Anrson Cooper was asked by a viewer on Full Circle about how old he was when he accepted that he was gay.
Contents:
- ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
- ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
- TTHS ABOUT ANRSON COOPER’S GAY PARTNER AND FAY
- ANRSON TALKS ABOUT HOW HE LEARNED TO EMBRACE BEG GAY
- ANRSON COOPER SAYS SEEG A YOUNG RICHARD GERE SHIRTLS HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'HE WAS SO BETIFUL'
- ANRSON COOPER IS A GRATEFUL NEW DAD: ‘AS A GAY KID, I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE’
ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
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Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay Friday on "Rad Andy.
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
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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.
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ANRSON COOPER: ‘BEG GAY IS ONE OF THE BLSGS OF MY LIFE’
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ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
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"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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ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
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"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 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.
TTHS ABOUT ANRSON COOPER’S GAY PARTNER AND FAY
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.
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ANRSON TALKS ABOUT HOW HE LEARNED TO EMBRACE BEG GAY
” Anrson wanted to travel, but beg gay was illegal some untri. “I thk beg gay is one of the blsgs of my life. Anrson Cooper is openg up about when he realized he was gay — and when he "really, tly accepted .
ANRSON COOPER SAYS SEEG A YOUNG RICHARD GERE SHIRTLS HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'HE WAS SO BETIFUL'
"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. 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.
ANRSON COOPER IS A GRATEFUL NEW DAD: ‘AS A GAY KID, I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE’
"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 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.