Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper
Anderson Cooper was in town last night to shoot his show and do a segment on the Detroit auto industry. Jessica and I headed to a shitty, small bar determined to get a picture with him. The bar was already packed by the time we got there. Middle aged women clutched their Anderson headshots as they waited for the show to start.
Around 9:45 he appeared in the corner of the bar that had been turned into a set. He was friendly and answered a few questions about how he liked Detroit and why wasn’t he wearing the gray sweater he had on before? (his mom saw a promo and said it looked green, so he opted for a black blazer instead – good choice Anderson!)
The show started and there was a good amount of drunken shhhhing from the crowd. We couldn’t hear anything he was saying and watched the show on the tvs around the bar. During the commercial break Anderson repeatedly checked his Blackberry.
Jessica and I stood on our chairs and possibly ended up on TV for a couple seconds when Anderson interviewed a man at the bar.
When the show was over he thanked everyone for coming and then the crowd surged forward before he could escape, mobbing him for pictures. As we pushed our way through the mass of old ladies and gay dudes, Jessica said ‘why are there so many guys here?’ and the dude in front of us goes ‘why do you think?!’
We got a very awkward photo – see me in the back there, looking creepy according to my Facebook friends. I’m sure everyone’s photos turned out this well. The stage manager was snapping pictures as fast as people were shoving their camera and phones into his hands.
Yes, Anderson is as attractive and well-dressed as he is on TV. Yes, I wanted to makeout with him. Yes, I had some major competition from the dudes at the bar who kept yelling ‘I love you Anderson!’
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Hahaha – you look MAD creepy!
or gay AND married in some states.
He is especially witty and hilarious too. Ugh. All the cute ones are married or.. gay.