Anderson Cooper on the cover of Outside Magazine. He’s a badass.

Andy..in Prada, no doubt.

Originally, I was going to make sport of Anderson's cover of Outside Magazine, but after reading the following quotes, I think it's inappropriate to say that Andy's one word away from being on the cover of OUT Magazine.  Oh. I got it in anyway, didn't I? Sigh.

Anderson is a badass. In case y'all forgot, Anderson dropped everything during a report on looting after the horrendous earthquake in Haiti, and saved a young boy from being pummeled.  This was not just for "good television".  Anderson clearly has a deep desire to help those in need.  I posted this a few weeks back when it happened, but it bears repeating.

via Outside:

On overcoming fear: “I don’t believe you should be ruled by fear in anything in life. I don’t like anything that scares me, I prefer to face it head-on and get over it. Anyone who says they’re not scared is a fool or a liar or both. I just don’t want that fear in my stomach to be a part of my life, so I work to eliminate it.”

On skydiving being senseless: “I have no interest in jumping out of an airplane, or any of the things people do for thrills to push the limit and all that. To me, that seems foolish. There’s no point. If people are suffering in a place, to me, it’s not a question of whether I’m going to go or not. It’s a question of how fast can I get there.”

On His Relief Efforts In Haiti: “You suddenly find yourself in a situation where, you say … what do you do? There are some journalism purists who say that you do nothing, that you just watch and report, and I certainly understand that. But in the case of a little boy who got hit in the head with a cement block, no one was helping him. He couldn’t get up. … Blood was pouring from his head. It was a split second decision to take him out of the situation.”

Just another reason we adore and admire Anderson Cooper.