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

Dec. 4, 2012 9:15pm

Anderson Cooper Burns His Eye Balls and Is Temporarily BlindedLOS 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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  • 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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      Zipit  
  • 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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  • 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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    RaydocX  
  • 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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  • 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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    resme  
    • 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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  • meninblackstripes
    Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:14pm

    Looks a little ****-eyed to me

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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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  • 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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  • 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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      subic  
    • 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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      savagenatn  
  • 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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      savagenatn  
  • 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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      OccamsSword  
  • 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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