Everyone basically knew Anderson Cooper is gay (his long-term boyfriend is Benjamin Maisani).

But still, it must feel good for Cooper to finally say it, don’t you think?

In an email to The Daily Beast’s Andrew Sullivan, Cooper wrote:

The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

This is a really, really lovely sentiment…which does absolutely nothing to sway my firmly-held belief that if Anderson Cooper were to meet me we would fall in love and live happily ever after and have a gaggle of silver-haired babies.

(Seriously. I’ve long been aware of the fact that Anderson Cooper is gay. But a few years ago I was at a party and he walked by me and brushed the side of my arm with his, or something, I don’t know, the point is, I’ve never been the same since. Gay, straight, animal, vegetable, mineral: whatever he is, that man is a walking aphrodisiac.)

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