12:50 PM PDT, July 2, 2012
Celebs Rally Behind Anderson Cooper
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Adam Shankman
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Twitter
Marlee Matlin
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Twitter
Kristen Bell
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Twitter
Ellen DeGeneres
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Twitter
Andy Cohen
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Twitter
LeAnn Rimes Cibrian
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Twitter
Neil Patrick Harris
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Twitter
Kelly Ripa
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Twitter
Celebs Rally Behind Anderson Cooper
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Anderson Cooper has an extensive list of A-list celeb friends, so it was only natural for the Twitter-friendly stars to send out messages of support for the silver fox after the CNN journalist told The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, "The fact is, I'm gay."