Article continues below advertisementHollywood gossip columnist Rob Shuter reported in his "Naughty But Nice" Substack on Monday, February 23, that journalist Anderson Cooper's close friend and TV exec Andy Cohen urged him to walk away from 60 Minutes due to a shifting political environment at CBS News.Cooper stated he is leaving to focus on his CNN program Anderson Cooper 360 and spend more time with his two young children, but sources told Shuter that's not the whole story.