He said WHAT?!?!
Rush and Molloy dish a quote from Anderson Cooper’s Yale graduation speech…
Anderson Cooper used his Yale commencement speech to bolster his studliness. “The only thing about high school I remember is my senior prom,” the CNN anchor said. “If what I remember is true, it is very possible that some of you are my children, especially you with the blue eyes and freakishly gray hair” …
Such appropriate comments for a college graduation, NOT!
Sounds like Cooper drank too much at prom and has hallucinated his prom events. I highly doubt he fathered a child in that audience, or anywhere else for that matter.
Comment by anonymous — May 25, 2006 @ 11:12 am
Anderson is getting to be as bad as Jonathan Klein when it comes to babbling.
Comment by sam — May 25, 2006 @ 11:51 am
As a parent I would have been pissed off if I had to hear about Anderson Cooper’s made up sex life at my child’s greaduation. Note to Cooper, honesty is the best policy.
Comment by Craig — May 25, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
How ironic:I think Ray Walston (The Martian from “My Favorite Martian”/Mr. Hand from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”)said the same thing about Anderson after seeing Coop working as a correspondent @ ABC in 1995.
Comment by Jeff Spicoli — May 25, 2006 @ 12:25 pm
The rest of what he said at Yale is on wonkette:
“Let me say that if that is true, for legal reasons I can’t say that whether you are my children, but I’m busting with pride today, and I’m sorry for not being around for the past 20 years.”
Wonkette then added, “Who’s your daddy, indeed. As for the “bursting with pride” part — save it for next month, Coop.
Too funny!
(post script comment deleted because of appropriateness)
Comment by Caroline S. — May 25, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
Wow — Would a real journalist ever say such a thing? The media props this guy up when he really belongs back on “The Mole”
Comment by Andy — May 25, 2006 @ 1:27 pm
I agree with Andy. The comments Cooper made at Yale are inappropriate. They are a reflection of a person who doesn’t take himself and his own words seriosuly. Cooper’s actions and words are not those of a journalist.
Comment by Christopher — May 25, 2006 @ 4:04 pm
I defended Cooper the other day when he was attacked for his family’s wealth. But I certainly can’t defend these remarks made at a college commencement. I’d be furious, too, if my kid was part of the audience listening to this fodder.
Comment by Missy — May 25, 2006 @ 5:23 pm
I do not find his remarks offensive. They were obviously meant humourously, and I would not in the least mind if they were addressed to my children. I greatly appreciate Anderson Cooper for being able to mix humour with seriousness. I don’t trust people who are intent on always presenting a ’serious’ front to the world.
Comment by anonyn — May 25, 2006 @ 6:02 pm
Give me a break. His address wasn’t at ‘Graduation’; it was at ‘Yale Class Day’ and graduation was the following day. Most of his remarks were tongue-in-cheek. He made commments to the effect that if bin Laden had been at Yale, the Alumni Association would know which CAVE he was in.
The way some people (mainly men, I notice, heh) go out of their way to find more reasons to hate Cooper, you’d think he was Bill Clinton.
Here’s the New Haven Register’s article on the event, for those of you who prefer to get your information from sources other than gossip columns… http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16673397&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=566835&rfi=6
Comment by Oh please — May 25, 2006 @ 6:02 pm
Whoever Anderson hooked up with at senior prom, i pretty much doubt can have kids.
Comment by Max — May 25, 2006 @ 6:22 pm
Who cares whether or not Andy was being truthful? It was just kind of tacky…
Comment by tanne — May 25, 2006 @ 7:15 pm
When Cooper came to the news, he had never watched it before. When Ronald Reagan died, he knew nothing about him. He didn’t know Reagan had been an actor. I’m just guessing, but when he leaves the news, the only news that will interest him will be the news about him.
Comment by erljr — May 26, 2006 @ 2:06 pm
I’m sorry, I expect journaslists to be truthful. I alos expect journalists to be appropriate whne addressing a graduating class at an Ivy league university. Anderson Cooper is not a journalist. He’s a celebrity, nothing more.
Comment by anonymous — May 26, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
I do think his remarks were stupid, but as far as him not knowing anything about Reagan, not true — He was a GUEST at Reagan funeral (with his mother who was a personal friend of Nancy R). He is acting pretty ridiculous lately, though.
Comment by Anonymous — May 26, 2006 @ 10:45 pm