Anderson Cooper had no idea who Michael Jackson was when he spotted him at Studio 54 — when Anderson was 10. And even back then, cable news’ biggest walk-in closet case wouldn’t dance. Ah, the life of Gloria Vanderbilt’s offspring.a
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Like Most Boys, Anderson Cooper Met Michael Jackson Before Puberty
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Mike Mills
MJ will live on forever through his music and videos. A tribute to his life: http://tinyurl.com/MichaelJacksonPortal never forget!
Cam
Why do people always claim to not know who somebody was. I know that girlfriends of celebrities always do that.
“Gee, I never really watch TV so I didn’t know who George Cloony was, even though I was a coctail waitress at a Planet hollywood on the Paramont Studio Lot. Gee, I just thought he seemed like a nice guy.
What a bunch of B.S. Anderson, you were hanging out at Studio 54 at 10. you knew who he was, the same way you knew why you kept watching the movie “Blue Lagoon” over and over.
sam
The Vanderbilt-Coopers weren’t part of the regular Studio 54 scene, although some of their friends were.
According to Anderson, his mother was friends with the director of the Wiz so they were invited to the premiere of the movie and the after party at Studio 54. He was part of the group that rode in MJ’s limo while (deeply misguided) girls chased the limo and screamed for Michael.
Mark
Gloria used to be MARRIED to the director of The Wiz. Sidney Lumet
Tank
Anderson and his new boyfriend, Antoine.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/06/27/anderson-cooper-biking/comment-page-2/#comments
Adam
Stay classy, queerty!
mikebuc
Well first he said he “went to Studio 54 with MJ and a bunch of other people”, not that he “spotted him” there. Second, he was 10 in 1977.
And third, these two have the best chemistry on television. So cute!
WTF?
@Tank: Yeah, never a hotter pair were photographed. Sheesh! Even if he is gay, does that mean every man he’s with is gay too? Or that he’s his lover? I – and probably many of you – have plenty of straight male friends with whom we hang out (biking or otherwise), but does that mean that we’re sleeping with them? It’s childish conjecture, like gossiping 7th graders poring over some kind of Tiger Beat. “Oh, my god! I like totally like heard that he’s like all into this one dude and stuff but that like his family would like pull the plug on his like money or whatever if he like ever like said you know like whatever and all that.”
Stabler
#8, sorry to disappoint you, but that IS Anderson’s boyfriend.
galefan2004
@WTF?: Yes there is a lot of money coming from his mother, but I really doubt that his mother is a complete homophobe. Actually, his mother seems to be very progressive, almost to the point of sticking it to the conservatives with a very sharp pin every chance she can. If Cooper is staying in its not because of his mother. At this point it is probably not because of his career either. My guess is that if he is really gay and just closeted it is because he feels its nobody’s business but his own.
TANK
@Tank:
GOddamnit, I didn’t post that. I don’t give a fuck about this topic or the site linked to.
TANK
@WTF?:
but you’re still wrong, schmuck.