Anderson Cooper In Jaipur With Boyfriend Benjamin Maisani
October 30th, 2009 - 8:29 pm ICT by GD ( 33 comments )By Madhuri Dey
Oct. 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Anderson Cooper has been spotted with his boyfriend Benjamin Maisani in India, apparently to spend a vacation. It is common knowledge that the CNN reporter is gay, but he had never before been public with his personal life. No wonder, then, that the photographs taken of the two has cooked up quite a storm among the paparazzi.
It has been assumed that Cooper and his boyfriend Maisani are staying at an expensive heritage hotel at Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. Photos of the two were taken while they were lounging at the Rambagh Palace Hotel, where the two are staying. An inside source reported to the New York Post that on the first night of their arrival, the two had hit upon the romantic idea of filling the bathtub in Anderson’s room with bubbles and sprinkling it with rose petals. It is reported that they have boarded the hotel at a whopping three thousand and two hundred dollars per night. The hotel was rated the most sophisticated hotel in the world by the Conde Nast Magazine and is also one of the most expensive ones.
Maisani is the owner of a bar called Eastern Bloc in East Village. This is the second time he has been spotted with Anderson. The last time they were seen together was in June. They were spotted biking together. According to Anderson, he prefers not to talk about his personal life as he feels that it might harm his career. He stresses that as a reporter, it is imperative for him to mingle with all sorts of people and that exposed details of his personal life might ruin his chances.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
There was no photo of them taken in India. Page 6 who started this whole rumor only said they were spotted there. Just so you know Page 6 is a gossip site that lies a lot about celebrities so you can’t take what they say too seriously. Neither can you believe the other sites that you obviously got your information from. BTW, that picture you have is them in NYC from June.
November 14th, 2009 at 5:22 am
I sincerely hope that the
response “What Photo” was right. I really like Anderson but if the article is true it
cannot help coloring my interest in him.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Who Cares? Are there not a million more things worth discussing that Anderson Cooper’s alleged sexual preference? Besides, he is on tv. Everyone who is anyone on tv has rumors started. If this is true, nobody cares!
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Despite all the remarks against the main conclusion, the preponderance of evidence still points to Anderson Cooper being gay.
December 30th, 2009 at 2:37 am
“I really like Anderson but if the article is true it
cannot help coloring my interest in him.”
What kind of person are you that the sexual orientation of your TV news anchor “colors your interest in him”? What difference does it make if he’s gay or straight? His sexuality won’t change the quality of the news he reports on. Still, it’s brave of you to wave your bigotry around like that. Most people wouldn’t have the courage to do something that stupid.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:28 am
Bravo on your comment, Jason! I just hope that Rose person by “coloring my interest” meant - it bursted her curiousity and admiration of Anderson Cooper even more than before. :)
January 15th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Who cares if he’s gay or straight! He’s very well liked, great at his job and for someone who’s on TV I think he still has a great head on his shoulders (compared to some others on TV) He’s private and very modest a trait that’s very hard to come by no matter who you are!……Appealing to the eyes as well!
January 16th, 2010 at 7:18 am
i didnt know anderson was gay
January 19th, 2010 at 10:26 am
It’s about time the public sees normal acting gay people. We’re not all flaming, woman acting guys. Most of my friends have normal mainstream and successful jobs. I hate it when the media shows crazy acting queens. It makes us look bad but most importantly it makes normal masculine guys too scared to come out.
January 19th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
why cant people just have an opinion. If someone thinks that his sexual orientation will change how they view him, then so be it. because u think differently doesnt mean that its right. Everyone wants christians to stop pushing their “religion” on everyone. Well how about other people stop pushing their views of sexual orientation on others and take comments at face value
January 20th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
@me:
I dunno, maybe because we are coming from a place of acceptance of all people, while Christians do the exact opposite by alienating and condemning people with different beliefs and sexual orientations. And to boot, why does religion have anything to do with this debate? This is about separating someone’s personal life with their (truly incredible in the case of Anderson) work. If it’s that hard for you to see how utterly dumb it is to put more emphasis on trivial aspects of how a person lives his life while ignoring the amazing body of work he has produced and offered to society, then I don’t know what else to say.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:23 am
Who cares…..he’s still awesome and his boyfriend is hot too !! I love Anderson.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:06 am
Anderson Cooper is a very nice looking guy and I believe him to be the best TV reporter of all time! If he is gay, straigh or bi, what is the difference in term of his job? I think it is no ones business what we do and with whom in bed! If he want to tell the world fine if not please repect him…
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Hey Rose, you’re an idiot.
January 31st, 2010 at 6:10 am
It doesn’t matter to me. I still love Anderson Cooper and he is very sexy.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Oh,c’mon. Their lives are not my business … or anyones.
March 13th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Oh my God!!!!!!! I am soooooo surprise….. Anderson Cooper!!! is this really TRUE. WOW!!! No matter what you are still a MAN to me.
March 15th, 2010 at 2:42 am
Look, if this is all true SO WHAT ! Anderson Cooper does not have to be an ANCHOR or anything for that matter he has enough money and it looks like his choice in BF’s is way up on the scale of 1 to 10- I say 11 way to go Anderson/ Take care of your boyfriend and live a great life together. No You DO NOT need to announce it to the world. DID any ST8 TV man tell of all the GIRLS he had ? Some wives stick it out. Plus the TV personality does not come out that he has 3 girlfriends. ANDERSON your are awesome. Actually so am I. But we never met and I have special things I keep quiet too.
Let me tell you one thing. If I had a house with a picket fence and a baby and a wife with a dog. I KNOW I would have seen my family in more than 8 years.
Paul- Denver / Colorado
March 21st, 2010 at 10:22 am
Do I care about any of you people’s private lives? NO
I don’t know you and many I wouldn’t want to if all you want to know is personal things about people you don’t know in order to spread your hateful gossip.
Mr. Cooper is a dynamic journalist and activist leave his private life to him!
April 27th, 2010 at 1:50 am
Pity public figures have little private life…
More sadly, the “ugly journalists” who like to invade people’s private life & put it into the internet… for gossip.
May 17th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Does it really matter who he loves and/or has sex with as long as his partner is a consenting adult?
June 25th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Everyone deserves to be happy in life no matter who their with. It’s no ones business but the couple. Anderson does his job very well and just happens to be a very handsome man. All the best to him what ever he is and everyone else in the world.
July 13th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Why is Anderson Cooper’s sexual preference ‘news’? Isnt it time journalists stopped reporting on themselves…they are NOT news…they are and should only be, the reporters of it.
August 13th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Anderson cooper is an outstanding journalist who is one of the few who really seems to care about the stories and people that he covers. He is a ‘real’ person and his sexual preference is no ones business. It has no impact on what kind of person he is.
September 29th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
For all those that agree and promote homosexuality as a an acceptable norm, realize that those of us that still hold to the beliefs that it an aberration of normal sexuality consider this a moral issue. Not an issue of personal acceptance, for we are to treat all people with dignity and respect, however, since this is a moral issue, one cannot parrot intolerance. This is akin to calling a police officer intolerant because of his views. Most people have not taken any notice to areas of our society where intolerance in not only accepted, it is necessary, like sex offenders that need to register in the area that they live… Totally intolerant and necessary. We will disagree on the moral impact of homosexuality on society, but one thing is clear, society has, as a norm considered it immoral and aberrant. What we are seeing over the last 20 years is the sociological acceptance of sexual moral decay that is being touted as a civil rights movement akin to racism.
October 1st, 2010 at 1:35 am
Andy Cooper is a typical socialist hack reporter. He works for Communist News Network. I’ll give him credit, he found a real hunk for a boyfriend
October 11th, 2010 at 2:36 am
OMG…Bill Maher used the term “butch” on his show on HBO…string him up AC…this is not PC…stated “a butch gym teacher on Glee”….where are you Anderson Cooper…where is your anger…where are the rants against Bill Maher????…..LOL
November 8th, 2010 at 12:19 am
I love him so much. Especially His way of speach and his point of view about the world.. So I do not care about his sexuality. He is just a top anchore of the world and that’s all. need more?
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:29 am
Jason says-
“What kind of person are you that the sexual orientation of your TV news anchor “colors your interest in him”? What difference does it make if he’s gay or straight? His sexuality won’t change the quality of the news he reports on. Still, it’s brave of you to wave your bigotry around like that. Most people wouldn’t have the courage to do something that stupid.”
Jason, you are the moron if you think that a persons sexual orientation doesn’t affect how they view the world.
ANYTHING you do is in EVERYTHING you do.
March 4th, 2011 at 1:35 am
adoro a Anderson;sea como sea.
and if he comes to Buenos Aires,
please,give him my adress,I want
to know him in person.Thank you.
August 19th, 2011 at 12:12 am
Is Anderson the boy or the girl in the relationship?
August 19th, 2011 at 2:43 am
SO? What if he’s gay? This guy is witty and makes good TV. I’d rather be gay and smart than be straight and dumb.
January 8th, 2012 at 3:00 am
I thought everyone knew that Cooper was a gay guy,there have been many photo’s taken with him and his partener over the years and of thier vacations together, this is not news.I like him,And it just doesn’t matter.