A year later, Cooper was ecstatic when he learned the music legend would give him his GLAAD Award.
“I saw her in Paris, Yankee Stadium, and Madison Square Garden!”
In 2015, Madonna brought Cooper onstage to participate in one of her shows.
Video from that evening showed Madonna pretending to kick Cooper’s butt and suggestively gyrate behind him.
Afterward, Madonna crawled between his legs and joined in with her own sexually suggestive moves.
“That was not the low-key, CNN style,” sheremarkedafter the song ended.
“You did good.
You’re a great man.”
Before Cooper could leave, Madonna gave him a banana.
While he began eating it, the singer and her crew danced off-stage.
“I’m mortified,” Cooper admitted.
“I love the experience of it.
I don’t love the video that exists of it.
Cooper nearly escaped the experience completely, as Madonna had to decide between calling up either him or Ripa.
“He’s a good dancer, he’s very enthusiastic.”
Madonna was surprised to discover her friend’s dancing was compromised by stage fright.
After decades of touring experience and dance training, being on stage is second nature to Madonna.
Three years later, Cooper asked funk musician George Clinton how he could have improved onstage.
Clinton recommended Cooper relax and just have fun.
“Through her, I saw that there was a community out there for me.”
The broadcast journalist also supported Madonna when she was named 2016 Woman of the Year by Billboard.
“Madonna’s inspiring,” Cooper explained in a heartfelttribute videofor the event.
The talk show host helped Madonna judge the fashion show during “Vogue.”
While Ripa had an amazing time, like Cooper, she was embarrassed by part of the experience.
Even so, she laughed about the situation on her show the next day.
