Anderson Cooper is coming out, putting an end to rumors about his sexual preference with an exclamation mark.
In a letter to The Daily Beast columnist Andrew Sullivan, Cooper reveals that he is ”gay, always have been, always will be” and he “couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.”
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“I’ve always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly,” Cooper writes in the email. “As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn’t matter.
“I’ve stuck to those principles for my entire professional carer, even when I’ve been directly asked ‘the gay question,’ which happens occasionally.”
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The newsman says he came forward because he did not want his silence to be misinterpreted as shame.
