Anderson Cooper to Exit '60 Minutes' After Almost 20 Years
After almost 20 years with the news program, Anderson Cooper is reportedly set to exit 60 Minutes as a correspondent.
Variety is reporting that a “person familiar with his thinking” confirmed the news to them about the 58-year-old broadcaster. He first started on the news program in 2007.
CBS News confirmed to Just Jared, “For more than two decades, Anderson Cooper has taken 60 Minutes viewers on journeys to faraway places, told us unforgettable stories, reported consequential investigations and interviewed many prominent figures. We’re grateful to him for dedicating so much of his life to this broadcast, and understand the importance of spending more time with family. 60 Minutes will be here if he ever wants to return.”
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Apparently, he was going through negotiations with CBS recently to renew his deal, but he reportedly now wants to focus on his job at CNN. Anderson did re-up his contract with CNN last year.
There have been issues at 60 Minutes over the last few months, including, famously, the “Inside CECOT” segment that one journalist said was pulled for political reasons.
Anderson has not made a statement confirming this news.
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