Anderson Cooper’s 10 Most Adorable Moments
by Louis Virtel | June 3, 2013
Anderson Cooper has lived many lives right in front of our eyes, as he’s swiftly evolved from up-and-coming newsman to reality host to CNN anchor to daytime luminary. Today, on Mr. Cooper’s 46th birthday, let’s reflect upon his most adaaaawrable moments, all of which occurred on TV. Gotta love A.C., the smart cookie who remains the gold standard among silver foxes.
10. Anderson delights the fattest cat alive.
This is a talk show host who’s trying to own how crazy it is to pose with a 37-pound cat. This is also a man unprepared to deal with said cat’s handsiness. The following GIF is a must-see from beginning to end, and I think we can all empathize with that cat’s rabid glee.
9. This GIF. Right here.
Though he’s routinely objective and journalistic, Anderson can be pretty expressive. Take this legendary medley of “glance, stare, and contemptuous head-shake.” He’s judging you, owning you, making you reconsider your choices, and devastating you with face angles. He IS the news.
8. That time he “got his crack filled.”
God bless Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford for guesting on Anderson’s talk show, applying a crease-filling goop to the gorgeous crease in Anderson’s face, and announcing they were “filling his crack” to an innocent daytime audience. Anderson muttered, “That’s a phrase I’ve never used before,” but the damage was done: The terms “Anderson” and “crack” were considered in the same sentence, and we watched as The Coop held back heaps of laughter.
7. His vintage Channel One days.
Even in his teeth-cutting days at Channel One, The Coop was a suavely coiffed, hard-squinting prince of the Fourth Estate. He snuck into Myanmar without a press pass to chronicle the student protests of the Burmese government, and he apparently did so with the glamorous salt-and-pepper cleft you see here.
6. That time he came out.
Nothing is hotter than a man who can articulate himself, and Anderson’s open letter to Andrew Sullivan — in which he acknowledged he’s gay — shed light on why he decided to come out after years in the spotlight. “I still consider myself a reserved person and I hope this doesn’t mean an end to a small amount of personal space… But I do think visibility is important, more important than preserving my reporter’s shield of privacy.” Succinct and effective. Quintessentially newsmanlike.
5. That time he gnawed on a supersize “gummy snake” with Andy Cohen.
Anderson and his longtime pal Andy Cohen nibbled on a gigantic gummy snake one afternoon, and the results were (to Cohen’s delight, especially) suggestive as hell. Please note The Coop’s sly, self-conscious tail-biting. Note how heavy that damn thing is. And note… just, everything.
4. That time he gave amazing face as host of The Mole
I don’t care what anyone (even Anderson) says about The Mole. It was a highly entertaining, very suspenseful reality whodunit that always kept you guessing — and not just about the identity of the show’s titular turncoat. It also made you wonder how a young Anderson Cooper could be so debonair and stern-faced. I wanted to put green thumbprints all over that ferocious mug.
3. That time he visited Sesame Street
Watch Anderson’s hard-hitting work with the reticent Dan Rather-Not in this darling Sesame Street clip. He learned everything he knows from Oscar the Grouch, apparently.
2. That time he disrobed and swam around with Michael Phelps for the hell of it.
Does a video in which Anderson Cooper strips down and hops in the pool with Michael Phelps need to be explained to you? Try a new planet.
Also for the hell of it, here’s more shirtless AC action. Yes, he’s getting spray-tanned — arguably the least attractive shirtless activity — but at least he’s being ordered to strip by a bossy attendant.1. The. Giggle.
I can describe Anderson Cooper’s giggle in four words: The Alpha. The Omega. It is everything, kids. It is the sweetest, sincerest, cuckoo-pitched, most uncontrolled, deviously silly snicker of all time. We first saw it in action when Anderson couldn’t get through a “Ridiculist” feature on AC360 about plane-peein’ outlaw Gerard Depardieu, and we’ve since seem him lose control a few other times, namely alongside pal and New Years’ cohost Kathy Griffin. Anderson’s going to remain in the pop culture game for a long time, but his cutest moment — the one we store in our CNN-branded hope chests — will always be this zany giggle.
What are Anderson’s cutest moments? Shout ‘em out.
No comments:
Post a Comment