HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY ALEXANDER COOPER!

He also got sweet birthday messages from his celebrity friends.

Anderson Cooper wasn’t always the silver fox he is today! The CNN anchor turned 50 over the weekend and celebrated with a throwback photo from days when he rocked some brunette locks. “Thanks for all the lovely birthday wishes. My friend Andrea sent me this. Clearly taken a long, long time ago. Probably 1993,” the journalist captioned the old school pic.