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[GHERU]

People counts as a source

Anderson Cooper has some news to share.

"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud," the CNN anchor wrote Monday in an open letter to his longtime friend Andrew Sullivan of the Daily Beast.

The host of Anderson Cooper: 360, 45, also says that he has waited until now to announce the fact because, "As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter."

Cooper, who also hosts his own syndicated talk daytime show Anderson, addressed the subject after Sullivan – a British writer who is openly gay and Catholic – put the question to him after a cover story in the current Entertainment Weekly focused on how gay people in the public life are currently coming out in understated and matter-of-fact manners.

"Andrew, as you know, the issue you raise is one that I've thought about for years. Even though my job puts me in the public eye, I have tried to maintain some level of privacy in my life. Part of that has been for purely personal reasons. I think most people want some privacy for themselves and the people they are close to," Cooper began.

"It's become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long," he continued. "I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something – something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true."

huh

[BlueStreak]

I thought this was well-known...

[GHERU]

if it was, I didn't know

[Zero]

This is like when Jim Parsons from BBT came out and no-one realised he was ever in the closet to begin with.

[e_galston]

Its not a secret persay, he just didn't feel he should be the news story, which makes sense.

[oogy]

Its not a secret persay, he just didn't feel he should be the news story, which makes sense.

Because it shouldn't.

[IvCNuB4]

About time

[Thunderstorm]

It's like when Wesley Snipes announced he was black.

[Lord Ice]

Why else would a man be friends with Kathy Griffin.

[Jack Burton]

Wow I am shocked I tell you shocked.

[spidertour02]

Because it shouldn't.

Are you saying we shouldn't know this?

[oogy]

Are you saying we shouldn't know this?

No, I'm saying that it shouldn't be a news story.

[e_galston]

Are you saying we shouldn't know this?

it shouldn't be front page headline grabbing news. I don't see why we shouldn't know it, it just shouldn't be as sensationalized as it is. And I don't mean just Cooper's coming out, but any celebrity in general.

[GHERU]

Are you saying we shouldn't know this?

all I know is that this doesn't bode well for Vertigo

[spidertour02]

all I know is that this doesn't bode well for Vertigo

At least SOMEbody knows the score.