Anderson Cooper Pranked With Weird Childhood Photo (VIDEO)

Anderson Cooper was flustered and confused when a weird childhood picture of him randomly showed up onscreen during a news bulletin.

CNN's Isha Sesay was reading an item about Justin Bieber on Cooper's Monday show when, all of a sudden, a picture appeared on the screen showing a young Cooper with a strange, furry purple hat and holding a microphone.

Cooper was gobsmacked. "Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute," he interrupted Sesay. "We just put a picture of me when I was like 9 years old on 'To Tell the Truth!'" Try as she might, Sesay couldn't get Cooper off topic.

The show's producers told Cooper that a "technical glitch" had occurred. He said he didn't believe that "for a second."

Ok...but WHAT, exactly, was going on in that picture? "I was pretending to be Wally Naughtin, the world's youngest bear trainer, on 'To Tell the Truth,'" Cooper explained. "I got two votes. Nipsey Russell and Kitty Carlisle Hart." He said he was thinking about "people I'm going to fire."

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[shadowgirl52]

09:19 AM on 05/14/2011

He looks really different with black hair.

[Julie L Reid]

03:43 PM on 05/13/2011

I thought he looked adorable, and handled it fine. Plus you don't play jokes like that on people unless you like them. Seems his staff must like him which says he probably is a pretty good guy. Ok born with a silver spoon, but at least he has a job that he tries to do well, and for the most part, succeeds.

[loki]

01:52 AM on 05/13/2011

showing you can not take the spoiled rich brat out of the spoiled rich brat.
Wondering who he is going to fire?? What a spoiled rich brat

[fourthestatepost]

09:04 AM on 05/12/2011

A little off topic. But that woman is cute.

[jeremyemilio]

06:38 PM on 05/13/2011

Not off topic to me... that's all I could focus on, too.

[dreadylocks]

08:45 AM on 05/12/2011

Anything to get them to stop talking about Justin Beiber.

[Blackorpheus]

11:05 PM on 05/11/2011

No surprise: AC looked like a coddled little dude. He still conveys some of that undeserved entitlement now. It ain't cool.

[earthisfirst]

10:58 PM on 05/11/2011

I do like the hat..not too sure about the bears

[nana4g]

10:51 PM on 05/11/2011

He didn't "lose it". He laughed, was surprised, and proud of his participation in that show and of his costume. He was cute.

[GayGrandpa]

10:38 AM on 05/12/2011

I know these headlines are soooooooo stooooooooopid.

[Jack Davies]

09:11 AM on 05/13/2011

And then talked about firing people lol.

[Javalation]

10:09 AM on 05/13/2011

Appeared to be joking.

[Zoica]

09:53 PM on 05/11/2011

If he hadn't said anything, no one would have known.

[Savvy Martin]

09:39 PM on 05/11/2011

That lady's accent is sexy.

[JUSTICE4TIS]

09:03 PM on 05/11/2011

That's Gloria Vanderbilt's son....destined to be a STAR!!!!.

[loki]

01:53 AM on 05/13/2011

when mommy has her kind of money and pays for it, anyone could be a star.

[Lorraine Danese]

07:39 PM on 05/11/2011

Awww poor Anderson, i like him iam sure he did get embarresed for a min i would !!

[lulubelle1956]

06:17 PM on 05/11/2011

I think Anderson needs anger management or has a thyroid problem or something. All he seems to be is angry, at everyone.

[nana4g]

10:52 PM on 05/11/2011

He wasn't at all angry. See my post above.

[lulubelle1956]

06:18 AM on 05/12/2011

Yes, I made a boo boo. Sorry Anderson and Nana!

[capt ayhab]

05:54 PM on 05/11/2011

Have a heart, don't play a joke on a JOKE.

[sfsoma]

04:58 PM on 05/11/2011

Surely his mother designed the costume. That was a hat she wore one winter season reworked, I suspect. Or did they borrow it from the Michael Jackson?