Ok Ladies, you have to be strong now…..
December 14, 2008
For the records…I KNEW IT.
It’s true: He’s gay. I’m just wondering that it’s still Julio Caesar Recio and not that Von Fürstenberg assistant. They were seen at LAX both fully loaded with luggage on the way to some love vacation. Cute couple, though I’m not that much into Latinos.
Here’re the proofs:
Yep, he’s gay, and it’s something I’ve known for years. Julio Cesar is Dominican and I think he’s a mix of black/Latino. Anderson has been photographed with Cesar a few times, the only guy that I’ve seen him with more than once, so there has to be something to their relationship. When AC was on Letterman he said he was in Egypt, so I guess that’s where they were headed. I hope they are very happy together.
Yep, true. I also knew it for some time (not years, but months at least =)).
I got some information about his apartments and Julio always had the same address.
I also think they were on the way to their Thanks Giving Trip…! I just know one other pic of them together. He seems to be pretty pissed on the 4th pic…like he knows he was caught^^.
Oh ladies, this is nothing new, I knew he was Gay when I laid eyes on him back in like ‘03, ‘04. I just wish he would be more honest about it instead of hiding it like its something to be a shame of. I’m so over him and that’s one of the reasons why. I wouldn’t stand a chance with Andy anyway, cause, well, I’m a white boy. HaHa! : ) I wish him nothing but the best with everything though.
I won’t believe it, unless of eithier of 2 things. 1: pic of Anderson and Julio french kissing each other. 2: I hear it ‘come out’ of his own mouth. Sorry! Whomever he’s with I hope he’s happy. Maybe he looks pissed because they’re just good friends and he knows what people will think when they see them together and he hates the speculations and he just wants to be left alone. And to my own speculation about Anderson’s sex life is that he’s a horney little devil that likes it anway he can get it. I’m not saying he’s not gay or gay just that he’s a horney little devil.
I think they’re more than friends and always have been. There are three pics of them. One at the Westminister dog show, these LAX photos and another of him and Cesar at Diane Von Furstenburg’s fashion show a few months ago.
First, thanks Dom (Phil) that you reply to my blog at least instead of to my textmessages -.-!
Second, I knew purplegummibear’s reaction would be this way^^.
I’m just wondering why it’s still Julio. I thought it was over and he’s with Diane Von Fürstenberg’s assistant (this is what the latest rumors say). Well, I’m glad for him, I’m pretty sure Julio is THE one and he makes Andy happy.
All of us read his book and the cute dedication to him. I think it’s pretty obvious, even without french kissing….!
Rena, I haven’t recived any text msgs from you in a while. Whenever I get them, I always respond back to them. Don’t put me on blast, sweetie. LOL. Did you get my e-mail responding to this as well?? I responded so quick, cause you sent me this link to my BlackBerry. I haven’t been on MySpace, or just online all together for a while now.
You know, when I told all my friends and family that I was Gay no one believed me. They wanted proof, something along the lines of what “purplegummiebear” wants. All I have to say to that is I don’t have to put my sexuality up on display for anyone, nor does Anderson, or anyone for that matter. People are going to believe what they want anyway.
If you really stop and think about it when have you ever heard of AC with a woman?? Or even maybe linked to a woman?? Never. Not even a rumor. But there are always something with him and a guy though. Its whatever though…
Sorry about my reaction to this news. I just want Anderson to be happy with whomever he’s with. I was wishfully hoping he was straight. As I was thinking of what I wrote yesturday I felt ashamed of myself. Whom am I to say what someone else feel deep down inside his soul. I am nothing. I’ve never met the guy and if I did nothing would change. I just want him to be happy, blissfully happy.
It sounds like that rumor about DVF’s assistant was false unless Anderson and Cesar are merely friends traveling together, but I doubt that.
He has probably been with Julio Cesar all along, since at least 2005.
Is there anyone left who does NOT know he is gay?
Somehow I get the feeling Anderson is ashamed of being gay and is being snickered at by many because it is painfully obvious now, yet won’t say it.
Maybe Julio doesn’t mind it this way, but seems it may be hard to keep this life such a secret and never acknowledge the person he cares about.
Maybe they’ve been seperated and got together lately again.
Well, there are actually a lot of people who won’t belive it, because they don’t want to believe it.
I dunno if he’s ashamed of it, but he definetly hides it from the rest of the world. I think it has something to do with his job, the rates of the show and gossiping and all that stuff. I could imagine he just doesn’t want his sexuality to be in focus, but the stories he and the team on CNN cover daily.
And I agree, Julio doesn’t really have an easy part in this case.
I wonder if we will ever find out, will he ever tell it?
Well, Anderson was gay well before CNN and he really became famous and he never said he was gay before then. And it is illegal in New York to keep someone from acknowledging that they are gay. I have read on the internet that someone thought it was in his contract. Nobody would know this, and it is illegal.
Of couse, and not be sound mean here, but Anderson is probably the sugar-daddy. I will guess that Julio doesn’t make more than 100K or thereabouts per year and probably would not be taking vacations to Egypt if it were not for Anderson. So maybe that is good enough for Julio, maybe this is a relationship of convenience. But that he always has to stay hidden may take a toll.
I will bet that Anderson is a lot more careful in the future and that these are the last pictures we see of them for a long time.
Check out the NY Post today. Anderson was sighted with a ‘young Frenchman’ buying cashmere sweaters at Barney’s CO-op. Who the hell knows WHAT’S going on in his friendship or love life?! Of course it’s no one’s business, but it’s hard not to be a little curious, he’s such a big mystery.
Anderson doesn’t need someone with him to buy sweaters so I’ll it wasn’t a “stylist” or whatever you would call someone like that.
It could have been made up. who knows.
Anderson doesn’t want his sexuality to be the story, understandable, but at this point this is talked about A LOT. I imagine people might even be snickering.
he doesn’t have to talk about it, just say I am gay. But I don’t think that will ever happen.
Anderson seems to have his life compartmentalized, his work and his personal. separate things. and the people he meets and interacts with from work (for example, someone like Jeffrey Toobin) Anderson seems he would not have his boyfriend with.
I once read an with Anderson where he said he didn’t care what people said about him regarding his personal life. If they ARE snickering, it may not mean anything to him. The thing about AC is that every man he’s seen with is going to be perceived as a potential boyfriend when it might be a friend or a relative. I don’t think he’ll ever admit to being gay either.
Grr, my stupid computer. Sorry for the double post.
I’m betting Anderson doesn’t socialize with ANY of his CNN colleagues and they probably don’t know much about him, even the ones who work closely with him. Yes, compartmentalized.
Probably compartmentalized in certain social events. He never brings a male friend to a Vanity Fair-type of event. The DVF fashion show in September was probably one of the few things Julio or whoever he is dating attends, that is “safe” and he is friends with Diane, and even that he arrives alone but mingled together later.
He was with someone at that Prince concert a couple of months ago, but the concert-goers who spotted him on the elevator leaving didn’t mention he was with anyone. A reporter for the Daily Intelligencer said he was with “a friend who was a boy”, having dinner on the terrace of the hotel. He probably has some kind of method of attending things with his partners so that it won’t look like he’s with anyone in particular.
Sounds rather sad that he lives his private life like that. And maybe awkward for his “date” that seemingly they have instructions on how things have to be.
But apparently the way he wants it.
And that comment he made in a recent interview where he said he was looking for a story over Christmas – maybe something to throw off the Julio pictures.
I thought he was trying to deflect attention from the Julio photos when he said he wanted to work during Christmas too. It’s also interesting that this latest sighting turns up after the airport pictures. Seems like everything is planned to keep people from ever getting a handle on who he REALLY might be dating. That’s probably just my imagination though.
you mean the French man shopping with him?
That list that reenachan is referencing is around at some sites because I saw it – it also has his previous partner Steve Elzy as having lived with him.
WOW…a lot was going on here while I was sleeping^^. Thank god I don’t have anything to do at work.
Yep, his name is Steven R. Elzy and they owned an apartment together. Anderson got it later on as the single owner…I guess they broke up. Elzy is some businessguy that was a lot older I think (I tried to google him). If you look at his “boyfrineds” now you can see that he’s actully older than them…so yup, he’s the sugar daddy.
In this list you could also see hat Julio did have the same addresses all the time.
Remember that article 2 years ago where he said he thought he might want a family and kids? Think he really meant that? at least the part about the kids? or just some PR talk?
He won’t even admit to his sexuality now, and kids would certainly “out” him.
Sounds like he’s having too much fun fooling around with different guys to settle down with a family!
Why can’t he be gay and have kids without coming out? Maybe he has a female friend that will be the doner and incubator and they could just be f-buddies just for conceptions. Then no one will know. What women wouldn’t do that for Anderson? It’s just a thought.
Purplegummiebear: well, of course he can have kids and not come out, have a female donor and carry the baby, he doesn’t have to have intercourse with her, artificially inseminated. I was saying that that he can’t keep the kids hidden like he has tried to with his boyfriends and as the kids get older it will somehow out. The kids will just make it confirmed.
Funny – he has that schoolboy crush on Erica.
I think if he has artifical insemenation done it will out him. aka. clay akien. I think Erica’s little boy kind of looks like Anderson a little. Maybe its just me. There’s a camercial for diapers and there’s a small baby in it that I think looks like Anderson, so I think I’m seeing Andy everywhere atleast in baby form. I would love to see Andy with a baby!
The only thing with Artifical insemenation is, is that what outed clay akien? I think if he wants kids of his own he’ll have to come out or impregnant someone the old fashoned way. So the medical records won’t say any differ. you know how people snoop around.
The weather is bothering my computer so that is why I said the samething the first time it said it didn’t go threw and I lost it so I just re wrote it. sorry. Its snowed here in cali last night. We never get snow here and we got 5 inches.
If he has a baby without a woman in his life no matter how it is conceived, that will out him.
Your not implying that Anderson is the father of Erica’s son, are you? Her son does not look like Anderson at all to me.
Clay Aiken outed himself because he said he wanted to be honest now that he had a child and not hide his sexuality.
anon. I wasn’t saying anderson fathered erica’s son I just said he look like him to me and then I said everytime I see a baby they look like anderson to me. And that I think anderson should have a baby.
LOL your conversations are too funny^^.
I think a family is what he absolutely wants and needs. As he lost his dad and Gloria really wasn’t a “normal” mom, he’s looking for somethinmg he’s been missing for years. Do you remember that 60 minutes plumpynut video where he holds a little child in his arms…just look into his face and you see how much he loves kids and how much he wishes to be a daddy himself. His look was so adorable…I will post this pic later on.
STOP, Clay Aiken outed himself? Ok, that’s new to me, not that I’m surprised, but I read he has a baby with some female music manager or so from L.A.!
I could imagine that Andy adopts African or Asian kids or so. Maybe from Niger or Rwanda.
reenachen: you didn’t read People magazine when Clay was on the cover? He said he didn’t want to live a lie. Maybe he didn’t admit right when the baby was born, but that is what he said in that article. That is all I know. I don’t follow Clay and no nothing about him, so if other things happened, I don’t know.
I guess from what we have seen of his actions in his “dating” life (yes, which is essentially nothing) it doesn’t seem to add up to looking for a family life, but I don’t know. and he definitelyl needs a good partner.
Nope I usually don’t read PEOPLE Magazione, because,
1. I dunno where to buy (And I really don’t weanna drive to the airport every week)
2. It costs like 10 Euros or so (I bought one like 4 years ago and I had to pay 7.50 €, what is like 9$…way too much for a magazine^^) and I guess it’S even more expensive now.
so no, I haven’t read it.
Yeah, I mean we don’t know anything from Julio except for his date of birth and his job, but the question is if he’s really the person that andy could live the rest of his life with. With all that stuff like marriage and babys…!
I think Anderson and Cesar make a nice looking couple and apparently he means a lot to AC since they’ve been around each other for several years and Anderson dedication to him in Dispatches was very warm. It’s hard to know who Anderson may or may not be involved with, but I personally love the idea of him and Cesar together and adopting third world children!
Anderson has “outed” himself when he refused to anwser if he was Gay or not. I’m sorry, but NO straight man denies being straight. If he was straight, he would say I’m not Gay.
Its simple.
He doesn’t want to say it directly, but those of us who are able to read between the lines don’t need to hear him say I’M GAY, we already know. I would be really glad if he decided to announce it, but that’s his choice.
Phil, you are spot on. No man denies being straight but rather will make sure to point that out. Not sure what his point is in not saying it at this point. All he has to do is say he’s gay and not discuss anything further.
Isn’t Eypgt a Muslim country where gays can be killed for being gay? Could the fact that he travels to countries such as this be a reason for not confirming he is gay?
Hey Rena!!
I haven’t see you long time!!! I know I am going strong myself… I knew it (Anderson) he is gay………. Well, I feel that he must have secret his personal private.. I agree with all of you bloggers! I hope that Anderson have to take care himself, not to tell people about gay. I think you’re right it is legally gay….. Guess what? I have to tell you that my hometown Shoreline it is snowing overnight for few days ago and now…… I checked maybe around 3 or 4 inches in front yard of my house…… I hope you have Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009!
Uhm wow, your reaction is surprising me to be honest, Megan. I thought you wouldn’t talk to us anymore or even write pretty nasty things^^.
@ anon: Is this really a reason to hide “your life” just because you travel to muslim countries? I dunno, this woudld be kinda stupid I think. It’s a personal problem.
Rena, I agree with you, it is a personal problem that Anderson has with trying to hide his “life”. I personally do not think that is the reason he does not come out but have heard it said. But those who said it are also speculating, as we are, since we have not heard from Anderson on the subject.
I think that at this point no one can deny that Anderson is gay. None of had a chance with him anyway, gay or straight, but well, no sense in even dreaming about it.
I hope Anderson’s heart is filled extremely with blissful joy this Christmas, and that he feels completly blessed.
Sorry Guys…. I feel that way…… I have to respect his private life….. I have to learn ro respect his personal private.. I am sorry about my nasty write to you….. do you remember that one month ago that Prop 8 already reject the vote the gays rights. I am tellng you that I feel bad for same sex marriage. But His private life will not tell anyone…. Please respect his… Thank you… I am really sorry….
I think the reason most of us fans want to know is not for the snickering or the “I told you so” kudos, but because we are interested in “Anders the package”. I speak for myself as a gurlfan.
Not just the Anderson Cooper we see on the TV, that presents us a story. Its really only half the story, what drives someone to the places he goes and find what he shows us? CNN are advertising that telling a story is about people and what makes a good story. Its the person telling the story part of that story, inherently Anderson is part of what he is reporting.
But do we really need to know who he’s dating, if he drinks out of the milk carton and puts it back in the fridge, if he leaves his worn socks on the floor, or if he likes to write smilely faces in the steam on the shower glass door?
OK we want to but do we really need to?
Will it effect how we see him professionally? Does knowing that he leaves his worn socks on the floor detract credibility of his coverage of the Auto bailout?
Does knowing that he draws smilely faces in steam mean he’s too whimsical to cover war against women in the congo?
Does “knowing” he’s gay mean that some potential interviewee will not talk to him?
To some people the answer to these questions is yes, to others, the answer is no. So its down to what percentages, marketability, his livelihood and his privacy. Just because we want to know, doesn’t mean we have that right or that we should.
Doesn’t mean I can’t think about him, me and a bottle of chocolate syrup though.
moley willows, I was thinking more like warmed hot fudge and a spray can of whipped cream. lol. But, thats just me.
I respect his privacy. But a heterosexual man who says he is heterosexual and says he has a wife or girlfriend isn’t looked upon as having his privacy invaded, or if someone simply wants to know if a straight person is with someone.
Yet it seems to be when someone simply wants to know if you are gay or not.
The chocolate syrup and fudge can get very messy, ladies, trust me on that one. Its fun and sexy though. But I’m a fan of the whipped cream though. I personally would like to get him in a hot steamy shower myself. Hey, we can all dream once in a while – nothing wrong with that…
anon 11:22 pm
Thanks for this…. I appreciate your honest to respect Anderson’s life personal private…. Thanks!
@ Megan
Why is it ok for Anderson to write a book and spill details about his family, but when it comes to him the book is closed?? What is the difference there?? Nothing. Sounds like a contradiction to me if anything. And him not asking questions is just going to push people more to try and invade it. I personally can careless about his personal life. But don’t tell me its ok for him to write that book, but he can’t answer one question (whatever that might be) about himself away from the anchor’s desk.
Didn’t he ask Kenny Chesney if he was gay? Obviously Anderson was expecting an answer to that question, yet Anderson won’t answer the very same question when it is asked of him. Pretty nervy of Anderson, in my opinion, maybe hypocritical. A simple yes or no answer.
He has said as a reporter he is supposed to be an observer and be able to adapt – but what about when he is in The Congo – he can’t hide his whiteness, or a heterosexual man doesn’t hide his wife. Makes no sense to me.
I meant to say *answering* in my last post, but I’m sure you guys can pick up on what I was trying to say. I just wanted to correct myself.
: )
It’s up to Anderson to determine what he wants out there for public consumption. The subject of his brother and father have been discussed by his mother in the past, it’s a topic that has already been out there and he simply expanded on it. Why is he obligated to discuss EVERYTHING in his life simply because he chose to discuss a few specific topics? I think the reason he doesn’t want to say anything about being gay or who he’s dating is because it would open up a can of worms that he wants no part of. Right now, the only place you see any talk about his personal life is on sites like Gawker and Jossip, most mainstream publications avoid that subject and just stick to his work, but if he were to give them “permission” by admitting to being gay, they would start digging into who he’s dating or his home life and I don’t think he wants any of that. He wants to his career on his own terms and by keeping silent in that one area, he’s got some kind of control because he NEVER answers or responds to anything regarding his personal/dating life and therefore no one ever has the REAL story but him.
It already is a can of worms with the photos of Julio. People talk about his gayness must as much as his work almost.
He seems embarrassed by it and a coward for not admitting it.
That LA Times interview – I wonder what Anderson said off the record during the two minutes.
He’s not a coward, he’s living by his own rules regardless of how others see it. He’s obviously never going to bend to the will of those who think he should talk about what’s happening in his life just because he’s talked about other things or because there are pictures of him with guys floating around the net, he’s determined to do exactly what he wants in spite of the heat he takes for it.
Andy looks like a little boy who’s been caught doing something naughty. LOL
Ok Phil…..
You have good point…… he did write a book his own life…. I think he want to private his person life. Some times he want take record off for few minutes. that is his decision not to tell the fans or other people…. he was so embarrased himself. I did read his book called ” Dispatches From the Edge” it’s not saying about gays, just family, travel and work….. I have to say to you…. my apology… maybe he will try other book to write, I am sure…..
he don’t want to tell the fans during Larry King Live either too. his decision….. I know what Anderson want to tell. OK?
Did anyone here what I heard when Kathy asked Anderson, ‘Is there a little Trip Cooper running around?’? Anderson said, ‘No, not yet.’
I didn’t see it as I spent New Year’s in Paris and was way to tired to watch it that morning!
How was it? As funny as last year??
I hear him say “no, not yet” I wonder if he is up to something, if he is ready to adopt or something. Or just something he said, not really meaning it. Or just something he thinks he would still like to do but hasn’t done anything about it yet.
I wonder what Anderson’s significant other thinks of Anderson going to the Middle East. It makes me nervous. I would have him find a way to call me when he got there, before he goes to sleep everynight and when he wakes up everymorning and when he was headed home. But, thats just me. I would only want him to do that because then I would know he was fine. It would just kill me if I was Anderson’s significant other and not knowing if he was o.k. until I saw him on t.v.
I think about the same thing when Anderson is out doing these field reports. But this is what he loves to do and what he is known for. I’m sure he feels safe, and very comfortable in that environment even under those circumstances. If I was in a relationship with him I would be up every nite worried sick about him as well. Its only natural to feel that way about someone you care for. I worry about him to an extent, and I don’t even know the man. I can only imagine what his loved ones feel when he’s out there in those situations. I can’t help but to think of Bob Woodruff (who I think is adorable and a great reporter as well) and what happened to him, and all that he went through. Like I said though, this is what Anderson loves to do, so all we can do is hope for the best on his journey.
Where is the inauguration coverage?? People are going to start thinking this is a trashy website considering your last post was last month and it was about his sexual orientation.
I’m just being honest here…
: )
Dom, this is a trashy website PLUS I have a job and come home late…^^
So if you wanna write about this, please do and send me the text^^…!
Ha…well, then, I guess it really doesn’t matter then. I didn’t watch any of the coverage over the weekend to be honest with you, cause I would of lost my mind with pure boredom. Plus, I was down in the city the majority of the weekend. I just watched it all day Tuesday and I’m sure everyone has heard and seen what I did by now…
I just read online that when Andy went to DC he went with a hispanic man and they sat next to eachother on the plane. Awww, how cute!
page six says that they did NOT sit together but that Anderson was waiting patiently for him at the gate to get off the plane. What site were you reading abgout this?
The hispanic man sat in the back and Anderson sat in first class.
Dominican, hispanic, french….Andy loves to travel!^^
Where did you read that?
I got a google aleart about it I don’t remember, sorry. I just thought it was cute that he brought him along.
Page Six had the friend sitting in the back story