Tag: Anderson Cooper

This week the gay man organizing “Straight Pride” demanded that “straight people be afforded equal rights,” George Michael‘s boyfriend learned he got nothing, and the hotly anticipated Tales of the City reboot drew one week closer. Here’s what happened on Instagram: walked the beach. found his shadow. showed off. and wore shades. set out to get a tan. sported a rainbow. sat on a bench. broke a sweat. made it halfway to LA. explored a boulder. celebrated Pride. ...

Entertainment Weekly issued six covers featuring out celebrities for its annual Pride issue.Melissa Etheridge, Anderson Cooper, Janet Mock, Ruby Rose, Neil Patrick Harris, and Wilson Cruz each grace their own magazine cover.Each celebrity discussed their coming out journeys."I personally came out when I was leaving home when I was 18. I'm like, 'I'm gay!' And they were like, 'We know!'" Melissa Etheridge said. "My mother didn't talk to me for a while, but that all came back. Then I entered Hollywood, and...

Silver fox is on the loose! Well, kind of. Anderson Cooper has finally confirmed that he has split up with his longtime boyfriend, Ben Maisani. Many feel that Ben and Anderson (did we ever call them Benderson?) had been on the rocks for some time as many reported seeing Cooper with another man. But gay men can have platonic gay friends, right? Well, some thought that a Dallas, Texas man, Dr. Victor Lopez, was gracing Cooper's presence a little too much...

We recently told you about a Utah gay couple who were in Las Vegas during the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Yesterday, Anderson Cooper spoke to Bobby Eardley, who lost his partner Cameron Robinson in the horrific incident. Speaking of Robinson, Eardley said: “I just can not say enough amazing things about that man. He’s such an example to everyone he came into contact with in his life.” Eardley also described his final moments with his partner: “I just wanted to make sure...

And they are sharing their fun on Instagram Anderson Cooper and his longtime partner Benjamin Maisani took off for Venice, Italy for the Memorial Day weekend – the unofficial start of summer. While the CNN anchor left New York City behind, fellow New Yorker Neil Patrick Harris stayed in town and took son Gideon to a Yankees baseball game then later went to dinner with husband David Burtka at Jerry Seinfeld’s house where Howard Stern was among the guests. Orange is The...

The BFFs show off their big guns on a gym date. Old pals Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen recently hit the gym together, but somehow we’re the ones breaking a sweat. Most likely between dumbbell curls, the CNN anchor and the Watch What Happens Live! host apparently chatted about their AC2 tour dates this weekend, according to Cohen’s Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRWP78DDLlP/ Strangely enough, most of the comments from Cohen’s followers are about his sleeveless T-shirt, which features dance chart diva and Real Housewives...

"I'm the worst teacher ... I make him so nervous" Anderson Cooper is teaching longtime partner Benjamin Maisani how to drive and it’s bringing out the worst in him. ‘He’s got a learner’s permit like a 16 year old. It’s the most embarrassing thing,’ Cooper told viewers while co-hosting ABC’s Live! with Kelly Ripa on Monday (23 January). ‘I’m happy about it on the one hand because I’m sick of being the one who has to drive every time we’re in a...

Because that's what couples do. If you are unable to fulfill your dream of spending a day playing with elephants — or even of having a ridiculously tall, muscular boyfriend — then you can at least live vicariously through Anderson Cooper’s Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOPUc5ehFTn/ The CNN anchor visited Green Hill Valley Elephant Camp in Myanmar on Tuesday with his partner, Benjamin Maisani, and he has the amazing photos to prove it. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOPlolbh9FU/ Joined by their friend, artist Pablo Raimondo, the guys visited the sanctuary...

Andy and I were first set up on a blind date, which never happened because we had a phone call and after two minutes I said, ‘I’m not dating this guy.’He broke my cardinal rule. He mentioned my mom within the first four sentences of meeting me. If somebody does that, it’s a deal-breaker. And we’re never going on a date.”—Anderson Cooper, explaining on Wednesday night’s Watch What Happens Live exactly what happens when someone immediately brings up his mother,...

Anderson Cooper is one of the journalists moderating the presidential candidate Town Hall on Sunday. In anticipation of yet another cruddy performance by Donald Trump (he’s making a mockery of debate prep again), his supporters have decided to go after Cooper with a combination of gay-baiting and loony conspiracy theories. Of course, Prince Tiny Hands himself started the attacks. Last month, Trump complained that Cooper would be “very, very biased,” adding “I don’t think he can be fair.” The crazies that swirl...

Apple‘s Tim Cook said Anderson Cooper had an important influence on his decision to come out as gay, which he did in 2014, making him the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to do so. Cook spoke with the Washington Post in a wide ranging interview on Saturday, and answered questions about his coming out process. Cook says it took about a year. “Just thinking through what to say, how to say it, where to say it, how to do that in...