Anderson Cooper ’s cuties! The CNN anchor and ex-boyfriend Benjamin Maisani are proud parents to their two sons . Cooper announced during a May 2020 CNN Town Hall broadcast that he had secretly welcomed his first child via surrogate. “I want to share with you some joyful news.
On Monday, I became a father. This is Wyatt Cooper,” the New York native later wrote via Instagram , sharing the first photo of Wyatt. “He is named after my father, who died when I was 10.
I hope I can be as good a dad as he was.” The Vanderbilt: Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty author — who is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Emory — revealed that Wyatt’s middle name is Morgan, which is also a family name . “I know my mom and dad liked the name Morgan because I recently found a list they made 52 years ago when they were trying to think of names for me,” Cooper concluded his Instagram announcement.
“He is sweet, and soft, and healthy and I am beyond happy.” After Wyatt’s arrival, the TV journalist asked Maisani — whom he dated between 2009 and 2018 — to coparent his son. “I don’t really have a family, so my friends have become my family,” he explained during a May 2020 appearance on The Howard Stern Show .
“This is somebody I was involved with for 10 years. He’s a great guy. I think it’s good to have two parents if you can.
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When I was a little kid, it was just my mom and my brother. My mom, she was not the most parental person, and I wish some adul.