CNN anchor Anrson Cooper on when he realized he was gay

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SNL: WOODY HARRELSON’S JOE BIN KISS ANRSON COOPER TO PROVE HE’S NOT HOMOPHOBICYAS VEEPTHE EQUALY TOWN HALL LD OPEN SKETCH ALSO FEATURED THE BUT OF L MANUEL-MIRANDA’S JULIAN CASTRO AND A MEO OM “POSE” STAR BILLY PORTER.MATT WILSTESENR EDORUPDATED OCT. 13, 2019 3:30AM EDT / PUBLISHED OCT. 12, 2019 11:57PM EDT SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE OPENED S SHOW THIS WEEK AT CNN’S EQUALY TOWN HALL, FEATURG AN EARLY MEO OM POSE’S BILLY PORTER, WHO TRODUCED THE 2020 PRINTIAL NDIDAT ONE BY ONE. AND ONE BY ONE, THEY WERE EACH FACED WH NCERNS ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMATIC PASTS, BEGNG WH CHRIS REDD’S CORY BOOKER, WHO EXPERTLY DODGED A QUTN ABOUT HIS EVOLUTN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. ASKED HOW HE RPONDS TO THOSE WHO SAY HE’S NOT GAY ENOUGH, COL JOST’S PETE BUTTIGIEG REPLIED, “YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT, BUT THERE'S NO WRONG WAY TO BE GAY… UNLS YOU'RE ELLEN THIS WEEK.” KATE MCKNON’S ELIZABETH WARREN FARED A LOT BETTER. “IF SOMEONE DON'T WANT TO SERVE GAY PEOPLE AT THEIR SMALL BS, I BET THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THG THAT'S SMALL,” SHE SAID. “AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE CLUD CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTNS, WELL, I WISH THEIR PARENTS HAD ED PROTECTN.” AND THEN THERE WAS HATON CREATOR L MANUEL-MIRANDA BUTG HIS JULIAN CASTRO IMPRSN. HE STRO OUT ONTO THE STAGE TO CHEERS BEFORE APOLOGIZG FOR NOT BEG GAY. “HOWEVER, I AM LATO, WHICH WE N ALL AGREE IS SOMETHG,” HE SAID, NICKNAMG HIMSELF “LATOBAMA.”  FALLY, SEASON PREMIERE HOST WOODY HARRELSON MA HIS TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO SNL AS VICE PRINT JOE BIN AND MANAGED TO BE ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE AWKWARD THAN BIN WAS AT THE ACTUAL CNN EVENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.“THE VAST MAJORY OF PEOPLE AMERI ARE NOT HOMOPHOBIC,” HE SAID. “THEY'RE JT SRED OF GAY PEOPLE.” “THAT’S WHAT HOMOPHOBIC MEANS, JOE,” ALEX MOFFAT’S ANRSON COOPER REPLIED. “LOOK, YOU KNOW ME, I WENT TO BAT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY AND I BELIEVE WE’RE ALL EQUAL,” BIN ADD, “WHETHER YOU'RE GAY, LBIE, TRANSGENAL OR QUEEF, YOU'RE OK WH JOE.” THEN, TO PROVE JT HOW GAY IENDLY HE IS, HE PLANTED A KISS ON COOPER. “YOU JT HELPED ME W A BET, JOE,” THE CNN HOST SAID. “I THK WE’RE DONE HERE.” MATT WILSTE

But bis havg so many work-related acplishments, Cooper also happens to be a very handsome -- and very eligible -- gay man who is back on the datg scene and lookg for love! Asked how he rponds to those who say he’s not gay enough, Col Jost’s Pete Buttigieg replied, “You know, I've heard that, but there's no wrong way to be gay… unls you're Ellen this week.

“If someone don't want to serve gay people at their small bs, I bet that's not the only thg that's small, ” she said. “And when people say gay and trans people shouldn't be clud civil rights protectns, well, I wish their parents had ed protectn. He stro out onto the stage to cheers before apologizg for not beg gay.

“The vast majory of people Ameri are not homophobic, ” he said. “They're jt sred of gay people.

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

” “That’s what homophobic means, Joe, ” Alex Moffat’s Anrson Cooper replied. “Look, you know me, I went to bat for marriage equaly and I believe we’re all equal, ” Bin add, “whether you're gay, lbie, transgenal or queef, you're OK wh Joe. ” Then, to prove jt how gay iendly he is, he planted a kiss on Cooper.

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.

Richard Gere starred the play about the persecutn of homosexualy Nazi Germany. It was jt me and my mom's two gay iends, " he 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....

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

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.

"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.

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CNN anchor Anrson Cooper on when he realized he was gay.

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