Anderson Cooper: “The Fact is I’m Gay!”

Anderson Cooper has come out of the closet, he's gay and he's proud.

Cooper made the announcement in a letter to Andrew Sullivan, who was doing a story for TheDailyBeast.com about the social impact of famous people who come out as gay. Andrew asked Anderson for his feedback on this subject, for reasons that are probably obvious to most.   Here's some excerpts from his email response:

"Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle.   It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid.  This is distressing because it is simply not true."

Anderson then went on to say:

"The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud."

What do you think? Does this in any way make Anderson less of a reporter? Does it taint his stories in any way. We have seen him in War torn parts parts of the worls and we have seen him one-on-one with some of the biggest celebriteies in the world. Honestly, Does the fact that he is gay change your opinion of him at all?