournalist Anrson Cooper me out as gay on Monday after keepg his sexualy private for years. "Sullivan wrote that he had asked Cooper to ment on an Entertament Weekly story that foced on how gays public life e out a more rtraed way than past announcements.

CNN PRENTER ANRSON COOPER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

(Remember Ellen DeGener' "Yep, I'm Gay" TIME magaze 1997 ver? "Cooper also wrote that bullyg and discrimatn agast gays enuraged his announcement, sayg, "I’ve also been remd recently that while as a society we are movg toward greater cln and equaly for all people, the ti of history only advanc when people make themselv fully visible.

ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY

"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn't be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, " Anrson Cooper wr an email that he agreed to have published on The Daily 's acknowledgment rponse to a nversatn wh his longtime iend blogger-mentator Andrew Sullivan about Entertament Weekly's recent ver story about the matter-of-fact way people the public eye reveal their homosexualy the days. " The article foced on numero celebri whose homosexualy is nsired an open secret. Watch what Griff's Infamo Comments Wh Anrson on New Year's Eve, 2009The Anrson-Kathy duo has bee a New Year's Eve favore for many gay TV watchers.

ANRSON COOPER COM OUT: 'THE FACT IS, I'M GAY'

July 2, 2012: Anrson Cooper out as gay.

Cooper publicly me out as gay July of 2012 an open letter to his longtime iend, journalist Andrew Sullivan. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn't be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, " Cooper wrote.

"As a gay kid, I never thought would be possible to have a child, and I'm grateful for all those who have paved the way.

ANRSON COOPER KNEW HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS OLD

Anrson Cooper has announced that he is gay.

The biggt star at CNN, Cooper has long been mored to be gay but has largely kept his personal life private. “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, ” he wr.

Anrson Cooper revealed on Monday that he is gay, endg years of reluctance to talk about his personal life CNN journalist wrote an onle letter that he had kept his sexual orientatn private for personal and profsnal reasons, but me to thk that remag silent had given some people a mistaken imprsn that he was ashamed. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn't be any more happy, fortable wh myself and proud, " he wrote the letter, published by Andrew Sullivan of the Daily, the son of Gloria Vanrbilt, had long been the subject of mors about his sexual orientatn. CNN said would not ment, and that Cooper was on assignment and there were no plans for Cooper to discs on the natnal televisn news reporters have publicly acknowledged beg gay, wh MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and CNN's Don Lemon perhaps the bt 's show, "Anrson Cooper 360, " received an award this year om the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn.

ANRSON COOPER CONFIRMS: 'I'M GAY'

He ntu: "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn't be any more happy, fortable wh myself and proud. "Cooper's sexual orientatn had long been subject to show, Anrson Cooper 360, received an award earlier this year om a gay rights group. Anrson Cooper was 45 years old when he me out publicly 2012, but this week, a CNN viewer wanted to know what age the newsman was when he first realized he was gay and accepted for his answer, Cooper explaed that those were two very different thgs that happened at very different ag.

” “I’m not sure I knew the word ‘gay’ at the time, but I realized somethg was up, somethg was different.

But ultimately, he said he “stggled” wh as a disvered there were thgs he simply uldn’t do, like jo the ary at a time when homosexualy was nsired grounds for discharge or travel abroad to areas where remaed illegal and often dangero to be gay.

ANRSON COOPER: “THE FACT IS, I’M GAY.”

“I thk I really, tly accepted — and jt kd of, really not jt accepted but fully embraced and me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay — would probably be right after llege, " the now-53-year-old said, addg that was “about a year after llege (when) I realized, 'I don't want to waste any more time worryg about this' and sort of wishg I was some other way.

ANRSON COOPER: ‘I’M GAY’

"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, ” he ntued. “When I was 12 years old and I knew I was gay and thought about my life, always upset me, bee I thought, ‘I will never be able to have a kid, ’” Cooper told People magaze shortly after Wyatt’s birth.

ANRSON COOPER: 'I'M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN'

Anrson Cooper has, at long last, publicly said he is gay. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, " he 's sexualy has long been the subject of ample media speculatn, but he has never publicly nfirmed . "Prevly, the 45-year-old CNN anchor and daytime talk show host has been romantilly lked to Benjam Maisani, the -owner of New York Cy gay bars Eastern Bloc and a photograph of Cooper and Maisani below, then scroll down to keep readg: Cooper be at least the sixth, though by far the most high-profile, openly gay anchor the ble news bs.

Jt fifteen years ago, Ellen DeGener revealed she was gay a storm of magaze vers and publicy.

Gay rights group GLAAD also issued a statement. Anrson Cooper said he first realized he was gay as a young child.

ANRSON COOPER: ‘THE FACT IS, I’M GAY’

“I mean, I was probably, I don’t know, 7, when I kd of realized — I’m not sure I knew the word ‘gay’ at the time, but I realized somethg was up. The CNN anchor, 53, said he me out to some people high school but didn’t e “around to really lovg” that he was gay until he graduated om Yale Universy 1989. “I thk I really, tly accepted — and not jt accepted , but fully embraced and you know, me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay — would probably be right after llege, ” he said.

Cooper explaed he had many terts at the time — and nsired jog the ary — but felt he uldn’t bee he was gay and worried for his “safety. The broadster also said that beg gay has ma him a better reporter bee giv him a different perspective.

“The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, ” he wrote. "The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn't be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud. As Cooper says the email, he's been asked "the gay qutn" before about what had been an open secret for years and not publicly addrsed .

HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED ANRSON COOPER REALIZE HE’S GAY

"Man, I didn't know Anrson Cooper WASN'T gay.

CNN's Don Lemon Went Public Last Year: NPR's David Folkenflik remds our Newsst Dk that "last year, CNN anchor Don Lemon revealed his own homosexualy and told NPR he had kept secret bee he feared viewers might no longer accept him. Amerin TV's "Most Proment Openly Gay Journalist": The New York Tim' Der blog says Cooper's announcement "mak him the most proment openly gay journalist on Amerin televisn. Last week, Entertament Weekly ran a story on an emergg trend: gay people public life who e out a much more rtraed and matter-of-fact way than the past.

In many ways, ’s a great velopment: we’re evolved enough not to be gob-smacked when we fd out someone’s gay.