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.

[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

[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: