Anderson Cooper gets real with The Bachelorette

Bob Sassone already did a post on how the amazing Anderson Cooper caused a little bit of an accident on the set of Live with Regis and Kelly yesterday morning when he subbed for the Reege. As funny as that -- and really, the entire "host chat" segment was -- it was not my favorite thing that happened on the show yesterday.

That honor goes to Cooper's interview with The Bachelorette's Jillian Harris. Harris was on the show with her "fiance," doing the post-finale press tour and shilling for the jeweler who provided the diamond ring that Ed bestowed upon her on Monday's season-ender.

While Kelly stuck to the script and asked the common, "when did you know he was the one?" questions, Anderson wasn't having any of it. He's Anderson freakin' Cooper, and as he demonstrated with his swift takedown of the Lohan clan, he doesn't have time for the shenanigans of D-list reality stars (except Kathy Griffin). So Cooper, always trying to get to the bottom of the story, flat-out asked Jillian how many dudes she boned in the Bachelorette mansion.

Cooper started off kind of innocently, asking how many guys she hooked up with. When Harris feigned ignorance, Cooper quickly clarified, asking, "how many do you actually sleep with?" Kelly and Jillian completely freak out, and the audience loses it. It's pretty much an amazing television moment.

He doesn't stop there, though. Cooper then mocks everyone for being so scandalized by the question, and then says to Harris, "Wait. You greased up this guy in oil on national TV, and you're shocked at that question?" The newest Bachelorette tries to save herself by clarifying that she greased Ed up in Aloe Vera, and that while she kissed 10 guys on the show, only 4 were with tongue.

Cooper's response to this? "You know what? I just threw up in my mouth." Ladies and gentlemen, Anderson Cooper: The world's most amazing newsman.