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Anderson Cooper and boyfriend Benjamin Maisani split after nine years
Us Magazine ^ | Mar 15th 2018 | NICHOLAS HAUTMAN

Posted on 03/15/2018 7:22:13 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

Anderson Cooper is a single man. The CNN anchor and his boyfriend, Benjamin Maisani, have called it quits after nine years together.

“Benjamin and I separated as boyfriends some time ago,” Cooper, 50, said in a statement to Us on Thursday, March 15. “We are still family to each other, and love each other very much. We remain the best of friends, and will continue to share much of our lives together.”

The best of friends, indeed. The journalist and the 45-year-old nightclub owner, who were first linked in 2009, attended a benefit for the Windward School in New York City on Saturday, March 10, and were spotted together again at their home in the Big Apple’s Greenwich Village neighborhood three days later.

The news comes amid rumors that Cooper has already moved on and begun dating a 33-year-old doctor named Victor Lopez. The Daily Mail reported that the pair were first seen together at a hotel in Dallas in December and have since traveled to cities including New Orleans and Boston. Lopez has reportedly shared a series of photos with the TV host on his Instagram account, which is now private.

Cooper came out as gay in July 2012 after giving his friend Andrew Sullivan permission to publish an email that said, in part: “It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something – something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.”

The Anderson Cooper 360° anchor continued at the time, “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.”

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To: wardaddy

Maybe his ex got ED.


81 posted on 03/15/2018 11:15:47 PM PDT by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: Salamander
"Maybe his ex got ED."

Elizabeth Dole?


82 posted on 03/15/2018 11:23:54 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: TomServo

I think that’s not fair. Richard Simmons has never “come out” - he may just be effeminate or he may have g tendencies but not acted on it. In any case we should respect his privacy


83 posted on 03/15/2018 11:40:59 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: thoughtomator
Perhaps, in hindsight...

To use the term loosely.

84 posted on 03/15/2018 11:47:51 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Az Joe
Who gets custody of the hamster?

I think they need a new one every time.

Ask Richard Gere.

85 posted on 03/16/2018 12:40:23 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: PLMerite

“A last crusade, a final outrage, in this day of flaccid plumage”

/BÖC


86 posted on 03/16/2018 2:03:47 AM PDT by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“Lemmiwinks, make haste !”

One of their funniest episodes!


87 posted on 03/16/2018 3:36:11 AM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: All

Who's the guy on the lower right?

88 posted on 03/16/2018 4:48:41 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
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To: Albion Wilde

That’s Anderson’s godfather... renowned Haitian leader, Papa Doc.


89 posted on 03/16/2018 4:51:33 AM PDT by corlorde
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To: RFEngineer

He was a pain in the ass.

How appropriate.


90 posted on 03/16/2018 5:24:44 AM PDT by bytesmith
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To: RFEngineer

“He was a pain in the ass.”

That’s stretching it a little...

(ouch)


91 posted on 03/16/2018 7:06:48 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Salamander
Don't fear the Creeper.


92 posted on 03/16/2018 9:26:04 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: grey_whiskers

Should be “spew chunks.”


93 posted on 03/16/2018 10:04:56 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
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To: Albion Wilde
Who's the guy on the lower right?

Ted Danson's leftover maxi-pad.

94 posted on 03/16/2018 3:54:10 PM PDT by fwdude (History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
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