The late actress Lauren Bacall, a cousin of ex-president Shimon Peres, once upbraided a young Anderson Cooper for voicing support for the Palestinians at a dinner party, Page Six reports.
Bacall, an avid supporter of Israel, was at a dinner thrown by Cooper’s mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, in 1982. The 14-year-old future CNN anchor said to the guests that “something has to be done to help the Palestinians. We need a Palestinian state,” the report says.
“Bacall, a big supporter of Israel, went nuts,” dinner party attendee and former congressman John LeBoutillier recounts. “She eviscerates this kid in front of everyone, humiliates the hostess’s son. Anderson was in tears.”
Cooper, for his part, confirmed the story to Page Six, but said there were no tears.
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