WOW!-Anderson Cooper exposed his true personality today

[Politics_Guy25]

Interestingly, this has nothing to do with politics and nothing to do with 360. As you may or may not be aware, Anderson Cooper substitutes for Regis Philbin sometimes on the show "Live with Regis and Kelly." At the beginning of the show, Kelly was positively infatuated by Anderson. She has a major crush on him. At the end, I think he had managed to drive her away. He ranted "Listen people, god I hate when people tell me about their dreams. Honestly I don't care." Then, he said "if you're someone that I really care about, well maybe I'll listen." Then Kelly got talking about a dream that she had where she was falling and he was like "honestly you've lost 99.9% of my interest telling me that." Then, they got talking about the Bachelor I believe. He apparently did an interview with the Bachellorette and asked her how many of the dates she had slept with. The bachelorette got very offended. He was all like "She goes on a show where she's dating all these guys and doesn't think that I have the right to ask how many she slept with. If I don't, then don't do the show!."

This was during the opening 20 minute co-host monologue. Maybe it was just me, but I saw Kelly Ripa's tone of voice change during the show from "wow, you're so hot and nice" to "hmmm, maybe I was wrong about you, you jerk." We'll see if he's on there again much.

But wow the guy showed me today that he is an arrogant elitist prick today. He's better than everyone else. He thinks he's the cream of the crop. No wonder his news show has driven DUers so crazy.

The mask was exposed today and it wasn't a pretty sight. I don't blame him though. His upbringing (his mother is Gloria Vanderbilt) was a horrible mess with suicides in the family etc. All of that family trauma certainly has rubbed off on him in a very negative way, however.

[Liquorice]

1. That's pretty surprising. I had the notion that Anderson was a nice guy. Who would have thought? nt

[Politics_Guy25]

5. Me too-I had always liked him at least somewhat

But I did some investigating in 2005/06 and found that he was a donor to the GOP in the past. That started to turn me off right there.

[armyowalgreens]

20. I talked to someone who was a volunteer at, I believe, the DNC...

He said that Cooper was a total douche bag.

[SheilaT]

2. Except that other people's dreams are almost

always stupid and boring. So he's right about that.

[alphafemale]

11. No kidding.

How much of a narcissist would you have to be to think someone is going to be interested in a rambling account of what you dreamed about the previous night?

And so far as the Bachelorette comment? :spray:

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. So that's what he thinks....

Gosh, it must be awesome to have the gift of mind reading.

[WCGreen]

4. He's a grandstanding ass hole....

He's Geraldo without the Stash...

[Canuckistanian]

6. Poor little rich boy

My heart bleeds. :nopity:

[ColbertWatcher]

42. Poor thing indeed.

[sez me]

60. Have you seen any of his specials on homelessness and the like?

Just because someone comes from wealth doesn't make them pricks. Or do you hate the Kennedys, too?:eyes:

[Canuckistanian]

74. I would hardly compare the Kennedys with the Vanderbilts

The Kennedys were a REACTION to the excesses of the Vanderbilts.

[me b zola]

64. Reminds me of the episode of the Sopranos

when the son attempts suicide. He had been trying to reconcile his privilege with reality. For a brief moment, it seems, AC was faced with,and sided with humanity when he covered the atrocity of NOLA, then made the decision to secure his privilege.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. Just maybe he was acting on it as the trivial crap that it is?

[Politics_Guy25]

8. That was my other thought

And that is a more positive one indeed. Hopefully, it's that.

I would not be interested in what he thought at all if he didn't have a large hand in shaping what the USA thinks of the issues of the day.

[elleng]

10. He did so well with n'awlins.

He's underemployed, I think.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

12. What are his, uh, positions on teabagging, birthers and snuffers?

I really don't watch him, but I thought he was one of the more "sane" journali... ha ha... cable personalities out there.

[Maru Kitteh]

24. He is. I guess it's important to some people that he give drivel like "The Bachelorette" serious

consideration. It doesn't bother me in the least.

Oh, and he finds teabaggers, birthers and snuffers to be exactly what we all know they are.

[Quantess]

30. But don't you think it was a rude question to ask the "bachelorette"?

Rude, and nobody's business. Not even Bret Michaels or Flavor Flav would have given a direct answer to that.

[Z_I_Peevey]

50. I've never seen the show, but I understand that cameras follow

her on "dates," right into the bedroom, stopping perhaps at the disrobing. With fare like that on prime time televison, I don't think his question was out of bounds at all.

But as I said, I'm not a viewer. Perhaps she is a delicate flower with every expectation of privacy.

And as far as other people's dreams, I couldn't agree more with Cooper. Dreams are often fascinating to the dreamer, but as narrative they suck. I'd listen to the recounting of a particularly meaningful dream by someone I dearly love--a spouse or a child--but all others should zip it.

[redqueen]

52. Yes...

and I wonder if he's ever interviewed any of the guys from The Bacehelor, and if so, whether he asked them the same question.

[marshall]

71. He did say it's hard to talk when you're tea-bagging

He saved us from any further details, thank goodness.

[pnwmom]

13. I think the OP has the right instinct. This guy is totally self-absorbed, probably

as a result of his childhood. Narcissists like that are able to be charming when it suits them. When they don't care, the empathetic mask slips. He clearly considered himself to be way out of Ripa's league, and he couldn't resist showing it.

[eShirl]

21. if he can't be bothered with trivial crap, why is he doing the show?

I mean, I agree with him 100%, but you couldn't pay me enough to sub for Regis

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. Kelly Ripa annoys the hell out of me, so I applaud him for that.

And as far as The Bachelorette getting her panties in a wad over his question, oh well. She could have simply said, with a wink, " I don't kiss and tell."

For the record, I don't watch Cooper or CNN...

[LisaL]

14. She annoys the hell out of me as well.

I never watch the show for that reason.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

17. Kathy Lee what's-her-name annoyed me too,

so maybe I'm the one with the problem. ;-)

[Critters2]

23. And Cooper might want to consider not hosting the show

for that reason. I mean, they were probably paying him to at least act interested.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

28. I liked Kelly when she was a hard working mom. Now she's off to the Hamptons every weekend,

hanging out with the Trumps. Yuck.

[sez me]

62. Yeah, I mean, if the chick is gonna be interviewed, we all wanna know

if she does it with a man a night! It just seems so icky, and I also feel that way for the bachelors!

[parasim]

15. Yeah, the first part, he proves himself to be a self-absorbed jerk, but...

the part about the bachelorette, that's true, why would they go on a show like that and then be offended if somebody asks them about something that is implied on the show?

Really, though, I don't see much of a difference between this type of show and 360. It's all entertainment crap. It's one of the many reasons why I seldom watch CNN or any of the cable "news" channels.

[HughMoran]

16. Maybe he doesn't like hanging out with shallow trolls

Perhaps he really didn't want to be invited back - can you blame him?

[redqueen]

53. Then why agree to be on to begin with?

If he has such a hard time with that stuff, then it's hard to see why he'd accept that gig.

[applegrove]

18. There was an article in Vanity Fair about 15 to 20 years ago about Anderson's

brother's suicide. It was the side effect of an asthma drug called Theodor. I tried the drug a few times in the past and had so much anxiety I could see that a side effect might be suicide. It was an accident.

[MADem]

19. Why would he flirt with that woman and feign interest? He's gay.

He is also kind of serious, I think. He's had the benefit of a good education. If he has a sense of humor, I suspect it is a rather wry one.

I don't think he has patience for fluff. Remember how exorcised he got about Katrina?

[CitizenLeft]

27. and people forget that he covered Rwanda before anyone...

...ever heard of him. He earned his dues, and he was at one point a serious journalist.

[JI7]

33. he is also embarrased about having hosted "The Mole"

and that show actually wasn't as exploitative as the bachelor and actually focused on the game play rather than players and personal lives, drama etc.

[redqueen]

54. If he has no patience for fluff, why'd he agree to sub for Regis? (nt)

[MADem]

55. Regis, from the little I've seen, pretends to have no patience for fluff, either.

He's always crabbing at that Kelly woman, and yelling in a nasally whine.

I think the producers told Anderson to be acerbic, like Regis is, and Anderson lacks a whine so it doesn't come off the same.

[redqueen]

58. I don't watch the show... does Regis ask guests prurient questions? (nt)

[MADem]

66. I don't watch it either. I have "passed it by" and every time I have so done, I've seen

Regis hollering in a nasally whine about something. He's perpetually poutraged, and he always sounds like he has a few uncooked beans up his nose....

[liberalhistorian]

22. You mean he's doing something nowadays besides

endless shows on Michael Jackson?

[emilyg]

25. I wrote a long letter

to CNN - telling them why I watch Shep and not Anderson. Made me feel better.

[juno jones]

26. Kelly Ripa is really dumb.

I find her excruciating.

However, being rude to her would be like kicking a puppy. Sounds like media prostitute Cooper thinks his particular specialty is worth more than Kelly's.

[Mojambo]

29. I'd be cranky if I had to sit next to Kelly Ripa too. n/t

[LisaL]

31. Yea. Me too.

[quiller4]

68. I'd be more than cranky if I had to share a set with Ripa. I can't

stand that air head.

[JI7]

32. Anderson is NOT elitist , how is hating fame whores on reality shows elitist ?

he has always been critical of these things. if you have watched his segments with Erica Hill a lot of this comes out then also.

[and-justice-for-all]

35. LOL, I would ask her the same question....

:shrug:

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Well what a let down, I was hoping you were telling us he finally came out of the closet

I would so bang Anderson.

[JI7]

37. he is already out of the closet

[Turborama]

39. Got a link to back that up? n/t

[JI7]

40. he was once interviewing someone opposed to some gay rights

maybe marriage. i don't know exactly. but at one point he started to refer to gays as "we". it's already known he is gay but it's not something that he really talks about.

because he goes to a lot of foreign places to report on things , places that aren't very gay friendly and very dangerous . it's also why Kathy Griffin doesn't mention it as she would with others.

[MADem]

56. He was pushed out of the closet as one of the top influential gay people on some magazine list.

He didn't protest, complain, sue, anything like that.

He simply doesn't comment.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/04/anderson-coopers-gay-timeline.php

[quiller4]

69. That is true. He has been "out" for more than a decade. He

just doesn't say much about his personal life.

[depakid]

36. Media worship

And people wonder why the US is in the sorry shape it's in....

[XemaSab]

38. Put me in the camp that thinks he shouldn't have hosted "Live with..."

at all if that's his attitude towards the stuff they cover.

It's a daytime chat show geared towards the elderly and hausfraus, and most of the stuff they talk about is pretty light. He must have understood that that was the format of the show, and if he didn't want to play along, why did he do it?

[MADem]

43. I have only seen that show a few times, but isn't the format "argumentative?"

It seems to me that "Regis" is always at full volume, with a nasally whine, complaining about something in aggrieved dudgeon, whilst Kelly "twitters" and not in the new meaning of the term. That's my impression of the show, anyway.

Maybe the poor guy was told to be crabby, like Regis, only he couldn't yell and whine quite so well, because he was raised right?

[JVS]

41. He always seemed like a douchebag to me

[SoCalDem]

44. Not MY dreams.. I dreamed I took my cat to Japan

I have ZERO interest in EVER going to Japan, and cannot imagine why I would even think of taking a cat with me:) It was a very inetersting dream..

and one night I was dreaming in Spanish... but then I woke up and discovered that the channel got changed to Univision:)

[Touchdown]

45. Kelly knows he's gay, so why is she constantly pushing the het shit on him? He can only put up with

so much before he tells her off. That whole "Well, he's never had ME!" attitude some women think they have a right to dismiss a gay man's life because he's "cute" just pisses me off. Another thing that pisses me off... "He's gay? Oh' what a waste!" ... FUCK YOU!

If he's gay ladies, he's gay. SNAP OUT OF IT!

[BlueIris]

46. Anderson Cooper gets a lifetime pass from me for being the only member of MSM to give Giuliani

a real interview in 2004. It was a beautiful thing. He actually forced Giuliani to answer some actual questions about why he was supporting Bush/Cheney in '04 as well as some others about Giuliani's own political past. No one else in media even tried.

Doesn't sound like Coop was at his best yesterday, tho.

[JI7]

47. they showed a clip of the this at the end of his CNN show and it wasn't as bad as

i thought it was while reading your OP.

they only showed the questioning to the Bachelorette where he asked how many guys she had sex with. it just seemed like one of those moments you always see on some of these shows in order to get some attention or maybe get people to talk or whatever. but it didn't seem that big a deal while watching it.

[B Calm]

48. What kind of girl would do the bachelorette?

[TokenQueer]

49. Ummm...huh?

Anderson Cooper is an asshole because he doesn't want to hear about Kelly Ripa's dreams and asked a legitimate question of a whore-bag reality show personality?

:eyeroll:

Well at least you are focused on important issues. :sarcasm:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

73. I'm so confused -

that's pretty much what I would have said. Who wants to hear about people's dreams - unless you're in them?

And everyone is wondering who she banged, so, please, let's not get all swooning about this stuff.

By the way, nice moniker, pal...... :hi:

[On the Road]

51. He May Indeed be a Self-Absorbed Prick,

but in broadcast journalism people that kind of a show have to be ruthless about cutting short discussion or comments that they feel are going to bore the audience. Personally, I think dreams are interesting and reveal a lot about the person. But not everyone does.

Also, journalists are trained to ask things that push the envelope and are known for being pretty callous in the process. On a show with a voyeuristic angle like the Bachelorette, the question is on every fan's mind. It's bound to offend, and you would never ask something like that in polite company, but you can argue that it's a legitimate question in context.

On the other hand, both these comments are reminiscent of Howard Stern's approach, which worked pretty well for him. So maybe it means the label does fit.

[redqueen]

57. How rude... if he's so 'above' reality shows, why would he even care?

And why would he agree to be on the show?

He's done some good work in the past... I guess those days are behind him.

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[redqueen]

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[snooper2]

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[Greyhound]

67. Of course he's an obnoxious little prick, he's a Vanderbilt born to the parasite class. n/t

[Joe Fields]

70. Anderson Cooper totally rocks, unless he is shilling for the

deceased Michael Jackson.

[alcibiades_mystery]

72. If hating when people describe their dreams is arrogant

Color me an elitist prick.

Also hated: When people tell me about something cute their pet did, or when people describe the plot of a television show they saw.

Jesus, you fucking boring narcissists, get some decent conversation that other people can participate in!