'And this was Richard Gere in 1977, Looking for Mr.
'I mean the opening scene… It is the gayest thing you can imagine. 'And they took me to see Richard Gere in Bent, which if anyone doesn't know about the play Bent, it's about two gay guys in the concentration camp,' Cooper recounted. He recalled meeting his mom Gloria Vanderbilt's gay friends as a kid, such as Truman Capote, Gore Vidal and photographer Paul Jasmin, who along with his boyfriend, took a young Cooper to see a Broadway show. The Anderson Cooper 360° host, 55, recounted how meeting a shirtless Richard Gere at age 11 helped him realize he was gay as he appeared Friday on Radio Andy with pal Andy Cohen from the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City. Anderson Cooper is opening up about his sexual awakening.
