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Not Exactly Haiti: A Shirtless Anderson Cooper Joins Snooki At The Tanning Salon

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Jersey Shore star Snooki took Anderson Cooper out to Beach Bum Tanning on Tuesday’s edition of Anderson, stripping the newsman down to his skivvies. “I had no idea that Mr. Anderstand (sic) had muscles,” Snooki remarked incredulously, “so when he took off his shirt, he had like a huge peanut muscle! Cool.”

Earlier this year, Cooper had given Snooki’s book a dramatic reading and congratulated her for signing a second book deal. Snooki was grateful for the publicity, tweeting “Thanks for reading my NY Times Bestseller Mista Anderstand Cooper. Love to help you get a 2nd book. Let’s go tanning and talk about it.”.

Cooper took the pint-sized guidette up on her offer. After waiting 20 minutes for Snooki to get her teeth whitened, it was his moment to shine — literally. Cooper was nervous but ready and bravely went through the spray-on process, airbrushing and all. “Wow, I’ve never had a tan line like that,” he exclaimed.

After the ordeal, Cooper graciously thanked Snooki for taking him to the tanning salon. “You’re like my buddy now.” Snooki said, “You’re my tanning buddy now.” Cooper has made a name for himself with best-in-class reporting from areas of conflict, and while revealing his six-pack abs is somewhat impressive, one wonders about the lasting impact of this sort of soft, celebrity obsessed — yes, entertaining — coverage of Cooper’s well earned journalistic brand.

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  • Anonymous

    I just threw up a little in my mouth.

  • Anonymous

    Does his bf like his new tan?

  • http://www.facebook.com/miraclelurker?v=wall Ellen Carey Rowe

    Rachel Maddow specifically stated that Cooper did NOT have to come out of the closet .

  • Anonymous

    So…why show pictures of candy Andy intstead of Snooki? This seems…indicative of…something about this site.

  • http://twitter.com/lazzzlo lazzzlo

    I’m almost afraid to ask but…What’s a peanut muscle?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Tyler/100001071466947 Steven Tyler

    Gee Anderson….This is certainly one way of easing your way out of the closet

  • Anonymous

    But Coopers Mom said she wants him to marry his longtime bf and adopt a child so she can be a grandma.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Watson/100000378332267 Ken Watson

    I’m no Cooper or CNN fan but this strikes me as sad. This guy was a serious journalist, ya know, standing in front of a camera and getting shot at. I saw the Amy Whinehouse show, yes it was naught but a gay, white Oprah. And that is what is driving these daytime talkers; the immense vacuum left by Oprah’s slide. Maybe it is what he wants though. He seemed comfy enough giving tissues to the parents and getting shot at is no fun no matter how it looks in the movies.

  • Librablue

    Seems “Anderson” is not exactly what viewers see on TV.  One audience member was not impressed http://www.thespec.com/living/article/593032–cooper-crosses-the-line-as-talk-show-host

  • Anonymous

    Snooki should keep her shirt on .

  • Redleaf

    God, I hope this doesn’t happen. Gays adopting is bad for the child.
    The child will become gay and totally scarred by the experience.
    The child is better off in whatever poor family or orphanage he’s from.

  • Redleaf

    God, I hope this doesn’t happen. Gays adopting is bad for the child.
    The child will become gay and totally scarred by the experience.
    The child is better off in whatever poor family or orphanage he’s from.

  • Anonymous

    The “lib-tard’s” love people of the “limp-wristed.”

    Thank God Homosexuals can’t reproduce.

  • Anonymous

    The “lib-tard’s” love people of the “limp-wristed.”

    Thank God Homosexuals can’t reproduce.

  • Redleaf

    Ha! You are so right.
    Gays are an abomination. If I ever met a gay person, I’d probably run away. I don’t want their gayness turning me gay.

  • Anonymous

    ask weiner.

  • Anonymous

    Odd, I thought Snooki was straight, whereas Cooper is, well, you know.

  • Anonymous

    I’m with you “Bruce.”

    You gotta watch those, you know what people.

  • Anonymous

    I hope Anderson Cooper remains good looking because I doubt anyone would watch this show if he wasn’t.

  • Holistic

    I wonder if his “significant other” is jealous.

  • http://impossibledreamsmedia.com Chris Jones

    That was awesome. He wanted to giggle so bad. 

  • Nature Freak

    Reminds me of the time back in 1965 when a topless Huntley and Brinkley did the same bit with Jayne Mansfield. In color.

  • Anonymous

    This is how Anderson is going to get a bigger draw at 8pm?

    Eeeks, this is just awful for Cooper.

  • Nature Freak

    Anderson Cooper looks like Richard Gere in the above screen shot.

    Please, no animal jokes!

  • Anonymous

    SICK-O .

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LUKTQTZLZUTCR3SGOO76TTVOGY moremonkeybusiness

    Now we know why CNN has little credibility.

  • Nature Freak

    I like Anderson Cooper, the man is a talented journalist, but this is a little too much. Over the top. “Gay White Oprah”. LOL!

    Walter Cronkite must be rolling over in his grave.

    Peter Jennings sure would have never done this. Jennings was a class act.

  • Nature Freak

    Anderson Cooper has a nice body. Anderson obviously takes care of himself. He looks better than Snooki.

  • http://twitter.com/Decamped The Dude

    To be fair, I doubt Cooper is honestly enjoying this either.

  • Anonymous

    Anderson is crossing the line to entertainer, as many of them do.  There are few serious journalist left in America.

  • Anonymous

    Well there went 3  minutes of my life I can never get back. That was almost as big a waste of time as an Obama speech……..not quite, but damn close

  • Mack

    This opinion is based on… what information? You’re an idiot. And ignorant. My wife and I know a gay couple with four children they’ve adopted from orphanages. The places they were in were dirt poor and the kids were barely surviving. Now they live near Chicago, go to good private schools, play sports, and are growing up exactly like all their classmates, save for the gender of one of their parents. And yes, all four kids are both happy and straight. This is by far the norm. Being around gay people — even as parents — does not “make you gay.” They’re not having sex with the kids or in front of the kids, as no straight parents would do either. They are simply giving them a home, teaching them to brush their teeth, paying for their education, feeding them, and though you might revile the idea, loving those children as a parent should. 

  • Nature Freak

    Redleaf is just trying to make a point. I doubt Redleaf believes this.

  • Tim Tebow

    Who watches cnn? Really, now…who?

    Only when you’re at the airport and that godamn thing is on everywhere…

    Fox and cnn are both garbage.

  • http://www.davidjkramer.co.cc// DavidKramer

    NOW THAT, is investigative reporting!

  • Anonymous

    Anderson Cooper clearly has better posture, that’s why.  Then there’s the camera hog thing.  True, both are afflicted.

  • Anonymous

    Only a really manly sort who was very self assured could say so, Nature.  LOL

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think he has a partner/longtime companion.  He’s frequently in the gossip columns out on dates w/pics.

  • Anonymous

    Surely, you don’t mean Jayne was topless (although she was known to have “accidents” whenever cameras were near).  TV would have never been the same!

  • Anonymous

    Nature, your approximately 40ish, right?  Do you remember Huntley and Brinkley or you just saw a clip?  I’m 50 and I do remember them and the unforgettable Mansfield.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t pretend that the rest of your life is any less wasted.

  • Silicondoc

    So when like Time and Newsweek and the hollyweird crackpots had front covers and declared this leftist demonews freakboy the sexiest man in America, it was really a massive gay promo.
    LOL – libs are PATHETIC.

  • Silicondoc

    But Andy can pump him, or her, so long as the child agrees to the experience, and if anyone complains manbla and the aclu gots his back. Now how many other children could have that lucky of a life with the sexiest metro in America ?

  • Silicondoc

    That was Snookie code talk – “bi”-cep. The network loved it – helped with the alternative lifestyler ratings and Andy got a few bathhouse dates

  • Silicondoc

    Oh, maybe Weiner pumped him and we’ve all known Obama is bi – so he’s all set, best left wing fruitcake commie journo in the world – and he can take the potus up his backside no problem as the people are getting raped, too – a perfect report.

  • Silicondoc

    I like Blitzer the wannabe he’s in “The Situation Room” as he (another lib midget) pretends he’s big man in charge handling some crisis for America in the Situation Room in the bowels of the White House…
    LMAO – WHAT A POS.

  • Silicondoc

    Cooper is a professional who has practiced his eye squint for 4400 hours in front of a mirror so that America would be proud of the discerning and questioning and skeptical nature of his ever moving mind… (he had a problem trying to change his pussy looking lips but a metrosexual wants that look anyway – so suck it up like he does).

  • Silicondoc

    How the hell do you know if they are having sex with the kids or not let alone in front of them? You got a 24/7 webcam on them mr homoland security ?

  • Silicondoc

    Andy needed to get penetrated, and soon, okay – we’re talking reach here, and the tube is as deep as it gets – best way to drive the point home next comes satisfying results. He’s worked hard for penetrating reports so when he needs some – network juice should deliver.

  • Silicondoc

    He’s expecting some hardballing in depth coverage with the tips coming in after this.

  • Anonymous

    I thought Anderson Cooper was gay, wait, SNOOKI is a chick, right?

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