Anderson Cooper says that he knew exactly who he was before he even graduated the 1st grade. The CNN anchor says that he first realized he was gay when he was just 7-years-old. Here’s what he has to say.
“I mean, I was probably, I don’t know, 7, when I kind of realized — I’m not sure I knew the word ‘gay’ at the time, but I realized something was up. Something was different,” he answered to a viewer’s question on CNN’s “Full Circle” this week.
Anderson Cooper Knew He Was Gay At 7-Years-Old
The 53-year-old said that while did come out to some of his closest friends while he was still in high school, he didn’t come “around the really loving” the fact that he was gay until he graduated from Yale University in 1989.
“I think I really, truly accepted it — and not just accepted it, but fully embraced it and you know, came around to really loving the fact that I was gay — would probably be right after college,” he said.
“You know, I kind of struggled in my teenage years, certainly, but even a little in college,” he continued.
If that weren’t enough, Anderson said that he had a lot of different interests at the time and at one point even considered joining the military but felt as though he couldn’t because he was gay. He was also worried about his safety.
He said, “It felt like there were a lot of limitations on it, and it wasn’t what I envisioned for my life. Or, I imagined a family and getting married. All those things which weren’t possible at the time.”
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