Anderson Cooper once thought he’d never be able to have children. “When I was 12 years old and knew I was gay and thought about my life, it always upset me because I thought, ‘I will never be able to have a kid,’” the CNN anchor told People.
Forty years later, he’s a proud father of two sons. In April 2020, Cooper welcomed his first son, Wyatt Morgan, named after his late father. He admitted on Ellen DeGeneres’ EllenTube that he bought numerous parenting books but never read them. “Just buying the books themselves, and having them around doesn’t work. You actually have to read them,” he said.

Cooper loves “everything” about parenting and gets support from his ex, Benjamin Maisani, who co-parents with him. “It’s probably an unusual setup, but I knew he would be a great dad, and he is. We’re exes, but we’re family to each other, and we love each other as family and as co-parents.”
Recently, the family expanded. Cooper announced on his show, Anderson Cooper 360, that he welcomed another son, Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper, and that Maisani is adopting Wyatt. “This is Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper. He was 6.8 pounds at birth and he was healthy and happy,” Cooper shared.