Anderson Cooper (In A Swimsuit) Races Michael Phelps (VIDEO)

On this Sunday's 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper has an interview with Olympic hero Michael Phelps.

During the interview, Cooper challenged Phelps to a race, with a few conditions to try and even out the playing field.

Phelps had to swim underwater, with no breathing, and could only use his legs. Cooper also got to dive in while Phelps could only push off the wall.

Plus, Phelps has not really been training since the games and is, for him, sort of out of shape.

So who won?

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Comments

[vigwig]

Phelps has such a long torso he doesn't need his arms, he's like a dolphin. But it's a nice excuse to see the two of them in bathings suits, thanks 60 minutes!

[gascelebrations]

Hear hear.

[RobinSeattle]

It is this kind of dignity that Anderson Cooper showed in this stunt that garners so much respect from all corners of America for the media.

Or not.

[MikeCanada]

Anderson was so excited looking at Phelps in a speedo, he kept looking at his basket...lol

[Ty90]

Michael Phelps is sexy...

[InedaName]

...from the neck down.

[Ridergirl952]

Yummy to both of them!

[kellygrrrl]

AC's face looks just like the one Nancy Pelosi had when gazing upon Mr. O

[kewps]

Come out of the closet, Anderson and join the rest of us-the water's fine! Love your investigative reports!

[roblabrousse]

He can stay wherever he wants. He'll come out if he feels it necessary.

[veganphoto]

ironically he's an investigative reporter

[gascelebrations]

Coming out is sooo 90's.

[klandish]

You are not Gay are you? Or you'd know how important media representatives are for the LGBT community. The more people see the complete makeup of the Gay population the less they are willing to pull a California Prop. 8 atrocity.

[DrMHW]

I loved Michael's attitude--not even really listening to the special rules. Like what rules could AC have offered where he'd have had a chance? Concrete blocks attached to Michael? Michael starts in the race locked in chains in a locked room and also handcuffed? It was fun to watch.

[roblabrousse]

I imagine this was part of an interview. Maybe even the culmination of it. Any serious criticism applied to it would indicate that the commentator really missed the joke. And his brain is intellectually water logged.

[bomec]

How is this anything but sweet and nice and fun to watch? Innocent fun. God, get over yourselves, posters. Since when is it nasty to admire good looking guys in swimsuits who are also good sports? I like both these guys.

[mjb5406]

Yeah, so sad when people strive to find the negative in absolutely EVERYTHING lately.

[johnnygoodwud]

anderson's hair never got messed up, what's up with that.

[tjwdraws]

Wow, the thinly (and not so thinly) veiled homophobic comments on this post are really sad. Of course it is still acceptable to be a raging homophobic bigot in the 21st century. Maybe we will have progressed some more by the 22nd.

[goplayrabbit]

agreed. embarrassing stuff. it's definitely not wit, you morons.

[NotThisTime2008]

Like someone told me the other day, an otherwise ignorant redneck no less : "We elected a black guy, so now nobody will make black jokes, I guess we need to elect a gay person next...'

[veganphoto]

harvey milk

[roblabrousse]

Where are you getting this from?

[mjb5406]

It's very sad... I guess we have a long way to go to be tolerant of people who don't march to the same drummer (and IMHO, nobody should have to).

[barrycourage]

-phobic or -erotic?

[SabrinaFair]

Hubba-hubba. Anderson is a real cutie.

But in my dreams, when he and I are lying together on the beach in Capri, he always has on a speedo.

I can't write what happens next here. :)

[hjo4]

AC must have salivated at the mouth interviewing Phelps , but then again I strongly suspect they were totally into each other, if you know what I mean. I always had suspicions about Phelps and the other one well that's no secret.

[rockyb26]

you're still smokin hot AC!

[SiberianRat]

I'm so ashamed that I read this article. I told myself I wouldn't but I did. And I'm more ashamed that I was curious about AC in a swimsuit racing Phelps. I pride myself on avoiding "news" like this and avoiding AC whenever possible. Now I'm confessing...

[gbrooks]

The only reason I read the article was to see AC in a swimsuit. I, unlike the pool he was in, am so shallow.

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

Me too!