Anrson Cooper Creds Richard Gere Wh Helpg Him Realize He's Gay | Vany Fair

Contents:

• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS GAY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY OR NOT?
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!
• ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
• ANRSON COOPER CREDS RICHARD GERE WH HELPG HIM REALIZE HE'S GAYTHE CNN JOURNALIST SAID SEEG THE ACTOR THE 1977 PLAY BENT CHANGED EVERYTHG.BY EY KIRKPATRICKJUNE 27, 2022BY JASON LAVERIS/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANRSON COOPER SAID THAT A FATEFUL TRIP TO SEE RICHARD GERE PERFORM ON STAGE WHEN HE WAS A PRE-TEEN HELPED HIM REALIZE HE WAS GAY.TTHE CNN JOURNALIST RELLED THE STORY OF HIS SEXUAL AWAKENG TO HIS IEND ANDY COHEN ON RAD ANDY ON FRIDAY, EXPLAG THAT TWO OF HIS MOM GLORIA VANRBILT'S IENDS, PHOTOGRAPHER PL JASM AND HIS BOYIEND, TOOK HIM TO SEE A PLAY STARRG GERE WHEN HE WAS JT 11 YEARS OLD. HE EXPLAED, “AND THEY TOOK ME TO SEE RICHARD GERE BENT, WHICH IF ANYONE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAY BENT, ’S ABOUT TWO GAY GUYS THE NCENTRATN MPS. I MEAN THE OPENG SCENE…IT IS THE GAYT THG YOU N IMAGE.” HE ADD, “AND THIS WAS RICHARD GERE 1977, LOOKG FOR MR. GOODBAR. HE WAS SO BETIFUL. AND I’M THERE. MY MOM DIDN’T GO. IT WAS JT ME AND MY MOM’S TWO GAY IENDS.”COOPER WENT ON TO REUNT THAT WH THAT OPENG SCENE THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE A MAN GETS OUT OF BED NAKED AND PUTS ON A NAZI UNIFORM AFTER SLEEPG WH ANOTHER MAN. “AND I JT REMEMBER BEG LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD, I’M GAY…I’M TOTALLY GAY,’” THE REPORTER SAID. “AFTERWARD, PL JASM WAS IENDS WH RICHARD GERE BEE PL JASM TOOK THE PICTUR FOR AMERIN GIGOLO, AND WE GO BACKSTAGE AND RICHARD GERE IS SHIRTLS HIS DRSG ROOM AND I ULDN’T SPEAK.” HE NTUED, “AND I HAD MY PLAYBILL AND I WANTED TO GET HIM TO TOGRAPH , BUT I WAS TOO—I JT ULDN’T STOP STARG AT HIS CHT. AND SO, FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TERVIEWG RICHARD GERE AND I TOOK OUT THE PLAYBILL…AND I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY AND I HAD HIM SIGN . YEAH. HE WAS VERY TICKLED WH .”COOPER PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS SEXUALY 2012 VIA AN SAY PUBLISHED ON ANDREW SULLIVAN'S DAILY BEAST BLOG. IN THE PIECE, HE EXPLAED THAT HE FELT TORN BETWEEN PROTECTG HIS PRIVACY AND SERVG AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG LGBT VIEWERS. “IT’S BEE CLEAR TO ME THAT BY REMAG SILENT ON CERTA ASPECTS OF MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE GIVEN SOME THE MISTAKEN IMPRSN THAT I AM TRYG TO HI SOMETHG—SOMETHG THAT MAK ME UNFORTABLE, ASHAMED OR EVEN AAID,” HE WROTE. “THIS IS DISTRSG BEE IS SIMPLY NOT FACT IS, I’M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I ULDN’T BE ANY MORE HAPPY, FORTABLE WH MYSELF, AND PROUD.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRHOW FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE REALYEXCLIVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S WEDDG DRSA BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF EVERYTHG HAPPENG AT THIS FALL’S FILM FTIVALS—WHOUT THE STARSA SER SETBACK FOR TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELFMEET KYLE DCHANEL, THE PRETEND PLAYBOY WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FOOLED HALF OF MANHATTANTHE ULTIMATE GUI TO FALL MOVIFROM THE ARCHIVE: A FATHER’S ACUNT OF THE TRIAL OF HIS DGHTER’S KILLEREND-OF-SUMMER SALE! TAKE 25% OFF AT THE VF SHOPMOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYKYLE DCHANEL, THE ROTHSCHILD WHO WASN’TBY NATE FREEMANMARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: IMPEACH BIN NOW OR I'LL SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENTBY ERIC LUTZEY KIRKPATRICK

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS GAY

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IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY

And I jt remember beg like Oh, my God, I'm gay like this is. I'm totally gay.

Anrson Cooper recently shared the story of the moment he realized he was gay, which volv a shirtls Richard Gere. The 55-year-old CNN journalist Cooper me out as gay 2012. Cooper spoke wh Andy Cohen durg a Live Pri Special on SiriXM’s show Rad Andy about meetg Richard Gere and g out as gay.

He relled attendg a play starrg Gere at the age of 11 wh his mother, Gloria Vanrbilt’s two gay iends — photographer Pl Jasm and his boyiend. Cooper ntued, “Which if anyone don’t know about the play ‘Bent, ’ ’s about two gay guys the ncentratn mp, ” Cooper said.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY OR NOT?

“I mean the openg scene… It is the gayt thg you n image, ” Cooper joked.

It was jt me and my mom’s two gay iends, ” he went on.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!

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

Richard Gere is not gay.

ANRSON COOPER CREDS RICHARD GERE WH HELPG HIM REALIZE HE'S GAYTHE CNN JOURNALIST SAID SEEG THE ACTOR THE 1977 PLAY BENT CHANGED EVERYTHG.BY EY KIRKPATRICKJUNE 27, 2022BY JASON LAVERIS/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANRSON COOPER SAID THAT A FATEFUL TRIP TO SEE RICHARD GERE PERFORM ON STAGE WHEN HE WAS A PRE-TEEN HELPED HIM REALIZE HE WAS GAY.TTHE CNN JOURNALIST RELLED THE STORY OF HIS SEXUAL AWAKENG TO HIS IEND ANDY COHEN ON RAD ANDY ON FRIDAY, EXPLAG THAT TWO OF HIS MOM GLORIA VANRBILT'S IENDS, PHOTOGRAPHER PL JASM AND HIS BOYIEND, TOOK HIM TO SEE A PLAY STARRG GERE WHEN HE WAS JT 11 YEARS OLD. HE EXPLAED, “AND THEY TOOK ME TO SEE RICHARD GERE BENT, WHICH IF ANYONE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAY BENT, ’S ABOUT TWO GAY GUYS THE NCENTRATN MPS. I MEAN THE OPENG SCENE…IT IS THE GAYT THG YOU N IMAGE.” HE ADD, “AND THIS WAS RICHARD GERE 1977, LOOKG FOR MR. GOODBAR. HE WAS SO BETIFUL. AND I’M THERE. MY MOM DIDN’T GO. IT WAS JT ME AND MY MOM’S TWO GAY IENDS.”COOPER WENT ON TO REUNT THAT WH THAT OPENG SCENE THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE A MAN GETS OUT OF BED NAKED AND PUTS ON A NAZI UNIFORM AFTER SLEEPG WH ANOTHER MAN. “AND I JT REMEMBER BEG LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD, I’M GAY…I’M TOTALLY GAY,’” THE REPORTER SAID. “AFTERWARD, PL JASM WAS IENDS WH RICHARD GERE BEE PL JASM TOOK THE PICTUR FOR AMERIN GIGOLO, AND WE GO BACKSTAGE AND RICHARD GERE IS SHIRTLS HIS DRSG ROOM AND I ULDN’T SPEAK.” HE NTUED, “AND I HAD MY PLAYBILL AND I WANTED TO GET HIM TO TOGRAPH , BUT I WAS TOO—I JT ULDN’T STOP STARG AT HIS CHT. AND SO, FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TERVIEWG RICHARD GERE AND I TOOK OUT THE PLAYBILL…AND I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY AND I HAD HIM SIGN . YEAH. HE WAS VERY TICKLED WH .”COOPER PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS SEXUALY 2012 VIA AN SAY PUBLISHED ON ANDREW SULLIVAN'S DAILY BEAST BLOG. IN THE PIECE, HE EXPLAED THAT HE FELT TORN BETWEEN PROTECTG HIS PRIVACY AND SERVG AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG LGBT VIEWERS. “IT’S BEE CLEAR TO ME THAT BY REMAG SILENT ON CERTA ASPECTS OF MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE GIVEN SOME THE MISTAKEN IMPRSN THAT I AM TRYG TO HI SOMETHG—SOMETHG THAT MAK ME UNFORTABLE, ASHAMED OR EVEN AAID,” HE WROTE. “THIS IS DISTRSG BEE IS SIMPLY NOT FACT IS, I’M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I ULDN’T BE ANY MORE HAPPY, FORTABLE WH MYSELF, AND PROUD.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRHOW FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE REALYEXCLIVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S WEDDG DRSA BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF EVERYTHG HAPPENG AT THIS FALL’S FILM FTIVALS—WHOUT THE STARSA SER SETBACK FOR TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELFMEET KYLE DCHANEL, THE PRETEND PLAYBOY WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FOOLED HALF OF MANHATTANTHE ULTIMATE GUI TO FALL MOVIFROM THE ARCHIVE: A FATHER’S ACUNT OF THE TRIAL OF HIS DGHTER’S KILLEREND-OF-SUMMER SALE! TAKE 25% OFF AT THE VF SHOPMOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYKYLE DCHANEL, THE ROTHSCHILD WHO WASN’TBY NATE FREEMANMARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: IMPEACH BIN NOW OR I'LL SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENTBY ERIC LUTZEY KIRKPATRICK

Dpe the fact that he played the role of a gay character Bent and that he has been greatly sexualized other productn.

The veteran Amerin actor isn’t gay. Even though he played a key role helpg Cooper Anrson disver his sexualy, Richard Gere isn’t gay.

Contrary to the too many mors that Richard Gere is gay, he isn’t. Though Richard Gere sparked the light bulb regardg Anrson Cooper’s sexualy, Richard isn’t gay. As psychologist and blogger Mark Griffhs wr, “Jan Harold Bnvand, the thor of The Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, says the ‘gerbillg’ story began 1984 [and] started out as a story volvg an unknown gay man and a moe.