Anderson Cooper Temporarily Blinded During Trip To Portugal

TV Newser ^ | Dev 4, 2012 | Alex Werpin

[Beaten Valve]

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was in Portugal last week shooting a story for CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” and he ended up being temporarily blinded for 36 hours.

He recounts the harrowing experience on his daytime talk show “Anderson Live.” In a nutshell, he was shooting out at sea, and sunlight reflecting off of the water burned his retina:

“I wake up in the middle of the night and it feels like my eyes are on fire, my eyeballs and I think oh maybe I have sand in my eyes or something. I douse my eyes with water. Anyway, it turns out I have sunburned my eyeballs and I go blind. I went blind for 36 hours.”

He took the picture above after visiting the doctor.

Video after the jump.

[Beaten Valve]

Wasn't this cupcake injured in some other sort of international on-the-job accident??

Maybe he should insist on receiving hazard pay whenever he leaves the confines of the CNN studio...

[LyinLibs]

How’s he going to locate 0bama’s rear end?

[rockrr]

His sniffer still works, don’t it?!! ;-)

[ejonesie22]

Too many things I could say...

[henkster]

It would be nice if something like scales fell from his eyes, but that would take a miracle.

[SparkyBass]

[CdMGuy]

Sure looks like he was not wearing sun glasses. Not too smart to spend the day on the water without eye protection.

[SnakeDoctor]

Has anybody checked if there’s hair on his palms?

SnakeDoc

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Or he was staring two right in the eye and couldn’t make up his mind.

[Slings and Arrows]

He was cockeyed.

[ZULU]

Saw this jerk on Jeopardy.

Even with Celebrity Creampuff Questions he came across as a total ass.

[Cyber Liberty]

I am so staying away from the self-writing jokes. I’d get banned. Yet again.

But I do hope he has a full recovery. The tosser.

[servo1969]

They're called sunglasses, Cooper! Get some!



(Hey, you sure you didn't get poked in the eye with something?)

[Fightin Whitey]

Got some seafoam in his eyes.

Or something like that.

[cripplecreek]

You’ll shoot your eye out.

[skeeter]

Anchor’s Eyes Burned in Horrific Golden Showers Mishap.

[Cyman]

Hirsute tea bags can scratch the heck out of a cornea.

[5th MEB]

The blindness will pass, the braindead is forever.

[donna]

I’ve never heard of such a thing.

So why weren’t all pirates blind?

How did England conquer the world with a blind navy?

[Revolting cat!]

Dang me, and I thought that being blind was a prerequisite for a anchorman job!

[Berlin_Freeper]

oh maybe I have sand in my eyes

From being out at sea?

[x]

I guess he didn’t stop ...

[fivecatsandadog]

Blind..... what’s that old saying about going blind?

[tired&retired]

Wouldn’t wish this on anyone. Accidentally did it to myself years ago while welding. Feels like teaspoons of sand were dumped in each eye!

[Cowgirl of Justice]

You are sooooo bad!!!!!

[gaijin]

happened to me once when I was a kid —forgot my goggles but skied all day anyway, a super bright day.

Horrrrible pain, I had to be totally immobile for 2 days or so.

I was scared as hell.

[NonValueAdded]

sorry to hear about the physical ailment but there is a lot of reality to which Anderson seems permanently blind as well.

[Revolting cat!]

what’s that old saying about going blind?

"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband." - Michel de Montaigne

[F15Eagle]

Good one

[smokingfrog]

Next time, wear your sunglasses.

[Vaquero]

unlike a catcher or an umpire he does not wear the requisite mask to protect himself from errant balls hitting him in the face.

[dirtymac]

I was always told by my grandfather that this would happen if I played with myself too often

[Reddy]

The responses to this thread are hilarious!

[Truth2012]

Dear children,

If a blind man leads a blind man, they both fall into a pit. ~ Love, God.

[Sir Napsalot]

Has the Left blamed it on Bush (or recent Repubs) yet?

[Slyfox]

Yeah, it was just a matter of time:

[Salamander]

There’s a vast difference between amateur and professional seaman.

(Arr!)

[PLMerite]

Maybe he finally saw Kathy Griffin naked:

[ejonesie22]

If his boyfriend burns where he pees, Anderson may very well burn were he sees, yes...

[Tenacious 1]

Has anybody checked if there’s hair on his palms?

Ahhh, yes. I was gonna go there. Momma did say you could go blind...... Apparently it might be true.

[Pinkbell]

Ouch. Glad he’s not blind.

[Gator113]

I wonder if anyone is going to teach him some of the other basic rules of life.....

-Do not pee into the wind.

-Sticking a fork into an electrical outlet is never a good idea.

-Don’t drink out of the toilet.

-Do not stick body parts into other yours or anyone else’s butt.

-You should not share your wee wee with those that have their own.

[Sacajaweau]

What really caused his blindness. I read it in a Medical book years ago.

[Osage Orange]

Right!!

If you this #$#$&)) enough...it will make you blind.

[Vaquero]

cellulite can give you a heart attack ack ack...you oughta know by know....

[NautiNurse]

Very nice catch.

[null and void]

Next time Anderson, only do it until you need glasses...

[Retired Chemist]

“I wake up in the middle of the night and it feels like my eyes are on fire, my eyeballs and I think oh maybe I have sand in my eyes or something. I douse my eyes with water. Anyway, it turns out I have sunburned my eyeballs and I go blind. I went blind for 36 hours.”

It's what happens to welders when they catch a flash while welding.