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Anderson Cooper opened up about his sexual awakening during a recent interview with Andy Cohen on Radio Andy, and Richard Gere is at the center of it. The CNN journalist recalled going to a play called 'Bent' starring Gere in 1977 at the age of 11 with two gay men, photographer Paul Jasmin and his boyfriend, who were friends of his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. "If anyone doesn’t know about the play ‘Bent,’ it’s about two gay guys in the concentration camp,” Cooper explained. “I mean the opening scene… It is the gayest thing you can imagine." He recounted the opening scene and then added, “And I just remember being like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay. … I’m totally gay.’" Because Paul Jasmin was friends with Gere, they ended up going backstage after the show where they found Gere shirtless in his dressing room, “And I couldn’t speak,” Cooper continued. “And I had my Playbill and I wanted to get him to autograph it, but I was too—I just couldn’t stop staring at his chest. And so, fast forward to 10 years ago, I was interviewing Richard Gere and I took out the Playbill … and I told him the whole story and I had him sign it. Yeah. He was very tickled with it.”

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'Succession' star Brian Cox revealed a surprising celebrity crush in an interview with Vanity Fair. He played the role of Agamemnon in the 2004 blockbuster 'Troy,' which also starred Brad Pitt. Cox recalled being "agog" at Pitt's beauty in his full costume! "Brad walked on set and my jaw was down because he was so stunningly beautiful. I’m straight but I thought, ‘Wow, my God! This guy is stunning.’ What chance does one have on the screen against this beautiful, beautiful man?”

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The late, great Betty White famously had a crush on fellow screen legend Robert Redford, and she wasn't afraid to show it. The 'Golden Girls' star often joked that Redford was what she wanted most, and in one of her final interviews she jokingly told People magazine that her 'Proposal' co-star Ryan Reynolds couldn’t “get over his thing” for her, adding that Redford is “The One." After White's passing on December 31, Redford paid a heartfelt tribute to White in a statement on January 3. “Betty lived life devoted to her craft and her love of animals. She made us all laugh, including me." Then he tied a bow over her long-standing fondness of him by revealing: "I had a crush on her too!" Surely the actress is smiling somewhere. 

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Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon are both seasoned A-listers who are happily married, but had they met a couple of decades ago, everything could have been different! The two appeared on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' to discuss their movie 'Sing 2,' but naturally, DeGeneres subjected them to a lightning round of questions. When asked about their first celebrity crushes, Witherspoon said hers was Jim Morrison. McConaughey answered, “I did have a little bit of a crush on the young lady sitting to the left of me from Man in the Moon,” referencing Reese Witherspoon. “That was one of my early crushes.” Witherspoon was totally shocked by the admission! 

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It's not really a surprise to hear that anyone has a crush on Jennifer Aniston, but Jake Gyllenhaal recently opened up about what it was like to film a love scene with his crush. The two starred in 'The Good Girl' in 2002, at the height of Aniston's 'Friends' fame, and Gyllenhaal admitted on 'The Howard Stern Show' on October 5 that it was "torture" to film those intimate scenes. "But it was also not torture. I mean, come on, it was like a mix of both."

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Demi Lovato revealed that they had a crush on 'Schitt's Creek' star Emily Hampshire. The two were chatting about their flirtatious past on Lovato's '4D with Demi Lovato' podcast. Hampshire told the story of their first interaction: "You slid in my DMs and you said, 'Hey, I like you on the show. We should kick it sometime.' Lovato followed that up with a message to clarify, "And by kick it, I mean like go on a date. I find you attractive." Hampshire is 40 while Lovato is only 29, and when discussing their age gap, Lovato told her not to worry. She suggested they'd be like the next Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson (who have a 32-year age gap in their relationship!). Obviously it didn't work out, but Lovato and Hampshire are happy to be good friends. 

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Prince Harry - It was revealed that Prince Harry had a poster of Halle Berry in his dorm room. She even called him out on Twitter!

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Meryl Streep - The actress told Vanity Fair that Will Ferrell is her type of man.

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Miley Cyrus - During an interview with Ryan Seacrest in 2008, the singer said she finds Chris Martin very handsome.

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Reese Witherspoon - In conversation with MTV, the 'Big Little Lies' actress revealed Johnny Depp has always been her crush.

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Ariana Grande - Would you guess that Ariana's greatest crush is Jim Carrey?! She revealed it to the world on 'Live with Kelly and Michael.'

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Anne Hathaway - When she was interviewed by Jon Stewart in 2008, the actress admitted to fancying him.

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Emma Watson - Emma is everyone's crush in Hollywood, but she told Jonathan Ross that she used to be attracted to fellow 'Harry Potter' castmate Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy.

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Selena Gomez - The actress revealed to Jimmy Fallon that she used to have a crush on fellow actor Billy Crudup before she worked with him in 2014.

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Britney Spears -

The singer told E! that her first crush was Brad Pitt. Just like so many others in the world, right?!

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Amy Adams - The Oscar-nominated actress told W magazine that Colin Farrell was her big crush.

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Jessica Chastain - The actress is very into Gary Oldman - more specifically, Gary Oldman dressed as Dracula!

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Josh Hutcherson - The actor has said in many interviews that he has the hots for Emma Watson and that he'd love to meet her.

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Nicole Kidman - One of the times she went on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,' the actress revealed that she used to have a crush on him.

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Eva Mendes - In 2008, Eva said one of her biggest crushes is Liam Gallagher and that she finds him one of the sexiest men in the world.

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Marilyn Manson - The controversial singer told i-D maganize that he fancied Madonna.

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Jennifer Lawrence - J-Law told Vanity Fair in 2014 that she fancied a much older man: comedian Larry David!

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Jack Black - The actor is into girls with a sense of humor, so it's no surprise he told W magazine that his celebrity crush is Amy Poehler.

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James Corden - At the GLAMOUR Women of the Year awards in 2014, the TV host admitted to having a weird crush on Hillary Clinton.

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Lena Dunham - In 2012, Lena admitted to Jimmy Fallon on his show that she was slightly obsessed with him.

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Ryan Gosling - Ryan Gosling spent quite a while starring alongside Britney Spears in 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' and he told Glamour he used to have a crush on her.

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Kristen Stewart - In 2013, Kristen told W magazine that she developed a crush on fellow actress Amy Adams after they worked together.

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Ashton Kutcher - The actor has often said that Jennifer Aniston was his teenage crush and that he even had a picture of her as his laptop's desktop wallpaper.

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Lucy Hale - Lucy Hale told Lucky: 'I love Mark Wahlberg. Robert Downey Jr. is my ultimate. And I think Steve Carell is so sexy.'

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Emma Roberts - The actress said on the 'Live with Kelly and Michael' show that she had several celebrity crushes, but the biggest had to be Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

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Adele - The singer has said many times that Rihanna is her girl crush!

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Jason Sudeikis - In an interview with Elle, the actor said that Ellen DeGeneres is his biggest celeb crush.

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Rebel Wilson - Rebel Wilson told W that Channing Tatum has been her crush since forever.

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Helen Miren - Even Dame Helen Mirren has the hots for Vin Diesel! She admitted it when she appeared on the 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' show.

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Ben Affleck - The actor has jokingly said Brad Pitt will always be his crush.

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Lauren Conrad - In an interview with Us Weekly, Lauren Conrad said she's always fancied Justin Timberlake.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley -

During the 'Live!' show, the model revealed she finds Prince Harry very handsome.

See also: Celebrity couples and their first date stories

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