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 TALKS ABOUT WHEN HE ACCEPTED BEG GAY
OPENLY GAY ANRSON COOPER SPL WH RTRANTER PARTNER; BOYIEND STILL FAY
ANRSON COOPER CALLS BEG GAY “ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE”
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'

"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.

ANRSON COOPER TALKS ABOUT WHEN HE ACCEPTED BEG 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The ary's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which prohibed openly gay, lbian and bisexual Amerins om servg, was officially repealed 2011.

" 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 has sce weled a son, Wyatt Man Cooper, born April 27, 2020 via surrogate.

OPENLY GAY ANRSON COOPER SPL WH RTRANTER PARTNER; BOYIEND STILL FAY

"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle. Anrson Cooper has been openly gay for years, but he’s now openg up about when he fally accepted to himself that he was 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.

ANRSON COOPER CALLS BEG GAY “ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE”

“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… 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, ” Anrson ntued.