In a recent episode of his show, Anderson Cooper
talked about life after he publicly came out. The Silver Fox was
"really pleased with the response" and support he got from his fans,
before saying, "The only thing that did kind of annoy me ... [was] Star
Jones, of all people."
The "Anderson" host was furious at Star for suggesting that he came out
to boost ratings of his show. When sitting down with fellow TV host
Andy Cohen, the CNN anchor called the rating-ploy accusation "annoying"
and fired back at the former host of "The View".
"If I was wanting to boost ratings, I would've waited to announce it on
like 'a very special episode' that would've been promo'd for weeks and
weeks. There would've been commercials [that said] 'Anderson's huge
announcement,' and you would've had a cutaway of the audience
[gasping]," he pointed out.
The white-haired journalist continued, "But instead, I was in Africa on
assignment for 60 Minutes. I sent an email to a friend of mine who put
it on a website. I gave no interviews about it. I never talked about
it. I wasn't even on the air for days afterward."
"So suddenly Star Jones - who, as memory serves, in terms of boosting
ratings I seem to recall her hawking her wedding like every single day
to get free products when she was on 'The View'. And I seem to recall
her lying about her gastric bypass surgery and making everybody else
lie about it as well."
In response to Anderson's snarky comeback, Star tweeted, "I was wrong.
@andersoncooper didn't come out as a ratings ploy. He used ME talking
about him coming out @todayshow as a ratings ploy. #mybad."
According to Anderson, she was invited to appear on his show but turned it down.
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