Anderson Cooper - Kathy Griffin Warns Anderson Cooper Of Tough Times Ahead

She goes on to explain that many in America still harbor homophobic sentiment and reveals "was eating recently at a local diner and a patron asked me, "Kathy, how do you deal with so many goddamned fags?" In the article, Griffin explains that she has been asked on countless occasions - by the media - about Anderson's sexuality but never felt that it was her place to unveil something that he decided to keep very private. "He never gave me permission to speak about something that represented the one part of his life he was not comfortable having confirmed in the media," said Griffin.

Until now, Anderson's 'party line' regarding his sexuality has been "I want to report the news. I don't want to be the news." His decision to publicly come out, though, may well have scuppered that determined outlook, at least for a while.