Anrson Cooper opened up about when he first realized he was gay and when he accepted , and he explaed that those were very different tim his life.
Contents:
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
- ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
- ANRSON COOPER COM OUT: 'THE FACT IS, I'M GAY'
- ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW HE WAS GAY AND WHY TOOK SO LONG TO E OUT
- ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
- ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
- ANRSON COOPER OUT AS GAY
- WHY IT MATTERS THAT ANRSON COOPER CAME OUT AS GAY
- ANRSON COOPER KNEW HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS OLD
ANRSON COOPER SHAR WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY: 'ONE OF THE GREAT BLSGS OF MY LIFE'
The news anchor said he "me around to really lovg the fact that I was gay" after llege" emprop="scriptn * did anderson cooper come out as gay *
"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.
ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW — AND ACCEPTED — HE WAS GAY
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"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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" 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.
ANRSON COOPER COM OUT: 'THE FACT IS, I'M 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.
ANRSON COOPER REVEALS WHEN HE KNEW HE WAS GAY AND WHY TOOK SO LONG TO E OUT
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"I thk beg gay is one of the great blsgs of my life, " Cooper add on "Full Circle. 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. 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 SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
"Beg gay is one of the great blsgs my life." * did anderson cooper come out as 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 COOPER SHAR WHEN HE KNEW — AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED — THAT HE WAS GAY
* did anderson cooper come out as gay *
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.
ANRSON COOPER OUT AS GAY
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WHY IT MATTERS THAT ANRSON COOPER CAME OUT AS GAY
Enough: Anrson Cooper is very gay.
ANRSON COOPER KNEW HE WAS GAY AT 7 YEARS OLD
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