LGBTQ+ in Hollywood

[mrpancake]

I think AC has always just said, "I don't talk about my private life." Neither a confirmation or denial, but I don't think he makes much of an effort to hide it, but he hasn't ever confirmed to my knowledge.

[lisaben]

Christ, AC's exactly the type I mean. He published a damn essay on his brother's suicide but this is off limits.

[kafka]

lisaben said:

Christ, AC's exactly the type I mean. He published a damn essay on his brother's suicide but this is off limits.

I understand what you're saying but I think there is nothing wrong with having some limits on things. To require it to be otherwise would, theoretically, mean that stars would be obligated to talk about every single aspect of their lives, or else absolutely nothing at all. Not one word. There would be no inbetween and I don't think that would work out, on a realistic basis given the industry's demand that actors promote films (and themselves).

What I think you're objecting to, and what I would agree with, is the coy hypocrisy of stars like the blighted Gwhiney. One minute, she insists that she's so private and refuses to answer certain things; the next, she's blabbing about every small, intimate detail of her sex life in creating Apple.

However, I'm willing to give Anderson Cooper a pass on being like that. His mother has written extensively about her life, her sons, and her son's suicide. So, Anderson wasn't writing about anything that people even mildly aware of the Vanderbilt family wouldn't already know. And his book focused heavily on other things besides his personal, private life. IOW, he wasn't being selectively open for the sake of coyness, and wasn't discussing everything but his sexuality. He basically only discussed stuff that was already in the public record about his family, and then went on to focus on his professional experiences.

On a totally shallow note, AC's partner is hot.

[topher]

Shep Smith is gay.

[Sunnyhorse]

If Anderson Cooper wants to discuss his brother's suicide with the world but prefers not to discuss his sexuality, that's his business. I'd feel the same way if he wanted to go public with his orientation but drew the line at talking about his brother's suicide. The point is, it's his call and no one else's, especially an asshole such as Perez Hilton. What Perez did to Lance Bass was unforgivable, and then on top of it Perez practically breaks his arm patting himself on the back because he "helped" Lance come out. I think Bass is much happier out of the closet, but, again, it should've been his call, without hectoring from some gossip columnist.

[Binky]

I wonder, with Anderson Cooper, if safety isn't part of his concern? He goes to some pretty dangerous places, including cultures where being homosexual warrants immediate murder. That, in addition to being white, American, and a reporter: all factors which might endanger him when he's talking to an African warlord (as he was last time I saw him on tv).

[lisaben]

Maybe AC was a bad example do to his special circumstances, but I've just way too many sordid, gruesome family histories (stuff I actually would consider "personal") from self-proclaimed "private" closeted celebs.

[MrsOldManBalls]

Andreson Cooper and his partner are so pretty. It almost hurts to look at them.

[Margo]

Oh yeah, they are. Anderson has this whole "hot older man with prematurely graying hair and insane levels of intelligence" look, while his boyfriend has the whole "cradle-robbery-inducing smoking hot boy" look.

Is there a stolen sex tape somewhere? Anywhere? Please?

[Auroranorth]

kafka said:

lisaben said:

Christ, AC's exactly the type I mean. He published a damn essay on his brother's suicide but this is off limits.

I understand what you're saying but I think there is nothing wrong with having some limits on things. To require it to be otherwise would, theoretically, mean that stars would be obligated to talk about every single aspect of their lives, or else absolutely nothing at all. Not one word. There would be no inbetween and I don't think that would work out, on a realistic basis given the industry's demand that actors promote films (and themselves).

What I think you're objecting to, and what I would agree with, is the coy hypocrisy of stars like the blighted Gwhiney. One minute, she insists that she's so private and refuses to answer certain things; the next, she's blabbing about every small, intimate detail of her sex life in creating Apple.

However, I'm willing to give Anderson Cooper a pass on being like that. His mother has written extensively about her life, her sons, and her son's suicide. So, Anderson wasn't writing about anything that people even mildly aware of the Vanderbilt family wouldn't already know. And his book focused heavily on other things besides his personal, private life. IOW, he wasn't being selectively open for the sake of coyness, and wasn't discussing everything but his sexuality. He basically only discussed stuff that was already in the public record about his family, and then went on to focus on his professional experiences.

Yeah, I'd see this as more of the Jodie Foster essay scenario. She wrote an article on the Hinckley stalking a year or so after it happened and that's all she's ever said publically. What he's done is much the same.