Why Didn't Anderson Cooper Come Out as Gay Sooner? Journalism.
The big news today is that Anderson Cooper has finally stepped out of the glass closet. While the newsman has never denied his homosexuality, until now he’d never publicly acknowledged it either.
His reasons for staying mum on the subject, despite being out to friends, family, and colleagues, went beyond a basic desire for privacy. Cooper felt that keeping a low profile helped him be a better journalist. As he explains to Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Beast:
Since I started as a reporter in war zones 20 years ago, I’ve often found myself in some very dangerous places.
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