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On today’s season premiere of the newly rebooted Anderson Live, host Anderson Cooper was chatting with guest host Kristin Chenoweth about what the pair had done over the summer, repectively, and Chenoweth brought up Cooper’s July reveal that he was gay. ”I’ve always been out to my co-workers and stuff,” said Cooper. “It’s just not something I ever talked about it publicly because as a reporter I didn’t think it was appropriate—it didn’t seem like part of my job.”
When asked about why his chose to finally disclose his sexuality, Cooper said, ”I’ve been torn for a long time between a desire as a reporter to just do my job and be known as a reporter and, at the same time, I do think visibility is important. I do think that the tide of history only moves forward when everybody is fully visible. So I didn’t wanna send a message that it was anything I was ashamed about or unhappy about or not comfortable with and that was the main thing. I appreciate all the support I got and the encouragement. I’m the same person I always was.”
Read more:
Anderson Cooper comes out: ‘The fact is, I’m gay’
By the Way, We’re Gay. The New Art of Coming Out
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