It must be kind of annoying to deal with everyone, speculating about your sexuality.

Well, not so much speculating, but talking about why you don't talk about it.

(And, all you want to do is cover the news -- by getting on the ground in some dangerous hotspot with a camera, like Egypt or Haiti -- in a tight t-shirt and white hair. I mean, is that so much to ask?)

When Rachel Maddow, the only openly gay new anchor that we know of, was asked in a recent interview about a certain other famous news anchor on a rival network that most people assume is gay, but prefers not to comment on his personal life, she said:

"I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out."

A bit later, Rachel took to her blog and wrote: 

"I did not in my interview…say anything about or to Mr. Cooper, nor would I. Although criticism of Mr. Cooper was intimated….and picked up everywhere — I did not make that criticism in the interview, nor did I imply it, nor is it what I believe."

Thanks for making sure we all knew whom you were talking about, Rachel.