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The hoopla over the college football star's coming-out is 'not strange to me at all,' says Cooper. By Ran Aubrey Frazier. February 12 2014 6:20 PM EST. âBeing born gay is one of the great blessings of my life,â Anderson Cooper proclaimed to a crowd of nearly 6,000 at University of Texas at Arlington Monday evening.ooper bristled at a question about whether it was strange in 2014 that the athlete's coming-out was such a major news story. It's not strange to me at all, he replied, before citing hangings in Iran and floggings in Nigeria as examples of the oppression many LGBT people face around the world.
Anderson Cooper thanks fans for supporting his decision to come out as gay... 1  Journalist tweeted: ' I appreciate all the nice tweets. 2  I am in Botswana working but want to wish everyone a great 4th of July!'. 3  CNN anchor allowed friend Andrew Sullivan to confirm his sexuality.IMELINE: ANDERSON COOPER'S LIFE SO FAR. 1967 - born Anderson Hays Cooper on June 3 to mother, heiress Gloria Vanderbilt and father, writer Wyatt Emory Cooper. 1970 - appears as guest on the Tonight show aged three with his mother.