Just weeks after Anderson Cooper confirmed the open secret that he is indeed gay, photos of his boyfriend of three years, Ben Maisani, kissing another man in a New York park have hit the internet.
In Kristen Stewart fashion, 39-year-old Maisani, who owns a gay bar in Manhattan’s East Village, was snapped sitting in the grass in a public park holding hands and passionately kissing a dark-haired mystery man.
While the pictures leave no room for interpretation, no one has put a date on them, leaving us to wonder if the photos were (hopefully) snapped prior to Maisani’s relationship with Cooper. That, however, begs the question, why would photogs be following the bar owner prior to his involvement with the CNN host?
Maisani lives with Anderson in his New York townhouse. The couple were reportedly planning on getting married as early as Labor Day.
See photos of Ben Maisani kissing the mystery man
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