CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Wednesday
responded to a woman who told him that he should have remained in the
closet.
The 47-year-old Cooper came out gay in
2012 after ducking rumors for years.
Lexie (@twinkleeyes2817) describes
herself as a 26-year-old dispatcher on her Twitter profile. The
lover of “music, technology, food, outdoors, gym, movies, sleeping,
chocolate and more” has 9 followers on the social media site.
“@andersoncooper,” Lexie tweeted,
“The world wasn't interested in hearing about your sexual
preference and it didn't stop you from sharing it with the world.”
“@twinkleeyes2817 thanks Lexie,”
Cooper
messaged back, “pls tell me where I can get my photo airbrushed
like yours, It's awesome and looks almost lifelike!”
Among the thousands who retweeted
and/or favorited Cooper's reply was country music singer Chely
Wright, who wrote back “:).”
(Related: Chely
Wright: New album “will be gay by nature that I am gay.)