11 celebrities you had no idea were gay – Get ready to be shocked! (With Pictures)

2. Anderson Cooper

Television news anchor and in-the-trenches journalist Anderson Cooper is a passionate and dedicated celebrity reporter. Best known for his show Anderson Cooper 360 which appears weeknights on CNN, Cooper keeps his viewers informed on the latest national and global news. Cooper briefly had a talk show titled Anderson that had a two season run.

Unafraid to travel and explore the dangerous areas that create the nightly news headlines, Cooper is a natural in the realm of journalism. While he preferred to keep his personal life private, Cooper decided to clear the air on his sexuality in a 2012 interview with The Today Show. The news anchor noted that while he hadn’t talked about it publicly before, his sexuality was nothing new; he had always known he was gay.