Anrson Cooper reveals how Richard Gere helped realize he is gay

Contents:

• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY
• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS GAY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!
• 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 FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMCAN YOU NAME THE FILM THAT LNCHED BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, AND MORE?THE ABSOLUTELY WILST DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LATT INDICTMENT AGAST DONALD TMPIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI ETON COLLEGE, HARRY AND WILLIAM’S POSH ALMA MATERTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTH“DOPEY AND CONSTUTNALLY DUB”: LEGAL EXPERTS BLAST JUDGE AILEEN CANNON’S LATT PRO-TMP RULGSBY BS LEVEY KIRKPATRICK
• ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
• HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED ANRSON COOPER REALIZE HE’S GAY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY?
• ANRSON COOPER SAYS SEEG A YOUNG RICHARD GERE SHIRTLS HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'HE WAS SO BETIFUL'
• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'I COULDN'T SPEAK'

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

""If anyone don't know about the play Bent, 's about two gay guys a ncentratn mp, " Cooper explaed.

"The openg scene is the gayt thg you n image. "And I'm there, my mom didn't go, 's jt me and my mom's two gay iends and I'm watchg this thg and lerally the openg scene of Bent, like there's a guy bed who's jt...

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

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS GAY

I'm totally gay. The qutn of if Richard Gere is Gay me to be after his appearance the film Amerin Gigolo 1980. Richard Gere was sexualized the movie and so many s later, fans are still wonrg, is Richard Gere gay?

Cooper said: “And I jt remember beg like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay… I’m totally gay. I mean the openg scene… It is the gayt thg you n image.

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

The productn retells the story of two gay men a Nazi ncentratn mp. Image SourceRichard Gere is not gay. Dpe the fact that he played the role of a gay character Bent and that he has been greatly sexualized other productn.

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 FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMCAN YOU NAME THE FILM THAT LNCHED BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, AND MORE?THE ABSOLUTELY WILST DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LATT INDICTMENT AGAST DONALD TMPIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI ETON COLLEGE, HARRY AND WILLIAM’S POSH ALMA MATERTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTH“DOPEY AND CONSTUTNALLY DUB”: LEGAL EXPERTS BLAST JUDGE AILEEN CANNON’S LATT PRO-TMP RULGSBY BS LEVEY KIRKPATRICK

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.

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

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. “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.

HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED ANRSON COOPER REALIZE HE’S GAY

“And I jt remember beg like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay. … I’m totally gay, '” he said, gettg a lgh om the dience. “I simply said I thk I’m gay, ” Cooper rells tellg his mother, to which she replied, “well, don’t make any fe cisns.

In the 1979 Broadway productn of Bent, for which he won a Theatre World Award, Richard Gere played a gay Holot survivor, beg one of the first well-known Hollywood actors to do so. Fans wonr if he is gay real life as well, spe the fact that he has gaed notoriety for beg gay on stage.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY?

There are several allegatns that Richard Gere is gay.

ANRSON COOPER SAYS SEEG A YOUNG RICHARD GERE SHIRTLS HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'HE WAS SO BETIFUL'

No, Richard Gere Is Not Gay. Richard has never been a relatnship wh a man, and spe wispread speculatns, he has also never e out as gay.

So, is very clear that Richard is straight rather than gay. It tak place durg and immediately followg the Night of the Long Kniv and is foced on the persecutn of homosexuals Nazi Germany. The play’s tle allus to the slang term “Bent” for homosexuals that is ed certa European natns.

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'I COULDN'T SPEAK'

When the play was origally produced, there had barely been any historil vtigatn or even unrstandg of the Nazi persecutn of gays. The performance was a huge succs raisg awarens of the persecutn of gays by the Nazis. Also, is well known that Richard Gere received a Theatre World Award for his portrayal of the play’s homosexual character, Max.