Anderson Cooper Shares Cringe-Worthy Oral Sex Conversation He Had With His 85-Year-Old Mother
April 11 2019, Updated 4:22 p.m. ET
There are certain things most people would rather not discuss with their mother. Sex is one. Oral sex is another.
But CNN anchor Anderson Cooper not only did both -- he admitted it live on TV, talking about the time his then 85-year-old mother praised her lover’s oral sex skills!
The cringe-worthy moment was revealed this week on his Anderson Cooper 360 show.
During a roundtable discussion the 46-year-old silver fox asked his guests to talk about their pick for the most scandalous story of 2013.
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Journalist Dan Savage nominated Rob Ford, the notorious Toronto mayor whose comments about his wife and oral sex – among a host of other things – made headlines this year.
The cheeky author said, “I love a good cunnilingus joke on the evening news.”
At this point Anderson interjected with his story about his mom, fashion designer and 89-year-old socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, who likened one lover’s oral sex skills to legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.
He said, “My mom once wrote a romance memoir about the men she had dated – and I use that term loosely.
“And she described one guy she was currently dating – my mom was 85 at the time – as the Nijinsky of cunnilingus and she made me proof-read the book. I was like, ‘Mom, I don’t know much about modern dance.'"
At which point Dan said, “Or cunnilingus…” which drew fits of giggles from the other panelists and openly gay Anderson himself.