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Why Is Anderson Cooper Wearing an Eye Patch and Looking Miserable in This Photo?

Dec. 4, 2012 9:15pm Jason Howerton

LOS ANGELES (TheBlaze/AP) — Anderson Cooper says a reporting assignment turned into a temporary blindness scare.

On his talk show Tuesday, Cooper said he was in Portugal last week working on a story for “60 Minutes” and spent two hours on the water. The newsman says that later, he developed a burning sensation in his eyes and lost sight for 36 hours.

Showing a photo he took of himself with an eye patch, Cooper joked it would be his new online dating picture.

On a more serious note, Cooper said he wanted to warn viewers about the risk.

Dr. Nancy Snyderman, chief medical correspondent for NBC News, explained to Cooper he had suffered a retina burn. Snyderman cautioned that “everybody needs sunglasses,” adding that protection from the sun can prevent cataracts later in life.

Cooper explains his unfortunate incident on “Anderson Live” today:

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Lemacs
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:57pm
cmon what a Nancy Boy

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- OccamsSword
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:06am
  Literally.
  
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- db321
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:46am
  Anderson has to learn not to drop the soap!
  
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- Flashydave
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:58am
  I thought New Yorkers called them ‘Jersey Girls’. But what do I know! I’m just a hetero hick from Kentucky!
  
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jimvet
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:33pm
oh God !

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- smokie
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:27pm
  You have to love that he took his boo boo picture with a sad expression. Like a five year old kid wanting attention.
  
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Fitzzz
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:29pm
One of the hazards of water sports

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- DMENTED
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:40am
  ‘Golden showers, burn your eyes…tears await you, when you rise….sleep pretty Cooper, do not cry…tomorrow, do the other eye…’
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 9:02am
  As usual D! All good humor carries with it, the element of truth!!!
  
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bhosux
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:20pm
it’s probably due to a high velocity liquid projectile hitting his eye….

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- savagenatn
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:48am
  funny as ****. yep anderson got quite an “eyeful”
  
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RaydocX
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:00pm
He’s gonna turn this into a Maui Jim endorsement…. or Ray Ban.

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- RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:20am
  Gay Ban.
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:57pm
Got carried away during a ‘romantic moment’ and got poked in the eye by a phallus?

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- rickc34
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:21am
  Was Obama present? Bath house barry.
  
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piper60
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:36pm
I always thought that those guys doing stories on the shore before hurricanes deserve combat pay. This proves it.

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resme
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:29pm
Gay on Gay crime?

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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:39pm
  Now be nice Resme… : )
  
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- ashestoashes
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:41pm
  That is what I thought at first..Anderson Cooper..so many women swooning over him and they freak out when I tell them he is gay..For there are those who made themselves unuchs for the Lord.. and they will be the ones who rule with Him..never having defiled themselves with a woman..but gay people do one better..they may not defile themselves with the opposite sex..but they commit abominations (homosexuality).. before the Lord. Looks more like Anderson got punched in the eye..
  
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Charles_Almon
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:27pm
Small jellyfish?

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:10pm
  Probably something else happened and he is embarrassed to admit to it.
  
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meninblackstripes
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:14pm
Looks a little ****-eyed to me

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- OccamsSword
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:30pm
  Ever hear the old punchline,” I’ll keep an eye out for ya sonny”.
  
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John McGuirk
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:12pm
Please
How does an unindustrious slakkard earn this type of cash while sitting at home on his lazy ass.
Perhaps a welfare check is not the answer.
Please tell me more.

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Parnell3rd
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:07pm
really? who cares? this is news how?

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- loriann12
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:36am
  Really? And who held a gun to your head and made you click on the story? I clicked out of curiosity. And I have to admit, I’m a bit disappointed in all the gay refrences.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:44am
  He deserves it after giggling like a middle school adolescent over the term “tea ******” in reference to the Tea Party. I hear his show got canceled. Good riddance. He’s a political hack, not a journalist.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 10:59am
  Who cares?
  
  It is a teachable moment. Not everyone needs to be taught this, but I bet there a millions that need reminding or taught in the 1st place.
  
  In Australia part of the gear kindergartners are required to have is sunglasses. Its damage over time & by taking action now we’ll see less cataract in a person’s 60s, 70 & 80s. Many people wouldn’t consider giving a kindergartner sun glasses because it used to be a “luxury item”. They are afraid that kids would lose them. Some Kids sunglasses use to be harmful because they were merely tined & so dilated the pupil allowing my UV radiation to enter. So when the became more popular for small kids it was mainly as a fashion statement that parents found out was actually harming their kids.
  
  So I will ask you how many parents tell their kids to buckle up a\out of safety concerns?
  
  Now I ask you how many parents made sure their kids had sunglasses or lectured kids about the need for them? I bet it is much less.
  
  Life is no longer as nasty, brutish & short as it used to be. So now problems that cause damage over time is of concern. Strike that thought. Life is still just as nasty & brutish as yesteryear. The elections have shown us that.
  
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:59pm
Domestic violence…his husband is a “husband beater” !!

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- TheBurningTruth
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:23pm
  Bumped into a doorknob while being ridden around by “daddy!”
  
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- OccamsSword
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:49pm
  THEBURNINGTRUTH, Yeah, I can see that !
  
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macpappy
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:56pm
Online ******, huh?

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macpappy
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:55pm
The only time I see this clown is when the Blaze decides that we must see or hear from him.
Please, Blaze, spare me.
This is drivel.

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- GerriDavid
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:14pm
  If you don’t like him, don’t click on the story. Nobody is forcing you to read this. You still have a choice in this country…at least for now. Do not impose your censorship on the rest of us….that is what the Liberals do.
  
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OldSurfRat
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:54pm
Hey kid stop playing with that thing. You’ll put your eye out.

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:19pm
  You’ll shoot your eye out,you’ll shoot your eye out!
  Never give a liberal a Red Ryder BB gun.They’ll go home and play Ralphie against Black Bart with it and hurt themselves.
  Harmless digital games should be enough action for them.
  
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- yazoo
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:51pm
  Now that’s funny right there.
  
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truthsurfer
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:48pm
His boyfriend obama shot him in the eye instead of the mouth

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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:50pm
  Classic.
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:55pm
  Fast and furious knob-bing and missing a stroke will have consequences.
  
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- mrunner
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:56pm
  rotflmao
  
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- SPIN_MD
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:20pm
  It’s commonly called “catcher in the eye”.
  
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- OccamsSword
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:44pm
  Aaahahaha, gee, dont sugarcoat it, tell us what you really think….hahahahaha!
  
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- Formula382
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:33am
  I laughed out loud at that one. I’m also loving the lib.t.a.r.d. posts on here that are all pissy about **** jokes. I love **** jokes! The globe isn’t the same if you can’t poke fun at them!
  
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ilovetheusa1
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:42pm
lovers one eyed snake attacked him ??

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- subic
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:29pm
  It may have been a one eyed trouser trout, LOL
  
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- Azautoman
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:03am
  Perhaps it was a blue veined,purple headed,goo bazooka?
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:47am
  that was what I immediately thought when I saw the headline. An over-aggressive BJ can have serious consequences
  
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ClaudeRains
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:37pm
Looks like his boyfriend’s aim was off a bit.

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- OccamsSword
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:01am
  Next time wear the googles….
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:51am
  woooooo…let’s not make fun of the homos or else the libatrd trolls will call us , what is it trolls? “homophobe”? “intolerant”? how about freaks?
  
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aproudinfidel
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:37pm
Because he is a candy ass homosexual wimp, that’s why.

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bobad
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:36pm
DId Anderson’s husband abuse him?

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Tri-ox
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:30pm
Uh, okay.

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Dom321
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:29pm
She may mean “Cornea” burn. A retina burn is PERMANENTLY blinding. Such as sun gazing lesions. Cornea burns are very painful as well. Therefore, the miserable look. Vision returns when the corneal epithelium heals.

And yes, I am an Retina specialist.

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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:49pm
  Yeah, but when Anderson Cooper is involved even looking at a flashbulb would be traumatic…he’s so sensitive you know.
  
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- wigg
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:51pm
  Yes. I am an optometrist and he did not “burn” his retina. He would be blind
  He has a photokeratitis which is a corneal “burn”
  Similar to an arc welding burn
  
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- mrs.janet.murgatroid
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:52pm
  Say how much of this “blue light is harmful to the retina” is just scare tactics to sell more sunglasses?
  
  All the major eyeglass retailers tell people they need to buy sunglasses for uv protection when they are already wearing non-tinted 100% uv absorbing polycarbonate lenses or hi index lenses with a uv absorbing coating. Recently Crizal’s research is showing sunglasses without a backside antireflection coating act like a mirror reflecting up to 40% of uv light into the eye when the person isn’t even facing the sun. Seems like a whole lot of people are getting suckered into spending extra money on an extra pair of sunglasses that don’t provide more uv protection.
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:58pm
  @wigg: He’s a wuss, plain and simple.
  
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- OccamsSword
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:55pm
  But whats the frothy white discharge, oozing out?
  
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Fubared
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:29pm
Pantload wanted more than 2nd base on 1st date. Sun? Sure shirley.

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loafer4952
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:24pm
This is a story???????????????????

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- JethroUSMC
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:45pm
  Probably running with scissors. They’ll poke an eye out every time.
  
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