Q & A With Your Token Gay, Vol. XV

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Several viewers of The Jason Show have posed the question:

"Is Anderson Cooper Gay?"


While you may find this hard to believe, Anderson Cooper and I do not know each other. We aren't friends, and he has not publicly divulged the truth about his sexuality. Therefore, I have taken it upon myself to do some highly scientific, 100% reliable and accurate research on the World Wide Web. While I respect Mr. Cooper's choice to not speak publicly about his personal life, I'm sure he realizes that someone in his position of fame and notoriety will have a difficult time hiding secrets. There is much speculation on the subject.

These are the results of my study:



From Yahoo! Answers:

"Anderson is not married and has never been married. The posters claiming he's married are either confused or just blatantly making up porkies. Anderson lives with his male partner (the man thanked in the dedication of his book) and is out to everyone except the press, and that is only because he doesn't feel the need to share his love life with the press. But it is very out even to people who know him only casually. There is no way to 'prove' that of course, because people will believe whatever they want to believe (not that being gay is something bad that needs to be proven) but there are zillions of people in NY who know him as a happily (almost) out gay man.
Source(s):
I worked on the TV show Queer Eye, Anderson is good friends with some of our cast. I've met him and his partner."

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If Yahoo! Answers doesn't quench your thirst for the truth, then check out this bit from Wikipedia:

"Cooper has never married and has actively avoided discussing his private life, citing a desire to protect his neutrality as a journalist:
"I understand why people might be interested. But I just don’t talk about my personal life. It’s a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life. The whole thing about being a reporter is that you're supposed to be an observer and to be able to adapt with any group you’re in, and I don’t want to do anything that threatens that."[4]
His public reticence contrasts deliberately with his mother's life spent in the spotlight of tabloid journalists and her publication of memoirs explicitly detailing her affairs with celebrities; Cooper vowed "not to repeat that strategy".[7][8][9] Independent news media have reported that Cooper is gay,[note 1] and in May 2007, Out magazine ranked him second behind David Geffen in their list of the fifty "Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America."[10] Cooper has discussed his desire to have a family and children.[5]"

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There were countless other links related to this question, but essentially they all came back to the above articles. So now you know.

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