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Anderson Cooper, beau Ben Maisani still living together weeks after cheating photos surface

The CNN anchor and his longtime boyfriend seem to be still cohabitating despite reports that Maisani was cheating on him.

By Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 6:20 PM
Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend Ben Maisani were spotted leaving their apartment Tuesday morning.
News anchor Anderson Cooper is still sharing his berth with boyfriend Ben Maisani – two weeks after pictures of Maisani kissing another man surfaced online.

Cooper, 45, was photographed leaving his converted fire station townhouse Tuesday morning dressed casually in jeans and a baseball cap....

About an hour later, Maisani left out the same door of the West Village residence and hopped on his bicycle.

The longtime couple is weathering reports of a cheating scandal after the U.K.’s Daily Mail published photos of Maisani smooching an unidentified man in a leafy New York park earlier this month.

Maisani, 39, and his CNN squeeze have been together more than three years and just returned from a vacation in Croatia spent with pals Kelly Ripa and her hubby Mark Consuelos.

Anderson Cooper's boyfriend Ben Maisani making out with a mystery man in the park in a sunny afternoon in NYC. (Splash News)
Cooper is extremely private about his personal life, never mentioning his sexual orientation in his 2006 memoir. It wasn’t until July that he publicly confirmed he was gay in a statement to TheDailyBeast.com.

“The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud,” he wrote.

Cooper’s rep didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The son of famed designer Gloria Vanderbilt, Cooper posted a Twitter photo Tuesday showing his smiling face on the new set of his daytime talk show "Anderson Live," which premieres Sept. 10.