Media | Anderson Cooper Mishap Leaves Anderson Guest in Coma Cooper 'distraught' after producer prods teen into 'crazy stuff' By Neal Colgrass Posted Oct 1, 2011 1:45 PM CDT Copied Anderson Cooper is said to be "distraught" after a producer on his daytime talk show, "Anderson," prodded a guest into doing "crazy stuff"—and the guest ended up in a coma. (Getty Images) Anderson Cooper's evening persona would not be pleased with his daytime self. Seems a teenager is in a coma after an Anderson producer coaxed the boy into careless behavior for an episode on the "teenage mind," Gawker reports. A source says the producer "encouraged [the] kid to go out and 'film the crazy stuff you do.'" The boy went skateboarding and suffered a severe head injury on the day he planned to visit New York for the show. Cooper is said to be "distraught." Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. Iran just executed one of its own nuclear scientists. Report an error